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Unfinished Projects

Posted on February 12, 2024

Remove all unfinished projects from your life. They wear you down. If you really wanted to do them, you would have.

These were maybe good ideas at one time or a should, out of social belief or guilt, but now you can choose to end the insanity.

Free up space and time in your life. Remove these distractions. Only work on things you are absolutely committed to completing, out of love, duty, passion or necessity. All the rest must be left for someone else in the world to do.

Don’t dilute your energy for meh.

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Double Check Before You Press Send

Posted on February 9, 2024

That’s right, make sure you are sending emails and texts, etc to the correct recipient. It can be a little awkward if you don’t, and the message is not appropriate for the actual recipient.

Another reason why I love the saying, “A stitch in time saves nine.”

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Focus On Great Outcomes

Posted on February 8, 2024

If you are going to spend any energy on outcomes, spend it thinking about, and hoping for, positive outcomes.

Sure, you can acknowledge that things may not go perfectly well and there may be a few bumps in the road, but certainly don’t dwell on it. A swift acknowledgment that it could happen is enough.

Then put all of your energy and time into thinking about the different ways the amazing outcome is going to improve your life and the lives of others.

Focus on that!

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Pick One System

Posted on February 6, 2024

Pick one system and use it well. There is no perfect system so stop searching. Just use the one system and accept there will be some drawbacks. However, other systems have drawbacks too.

You could change your system one day, but remember, with each change you may lose good habits for only slightly greater efficiency, if at all.

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Find The Opposite

Posted on February 5, 2024

If you want to learn and truly be informed, go find the opposite opinion to yours and listen. Ask questions. Allow yourself to be moved by intellectual arguments if there are reasons to be swayed.

By listening to alternative views you can understand the topic better. Listening and reflecting on only one side leaves you exposed and looking poorly informed, at best.

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There Are People Who Love That

Posted on January 29, 2024

Thankfully you don’t have to do everything.

Whatever you don’t enjoy doing, you can find someone who really enjoys it. That’s a wonderful thing. Our accountant makes taxes fun, which is great. Some care workers are definitely in their best career. There are doctors who love doctoring and engineers who love engineering. That is the same for many electricians, farmers and plumbers too.

Thankfully, we all have our skills and passions to make the world go round.

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Energy Over Time

Posted on January 27, 2024

People talk about making time, having time, scheduling, etc. But the one thing that may trump time is energy. You may have the energy but not the time, which is one thing. Though, even if you book the time, you may not be able to use it effectively if you don’t have enough energy.

As we age from 20 to 90, each day will have 24 hours and each year 365/6 days. However, most people do not have the energy at 55 that they had at 25. Certainly most won’t have the energy at 80 that they had at 30.

So use your young energy wisely. Do things you want early on in life. Don’t store up high energy activities until later in your years. You may have the time and the money but not the energy. You’ve been warned.

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Shorthand Communication Is Rarely Good

Posted on January 20, 2024

“What does Iran want” is a headline in one of the UK’s top newspapers. The shorthand generalisation isn’t helpful but it’s shorter and catchier than, “What does Iran’s current leader want?”

When we say Iran we aren’t referring to all 88 million people. I imagine, like anywhere, there is a variety of viewpoints on most things. The leader might want something different to his leadership team, pro western citizens, secular or Sunni followers and from those wanting to conquer than go in peace.

So be careful when you hear shorthand or generalisations and think what it might really be like if you dig into the details.

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