Matt O'Donnell
@modonnell
On a never-ending search for interesting things
Matt O'Donnell
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“I used to tell this story, about my theory of fucks. The theory goes like so: you are born with so many fucks to give. However many you’ve got is all there is; they are like eggs, that way. Some of us are born with quite a lot, some with less, but none of us knows how many we have. […]
I still tell this story but I’ve changed it somewhat. Like most
Productivity does not equal busyness.
Foroux • Meaningful Productivity: Achieve More, Stress Less
Your mind is programmable. If you’re not programming it, then someone else will program it for you
The study revealed a powerful priming effect: participants who first wrote about their present situation before thinking about the future showed significantly more exploratory thinking than those who were first primed by the past8. This highlights that our immediate mindset heavily influences how we approach what's next.
