"Every decision to act is an intuitive one. The challenge is to migrate from hoping it's the right choice to trusting it's the right choice."
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"The reason that deadline actually can work very well for you is what it forces you to do is make decisions."
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"Decide the outcome and the action step, put reminders of those somewhere your brain trusts youll see them at the right time, and listen to your brain breathe easier."
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"A complete and accurately defined list of projects, kept current and reviewed on at least a weekly basis, is a master key to stress-free productivity."
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"If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's hard to eat spaghetti."
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"You won't see how to do it until you see yourself doing it."
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"We suffer the stress of infinite opportunity: There are so many things that we could do, and all we see are people who seem to be performing at star quality. It's very hard not to try to be like them. The problem is, if you get wrapped up in that game, you'll get eaten alive. You can do anything-but not everything. The universe is full of creative projects that are waiting to be done. So, if you really care about quality of life, if you want to relax, then ... control your aspirations. That will simplify things. Learning to set boundaries is incredibly difficult for most people."
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"If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves."
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"You can do anything, but you can't do everything"
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"Decision-making when things show up instead of when they blow up is actually a habit that can be developed and enhanced. The trick is to get used the clean feeling of having decided, instead of sitting on a fence."
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"Mosquitoes can ruin the hunt for big game."
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"If you don't fall off the wagon regularly, you're not playing a big enough game."
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"Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative."
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"The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself."
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"'I need milk' and 'I need to decide whether to buy this company' both tie up space in psychic RAM. The solution is simple. Write it down. Look at it. Do it or say to yourself 'not now'."
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"The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity"
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"People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction."
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"The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson"
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"What you'll tend to avoid doing is probably the most important thing you need to do because it'll probably be the most daunting and the most potentially successful thing you could be doing and that's usually out of people's comfort zone."
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"The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender."
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