“Most of our energy goes into upholding our importance… If we were capable of losing some of that importance, two extraordinary things would happen to us. One, we would free our energy from trying to maintain the illusory idea of our grandeur; and two, we would provide ourselves enough energy to… catch a glimpse of [...]
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“What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now.”
- Anonymous
Our past creates our present moment. We are here as a result of [...]
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Posted in Getting Things Done on Oct 16th, 2007
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
- Stephen Covey
Have you ever ended your day feeling great, knowing you got a lot done? If so, did this feeling of accomplishment come from the completion of a sequence of urgent tasks, or did it come from the completion of a [...]
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“Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.”
- John Updike
Close your eyes and imagine the life of your dreams. Actually see it through your own eyes. Touch it. Hear it. Smell it. Taste it. How do you feel? How would you describe your character? Where are you [...]
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The easiest thing to do is to blame your circumstances on something or someone other than yourself. Someone makes you mad. The professor made the test difficult, so you failed. Your boss is inconsiderate, and that’s why you didn’t get a raise. Your girlfriend/boyfriend didn’t understand you, and this made you break up with him/her.
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Posted in Getting Things Done on Sep 9th, 2007
Goal setting is something we all do. Whether we use it to mow the lawn by the end of the day, or lose 100 pounds by the end of the year, it’s what helps us get things done. Without the ability to set our sights on what we want to obtain, we would never be [...]
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