πBecome more observant so that you know what you are up to.
We are exposed to endless forms of distractions. Our attention is constantly being disrupted by the hustle and bustle that comes with everyday living.
π Collect ideas and apply them with the knowledge gained.
There are tremendous amount of principles you can apply to your life to make you way of living better. Start collecting ideas from smart people.
π Read a lot. Because reading gives you experienced knowledge.
The practice of reading books creates cognitive engagement that improves lots of things, including vocabulary, thinking skills, and concentration.
π Analyze your day to make it even better the day tomorrow.
The quality of your achievements depends on the quantity of quality questions you ask yourself throughout your life.
πStart writing everyday. Because writing helps you point out the scattered ideas of your thoughts.
Writing clarifies your thinking. Thoughts and feelings are nebulous happenings in our mind holes, but writing forces us to crystalize those thoughts & put them in a logical order.
π Control your anger. If you can do this, 80% of the problems won't be problems anymore.
Start by reading 100 mental models. These models do not tell you what you think, rather they teach you how to think, and encourage you to think critically.
β’ Do you want to be happy, achieve more and suffer less?
βIf you dwell with a lame man, you will learn how to limp.β Itβs a pretty observable truth. We become like the people we spend the most time with. Thatβs why we have to be so careful about the influences we allow into our life.
π Is this in my Control?
What is in our control is primarily our thoughts, emotions, desires, choices, and actions (or at least certain aspects of them), and that everything else strictly speaking lies outside of our control - is consistent.
5 Journaling Ideas for Self-Improvement by [Jack Cao]
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Journaling has been endorsed by top performers from all fields: from the stoic sage emperor of Rome, Marcus Aurelius, to the Benjamin Franklin or the modern Tony Robbins. They have stacks and stacks of paper written with their thoughts and observations throughout their life.
Journaling helps you become a better thinker, a more productive result-maker and generally a happier person. If you have already understood how to start a journal, this article will give you 5 journaling ideas to:
Why do we lose so much time on distractions and why productivity tricks are not enough?
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Before you say TL;DR, just save it for later.
One Friday in April 2016, as that year's polarizing US presidential race intensified, and more than 30 armed conflicts raged around the globe, approximately 3 million people spent part of their day watching two reporters from BuzzFeed wrap rubber bands around a watermelon.
Gradually, over the course of 43 agonizing minutes, the pressure ramped up β the psychological kind and the physical force on the watermelon β until, at minute 44, the 686th rubber band was applied.
How to work without burnout? Story of a two Lumberjacks
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There once lived two strong lumberjacks Jack and Tom. They both lived in small cabins not too far apart from one another and they both loved the same thing - to harvest oaks and pines of the wild forest.
Every morning they both used to start their work at 9 am and end their work at 5 pm. No doubt they both were strong and hardworking.