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āRaise your standards and youāll change your resultsā - Shane Parrish
Hello!
Weāre now 15 issues deepā¦ no turning back.
Today youāll get: 3 bullet tips, 1 borrowed idea, 2 reads you needā¦ and a question for you!
Enjoy!
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Bullet tips
Productivity:
āDo not hide behind ābusyā
It happens.
You do it. I do it. Lets hide togetherā¦ or maybe not.
Weāre all guilty of hiding behind ābusyā, using it as an excuse or an avoidance tool.
Which is great, but not if itās detrimental or ends up in missed opportunities.
If itās important enough and you believe it will ultimately be beneficial, then stop hiding behind a wall of busy.
Create the time.
Wealth:
āIt is not the man who has too little,
but he who craves more, who is poor." - Seneca
When is enough, enough?
We always want more. Donāt be in denial, but be conscious of why you always want more.
Is it from what you see on social media? Is it auto pilot mode of assuming more is always better?
At what point do we accept and be happy with what we have.
Does that point exist? Does it come naturally? Do we have to create it?
Life:
āYou don't have to do something extraordinary to do valuable and meaningful workā
What you do matters!
It doesn't have to be on an exponential scale.
It doesn't have to mean anything to others.
It doesn't have to be extraordinary.
If it's valuable and meaningful to you.
It matters!
A borrowed idea
Josh Spector on having two days in one.
Reads you need
A letter to your future self (Seth Godin)
We often send metaphorical letters to our past selves, berating the choices weāve made. We express regret about missed opportunities or past mistakes. Itās easy to blame our younger selves for the mess weāre in.
What would you say to your future self? And how would you feel when you read that letter in a few months or years?
Maybe youād discover that the crisis or cataclysm youāre facing right now didnāt turn out quite as badly as you feared.
Maybe youād express some optimism that you could turn into action. And maybe youād develop some empathy for your past self, who was just doing the best you could.
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Ask yourself thisā¦
What can you do today for a better start tomorrow?
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