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People think analytical tools and data products (like dashboards) are inherently strategic They aren’t Why? Because companies enlist analysts to build these solutions to solve ad hoc problems and 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 (or what they could evolve into). 📝 First, map out th... See more

One of a therapist’s chief functions—though rarely taught or discussed—is to offer clients a credible vision of how great their life can be. This makes a therapist who’s witnessed spiritual and material abundance like 1000x more effective than one who hasn’t.

The easiest way to create a sense of overwhelm and mental fatigue is to keep delaying the things you know you need to do.

So much of self-regulation comes down to 2 interrelated powers: 1) keeping yourself inspired, and 2) keeping yourself accountable. Recognizing in a felt way that “this is worth doing”, and that “I’m responsible for doing it.”

To build an amazing life, you need these joint competencies: 1) doing hard, unpleasant things 2) refusing to do hard, unpleasant things that aren’t worth doing 1 without 2 is masochism; 2 without 1 is stasis. Marry the two, and there’s no limit to your bliss.