"When willpower is lacking, routine takes over."
A Tiny Thought in the @FarnamStreet newsletter
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"If you let motivation dictate your actions, inertia conspires to keep you in place.
Action creates progress. Progress creates momentum. Momentum creates motivation."
— @farnamstreet newsletter today!
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"Taking the first step seems impossible when the gap between now and your desired outcome seems large."
A very important "Tiny Thought" in the @farnamstreet newsletter this week.
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"The most practical skill in life is learning to do things when you don’t feel like doing them. Anyone can do it when it’s easy, but most people drop out the minute easy stops."
A tiny thought in @farnamstreet Brain Food
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"Thinking in decades avoids a lot of bad behavior.
If you think about relationships lasting decades, you'll often handle the current moment differently. This works for co-workers, partners, customers, friends, etc.
Think twice before you interrupt time."
— @shaneparrish
"When you see someone doing something that doesn’t make sense to you, ask yourself what the world would have to look like to you for those actions to make sense."
— @shaneparrish
"Automatic rules turn the best choice into the default choice."
A Tiny Thought worth reading in the @farnamstreet newsletter
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"A simple question you can ask yourself that often changes behavior:
Is what I'm about to do a step toward or away from what's important?"
— @shaneparrish
"So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look foolish in the short term."
— @shaneparrish
"When you write things out in simple language, misunderstanding has no place to hide."
— @shaneparrish
"The longer the time frame for results, the less you need intensity and the more you need consistency."
— @shaneparrish
"A lot of good advice simply boils down to thinking longer term."
— @shaneparrish
"The quicker you want something, the easier you are to manipulate."
— @shaneparrish
"There is always something you can do to improve your position."
This Tiny Thought in the @farnamstreet newsletter on how to position yourself is worth reading.
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"We unconsciously rearrange the world into arbitrary hierarchies to make sense of the world, maintain our beliefs, and feel better."
A Tiny Thought worth reading in the @farnamstreet weekly newsletter full of timeless ideas and insights.
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"The wisdom of tomorrow-self is this: Focus on one thing you can do today to make tomorrow easier. Repeat."
A Tiny Thought worth reading in the @farnamstreet weekly newsletter
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"A lot of people get stuck negotiating with themselves. A little voice in their head says, “I don’t feel like doing this right now, let’s do it later.” The minute you entertain that thought, it’s over."
A Tiny Thought worth reading fs.blog/brain-food/may-29-20…
"What's most efficient at the moment is rarely the most effective in the end."
A Tiny Thought worth reading in the @farnamstreet Brain Food Newsletter
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"Learn from the past but don’t hang on to it."
A Tiny Thought from the @farnamstreet Brain Food newsletter.
Read it here: fs.blog/brain-food/april-24-…