TEDONA #154
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work...
Quotes
“The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.” —Anonymous.
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that count." — Winston Churchill.
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." — Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before." — Franz Kafka.
"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work." — Stephen King.
"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. Many people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now." — Teronie J. Donaldson (yep, that's me cool, right?)
Notes/Observations
"All kinds of cheat codes are lying around, but they usually look boring. People will routinely ignore things that already work, hoping for a slightly easier path. The cheat code is the work you're avoiding." — James Clear.
In a continuation of the quote above (#1), it’s best to see what you are avoiding and jump right in.
Articles
Watched
Book Of the Week
This is a book about self-sabotage—why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good. Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel entirely futile.
But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our way and into our potential.
For centuries, the mountain has been used as a metaphor for the significant challenges we face, especially ones that seem impossible to overcome. To scale our mountains, we must do the deep internal work of excavating trauma, building resilience, and adjusting how we show up for the climb. Ultimately, it is not the mountain we master but ourselves.
Strategy
Living below your means increases your means — the money you save this month increases your purchasing power next month.
(Financial fitness is essential)
Question
If money was no object, what would you do with your life?