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- Author: Raymond, Anthony
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that do not align with their skills or disposition. We’ve all worked jobs that we hate. We’ve all grimaced at our alarm clock as it sounded its bell, yanking us from sleep with the announcement that another day of drudgery was dawning. Alternatively, we’ve all worked in a job or participated in a project that we loved doing. We’ve all experienced the thrill of engaging in productive endeavors—jetting out of bed with a leap, eager to bask in the glow of the creative spark that is ignited when we aspire to do great work. When there is harmonious alignment between our innate — location: 330
in a project that we loved doing. We’ve all experienced the thrill of — location: 332
“Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience” — location: 363
when the mind doesn’t see any immediate value in performing the task, then it will discourage you from laboring through it. — location: 406
Every occupation provides some value to someone. If it didn’t then there would be no reason for the job to exist. — location: 420
The mind needs to know that all its labor is resulting in a product that provides both a material and an existential benefit to mankind, even if only a small one. — location: 422
It is easier to destroy than to create. — location: 433
When we exclaim the value of autonomy, we refer to the freedom to make choices that contribute positively to our personal well-being as well as to the well-being of the world around us. — location: 452
Goals require action to accomplish. — location: 467
To procrastinate is to voluntarily delay an intended course of action—despite expecting to be worse off for the delay. — location: 520
The more uncertain we are of the potential benefit of a task, the easier it is for the lower mind to concoct reasons to avoid doing it. — location: 635
Because productive human effort is no “walk in the park.” It’s a war! A war against yourself. Every morning is a new battle in which victory is only attained via practiced discipline and an hour-by-hour commitment to a righteous cause. — location: 785
As you look back at life’s challenges (in health, wealth, and relationships), you’ll find that personal failures are typically not the result of just one problem. Instead, the big problems in life, about the issues that really matter, are usually the result of many little problems—the innumerable (and seemingly minuscule) issues that we allow to accumulate year after year. — location: 832
The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger (4 BC - AD 65) once wrote, “It is not the last drop that empties the water clock, but all that which previously has flowed out.” — location: 845
The amount of time available for the accomplishment of your goals is forever decreasing. With each tick of the clock, the end of your time draws nearer. — location: 930