mindset

The Productive Power of Remaining Calm

Why getting worked up doesn’t help you get work done

It’s easy to get worked up over something, but it doesn’t help. We just might end up farther away from our goals than we started.

You’ll achieve more when you set your sights high

The person we become is one of the biggest ends we ever have in mind. The higher you can set your vision, the higher you’re going to climb.

Scarcity Sparks the Creativity to Succeed with What You Have

Don’t let the default solution be “more”. You’ll deny yourself the breakthroughs that come when you figure out how to do it with what you have.

The mind makes it real

You’ve already decided how you’re going to respond in most situations. Those decisions shape your actions, which in turn shape your reality.

The fire inside burns hottest

We can be spurred to action by external forces, but we perform best (and enjoy it most) when we want to do it.

Teach your brain what to do next

Whether you’re trying to break a bad habit or start a new one, you can retrain your brain.

How effectively do they meet your needs?

Habits are neither good nor bad. Some just create more sideways energy than others.

He was causing the very thing he was trying to avoid

Scrooge was trying to fill a hole in his heart. He almost filled it with the very thing he was running from.

Have you ever tried to justify and excuse your lack of action?

We can recognize procrastination when it comes at us head-on. Sometimes, it sneaks up on us and catches us by surprise.

Does the company you keep spur you forward?

Three groups influence our habits, attitudes, and behavior more than any other: the Close, the Many, and the Powerful.