Whether it’s your day, a journey, planning, building or a major project, it’s always helpful to start early.
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Category: Progress
Rise Up!
Be your greatest self!! Lift yourself out of your situation. You can do it! Begin!!
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Trying To Make Things Better, Can Make Them Worse
Whether it’s welfare, tractors in Africa, lower lending standards, or government covid policies, when people with good intentions get involved, the long run outcome can be worse.
Of course the immediate benefit is observable and often desirable. Unfortunately, the second and third order implications can be less beneficial, or even damaging or disastrous. (Though rarely for the people that initiated the policy).
Many of the world’s modern issues are derived from well intentioned people getting in the way and trying to control outcomes. Most often, people would be better served if there was less human intervention and they let the natural course of events take place. There is balance in the universe. Sometimes we should respect that and be patient.
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Be The Bigger Person
When someone says or does something that bothers you, you don’t have to bother them back. It’s not a competitive Olympic sport where you get points and medals.
Usually it’s better if you can be the bigger person. You can shrug it off and move on with your day, not missing a beat. It often helps to think that they are probably having a bad day or aren’t very skilled in conversation, joy or gratitude.
It’s not your job to teach. Though your response can help them see how to respond to challenging moments in a better way.
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When Do You Quit?
My son asked me tonight, when is it time to quit something? This could be school, a job, a relationship, a bad habit or a sport, club or activity.
It’s a tough question with no perfect answer. Each case will depend on the people and factors involved.
Steve Jobs made a good point that if you aren’t enjoying something for a long time or too many days in a row, it’s probably time to mix things up or at least assess what is going on.
I use this benchmark: Am I prepared to say this is as good as it gets in this area for me. I’ll probably never soar higher than this right now. Am I really ok with that? Or shall I press on a little longer?
If you are going to err on one side or the other, I’d say stick with something longer, even if you’re unsure. You may regain the joy or find your enthusiasm again!
It’s a personal decision. Good luck.
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Get Your Costs Down
If you would like more calm in your life, then get your costs down. Most of what you buy could be foregone or purchased with a cheaper alternative.
This goes for clothes especially but also works for food, travel and entertainment.
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Decision Making Is A Superpower
Those who can make quick decisions will succeed sooner in life. You can usually change a decision if you need to later. However, making a decision is critical.
Too many people prevaricate and hope they won’t have to make the tough decisions. Sometimes even easy decisions, like ordering dinner at a restaurant, can take too much time and thought power.
Practice making quick decisions each day this week. It’s a muscle that you can develop.
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One Item At A Time
Don’t think about the pile of things to do if you have just come back from holidays. Put a few things in priority order and then start doing the most important one first. Then when you finish, just keep going with the next item and then the next.
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The Final Push!!
It’s back to school and back to work. You have only 3 months to get everything done before Christmas, (school) holidays and New Year brings down the curtain on this 2023rd year.
It’s now a manic sprint to achieve those goals by year end!! 12 weeks!! Let’s Go!!!
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Get Help While You Can
Whether you need help at work, at home or for personal reasons, arrange that help as soon as you can.
The earlier the better and it will help you grow faster, tidy quicker, plan better and have things in place before you really need them.
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