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January 14 - January 17, 2020
Distraction-filled days lead to traction-less lives.
The promise behind many of the distractions in our lives is simple: If you pay attention to me, I promise you’ll stop thinking about whatever you were thinking about. Again, that’s what distractions do. They take your mind off whatever your mind was focused on. And that’s about all they have to offer.
When something we don’t like is screaming inside us, we always find something outside—an external distraction—and turn it up. And it works. That outside noise distracts us for a time. It mutes the inner turmoil, the uncomfortable emotions, the pain, the inadequacy, the discomfort, the memories. It hides whatever we don’t want to feel or experience. And there are more options for white noise today than ever before.
“Your system is perfectly designed for the results you’re getting.”
promise you, painting a picture of your preferred future is worth every minute you spend on it. It
Words are keys to unlock the vault where emotions are hidden. Until we name them, our feelings are incarcerated, behind bars, unable to communicate with us in healthy ways.
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Good leaders know three things: where they’re coming from, where they’re going, and how they’re going to get there.
Simplicity brings clarity.
Researchers have found that only 7 percent of young adults are morning larks. But by age 60, only 7 percent of people are still night owls. Also, morning larks tended to say they felt happier than night owls.
Live like no one else now, and you’ll be like no one else later.
