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So our first step in improving our outcomes is to train ourselves to identify the moments when judgment is called for in the first place, and pause to create space to think clearly. This training takes a lot of time and effort, because it involves counterbalancing our hardwired biological defaults evolved over many centuries. But mastery over the ordinary moments that make the future easier or harder is not only possible, it’s the critical ingredient to success and achieving your long-term goals.
Clear Thinking
Shane Parrish
If you find yourself de-cluttering more than once a month, then it’s likely you are overcommitting yourself, making your tasks too granular, or not prioritizing well enough.
Personal Kanban
Tonianne DeMaria Barry and Jim Benson
The social default inspires conformity. It coaxes us to fall in line with an idea or behavior simply because other people do. It embodies what the term “social pressure” refers to: wanting to belong to the crowd, fear of being an outsider, fear of being scorned, fear of disappointing other people.
Clear Thinking
Shane Parrish
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