3-2-1: The excuses we live by, how to handle your mistakes, and when productivity doesn't matter
James Clearjamesclear.com
3-2-1: The excuses we live by, how to handle your mistakes, and when productivity doesn't matter
Your energy, executive function, and emotions are the three pillars of a fulfilling life—a life in which contributing to the wider world doesn’t come at the expense of your inner world. In summary, mindful productivity aims to answer three questions:
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
"I've noticed three main things holding people back from being more productive and achieving their goals.
They resist creating processes for themselves: This might be baggage from the past where processes were used to control and subjugate them. But processes chosen and designed by YOU can become liberating.
They resist making decisions: Most peo
I recently happened upon a short article, “Top Five Regrets of the Dying” by Bronnie Ware, who spent many years nursing people who had gone home to die. Their most common regret? “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” Their second most common? “I wish I didn’t work so hard.” There are two way
... See morePeter Bregman • 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
continually coming up with various reasons why one can’t do them sounds like a hard way to live, doesn’t it?