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    Stamina, Not Just Competence: A Key to Winning in Life

    A while back, I found a quote that got me thinking: “Amateurs think about tactics. But professionals think about logistics.” I first heard it in an episode of Hardcore History podcast. It talks about how logistics is often the determining factor in wars. You might have superior troops and...
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    Freedom: The True Objective of Productivity

    What is the goal of productivity? In Free to Focus, author Michael Hyatt gave this answer (emphasis mine): Productivity should free you to pursue what’s most important to you. The goal, the true objective of productivity, should be freedom. He went on to define freedom in four ways: Freedom...
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    Why Energy Management Is Important: A Lesson From Theodore Roosevelt

    What is a key factor for personal productivity? For many people, the answer is time management. Time management has even become synonymous with personal productivity. The assumption is that the better you manage your time, the more productive you will be. But there is a missing element here...
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    Maximizing Your Personal Effectiveness With AI Tools: 4 Tips

    Have you noticed a recent trend? More and better AI tools are becoming available. While AI (artificial intelligence) has been around for some time, the tools that came out recently are smarter than ever. DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, for instance, can generate relevant images based on your text...
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    Strategy and Tactics: Two Essential Keys to Success

    I recently read Outlive by Peter Attia. It’s a book about longevity that I found insightful. It contains many lessons about different aspects of health. However, what I’d like to share with you here isn’t the health lessons from the book. Instead, it’s a quote by Sun Tzu that I found there...
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    Elevate Your Life With a Purposeful System

    Do you want to be productive? Do you want to make the most of your time? Then there is something you need: a purposeful system. What does “purposeful system” mean? Well, let’s break it down. There are two words there: purposeful and system. Let’s start with system. To make the most out of your...
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    Being Productive: Dissecting the Productivity Formula

    In Deep Work, there is an interesting formula for productivity. Here it is: Work Accomplished = Time Spent x Intensity You can see here that your productivity depends on two factors: time spent and intensity. The more time you spend on a task and the more intense you are, the more you will get...
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    Productivity and Longevity: A Timeless Lesson From Warren Buffett

    Warren Buffett, the famed investor, turned 90 last Sunday. At that age, he still hasn’t retired. He is still the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Not only does he live long, but also he stays sharp mentally. In fact, one thing he did on his 90th birthday is announcing a new deal that Berkshire just...
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    How to Be Excited About Your Day

    Do you want to be excited about your day? Do you want to go through your day with enthusiasm? While I still have a lot to improve, I can attest that I’m often excited about my day. As a result, I go through it with enthusiasm and end the day feeling fulfilled. How could that happen? Based on...
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    How to Manage Risks in Your Life: 4 Lessons Learned

    Do you want to reach your full potential? A big part of that, I believe, is managing your risks. There are risks in different parts of your life, and the better you manage them, the better your chance to move forward in life. Not managing your risks well, on the other hand, could cause you a big...
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    Give these 3 new year’s rituals a try

    Takeaway:Three rituals to close out 2020: conduct a year-end productivity review; create an accomplishments list; and write down what you’re grateful for from the year past (it’s easier than you think). Estimated Reading Time:2 minutes, 46s. If 2020 were a building, it would have been a big...
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    Stop trying to control the arc of your career

    Takeaway: It’s only possible to connect the arc of your career in hindsight. There are ways to work within this uncertainty of your future pathway, like by asking whether you’re pointed in the right direction, not worrying if you can’t figure things out, and by planning (while expecting that...
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    Where do your goals come from?

    Takeaway:Reflect deeply on where your goals come from—whether you accept the default goals that are expected of you, or choose them for yourself. Accepting the default script puts you at risk of living out of alignment with your true self. Estimated Reading Time:4 minutes, 38s. I’ve been...
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    To overcome imposter syndrome, think in systems

    Takeaway:Success comes when you work intelligently within a system of interconnected parts. Understanding the system you’re in, and the intelligent ways in which you interact with it, goes a long way towards understanding the success you’ve achieved—and overcoming imposter syndrome. Estimated...
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    The science of how to get intuition to speak to you

    Takeaway: Information competes for our conscious attention: the web of thoughts with the greatest activation is usually the one where we direct our attention. The calmer our mind, the fewer thoughts we generate in response to what happens in the world—and the greater the odds that intuition will...
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    The 6 Burnout Triggers

    Takeaway:If you’re feeling burnt out or worried you’re heading in that direction, check on the six areas of your job that are most likely to contribute to that state: your workload, level of control, how rewarding your job is, how much community you have, how fair things are, and whether your...
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    56: Celebrating Milestones

    On this episode, we chat about how to properly celebrate the milestones we hit. Topics covered include: How we rarely celebrate our accomplishments How the “Zeigarnik effect” leads us to just move onto the next thing The milestones we’re celebrating What it means to have closure with a project...
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    57: Saying No

    On this episode, we chat about the importance of saying no to unimportant things. Topics covered include: Becoming more deliberate about saying no What we should be saying no to—in our work and personal lives Comparison tasks that put “saying no” in perspective The relative meaning and...
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    You’re not as lost as you think you are

    Takeaway: If you’re feeling lost, it may be a sign you’re operating without a roadmap. To help, get resourceful, ask for guidance, and overcome the obstacles in front of you.But be aware of self-doubt, which can cloud the path ahead. Through it all, remember: you’re probably not as lost as you...
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    The biggest work mistake you could make this summer

    Takeaway: When you don’t use up your vacation time, you not only volunteer your time—as one study found, you may also become less successful. Estimated Reading Time: 1 minutes, 4s. Here’s a lesson I’ve learned the hard way: it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking the world needs you more...

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