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“Instead of asking how many tasks you can tackle given your working hours, ask how many you can ditch given what you must do to excel.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On maturity, how to do exceptional work, and the connectedness of things
Or take Maria Popova, who has been writing weekly essays about literature, art, and philosophy for her blog The Marginalian for about two decades.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
“Of all the things that can boost emotions, motivation, and perceptions during a workday, the single most important is making progress in meaningful work,”
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
importance of that element to the overall success of the project. Then, as I move through the process, I push myself to keep pace with the goals I’ve set, producing good enough work within the time I have to spend and giving myself permission to circle back if I still have additional hours at the end. This will ensure that I don’t over-invest in
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genius of the right routine.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
To survive and thrive you need to have the conviction to create things your are proud of with people you love and in a way that allows you to have a meaningful life however you determine that. Anything more than that is not just “bonus,” it can actually lead to your undoing. I don’t mean financial ruin, I mean that you may loose that independence
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The emerging Octavia made three rules for herself: Don’t leave your home without a notebook, paper scraps, something to write with. Don’t walk into the world without your eyes and ears focused and open. Don’t make excuses about what you don’t have or what you would do if you did, use that energy to “find a way, make a way.”