Mateo Balaña Paemen

“ If you write every cold email like it might change your life, one may. If you don't, none will.”

Avoid the fate of the lion: stop gazing at all the options and just get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the [habits of successful people.

“By this they mean that subtle physiological changes in their bodies provide cues helping them rapidly select from a range of possible trades the one that just ‘feels right.’ Our findings suggest that the gut feelings informing this decision are more than the mythical entities of financial lore — they are real physiological signals, valuable ones... See more

Ivy Lee implemented this method with the employees of Charles Schwab, one of the richest men in the world, at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1918. The cost of the training? “Nothing” Lee said, “Unless it works. After three months, you can send me a check for whatever you feel it's worth to you.”

This is not to say that all time debts are bad. Perhaps you enjoy serving on your school committee or volunteering with a local organization. However, when you make these commitments, you are also creating a time debt that you will have to pay at some point. Sometimes the debts we commit to are worth sacrificing for, many times they are not.

So, if talking to strangers seems daunting to you, it might help to think that by doing so, you could give someone the gift of being seen.

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