AtomicHabits
Swim in your lane.
Every second you spend looking at a person in another lane comes at the cost of your progress.
Focus on yourself.
Every second you spend looking at a person in another lane comes at the cost of your progress.
Focus on yourself.
Buy time, not status.
The future doesn’t care
It doesn’t care whether you’re excited or filled with trepidation.
It arrives, regardless.
What an opportunity. Or a threat.
Up to us.
It doesn’t care whether you’re excited or filled with trepidation.
It arrives, regardless.
What an opportunity. Or a threat.
Up to us.
The future doesn’t care
This Larry Winget quote reminds me of something I say often, “don't tell me your priorities, show me your calendar.”
“It’s not that we don’t have time. It’s that we don’t have time for the things that are really important. There’s always enough time to do what’s really important, but we get caught up doing things that aren’t important.”
“It’s not that we don’t have time. It’s that we don’t have time for the things that are really important. There’s always enough time to do what’s really important, but we get caught up doing things that aren’t important.”
There’s a difference between feeling tired and feeling empty. One probably needs sleep. The other may need purpose.
Are you low on rest or low on meaning?
Are you low on rest or low on meaning?
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the power of relationships, practicing mental toughness, and a little secret of life
“Mental toughness is often framed as the perseverance that gets you across the finish line:
But most days, mental toughness isn’t about crossing the finish line. It’s about getting to the starting line:
- Find a way to make it happen
- Push through the pain
- Grind it out to the end
But most days, mental toughness isn’t about crossing the finish line. It’s about getting to the starting line:
- Show up when no one is watching
- Keep your eye on the ball
- Do a little bit every
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the power of relationships, practicing mental toughness, and a little secret of life
When you know what you want, most choices eliminate themselves.
1 Question For You
Your environment whispers suggestions all day long—eat this, click that, sit here. Look around you right now. What small change could you make to your surroundings that would steer you toward good habits and away from distractions?
Your environment whispers suggestions all day long—eat this, click that, sit here. Look around you right now. What small change could you make to your surroundings that would steer you toward good habits and away from distractions?
Robert Louis Stevenson on living one day at a time:
"Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means."
Source: An Apology for Idlers
"Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means."
Source: An Apology for Idlers