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Alan
Everything must land on the page, regardless of how ridiculous, nonsensical, absurd, or humiliating it may be. Similarly, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization are meaningless. Penmanship is irrelevant.
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Storyworthy, Matthew Dicks and Dan Kennedy
Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does. Responding inappropriately to your e-mail, your thoughts about what you need to do, your children, or your boss will lead to less effective results than you’d like. Most people give either more or less attention to things than they deserve, simply because they don’... See more
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David Allen Getting Things Done
We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem; we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.
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David Allen, Getting Things Done
Things you name, you own. Collected but unnamed stuff owns you.
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David Allen, Getting Things Done
When you carve out big blocks of unscheduled time, you’re creating space for exploration. It’s the oxygen of thinking deep and wide. Without it, it’s hard to cultivate the rich intellectual life you’re after.
Greg Wheeler
Alcohol is a group 1 carcinogen, the same class as tobacco and asbestos.³
It increases the risk for at least seven cancers, including breast and colorectal.
And even “moderate” drinking has risks, especially for those with other risk factors.
No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health.
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
―Cesare Pavese
Buddha says we cannot get rid of the First arrow, but we can control what we do with our second arrow. Our Second arrow is the response to the pain of the first arrow and in most cases, it is plain “RESISTANCE” to this pain.