AtomicHabits
"You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do." - Carl Jung
Your job might not be to do your job. Your job might be to make the decisions and commitments needed to lead other people who do your (former) job.
Seth Godin • Busy-ness and leverage
Consistency compounds while occasional brilliance fades.
You don’t need more time. You need more focus.
Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are.
Great outcomes aren’t built on great days, but on consistent ones.
You can’t just count the days when it’s easy. Each day moves you closer to the goal. No day is a hero; no day is a villain.
Perfect days do... See more
You don’t need more time. You need more focus.
Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are.
Great outcomes aren’t built on great days, but on consistent ones.
You can’t just count the days when it’s easy. Each day moves you closer to the goal. No day is a hero; no day is a villain.
Perfect days do... See more
Vincent Van Gogh on the accumulation of small things:
“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. The trick is to focus on the first small thing. Starting small is still starting, and small beginnings often lead to extraordinary endings.”
“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. The trick is to focus on the first small thing. Starting small is still starting, and small beginnings often lead to extraordinary endings.”
“You are as old as the risks you take. In many ways, aging is not the process of growing old, but rather the slow death of becoming overly protective, scared, and worried about losing what you have. Youth is found in the energy of going for it, taking the risk, and trusting that you’ll figure it out along the way.”
3-2-1: On the secret to youth, how to achieve what you want, and the challenge of being yourself
It’s really just you against the mirror. You vs you. No one else can win at a game of one. I know it’s hard not to get distracted, race horses wear blinders for a reason. Your lane you’re game. LFG.
From Codie Sanchez via LinkedIn
Short-term results come from intensity.
Long-term results come from consistency.
Long-term results come from consistency.
From Shane Parrish, Farnam Street
If—Play AudioBy Rudyard KiplingShare thisShare(‘Brother Square-Toes’—Rewards and Fairies)If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies... See more
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies... See more
The Poetry Foundation • If—
Work becomes great when curiosity drives it beyond obligation.