Author: BEN.BALDEN
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Resist getting stirred up about nothing
There are so many things in life to get angry about. And there are many things in the world to worry about. You can get riled up about anything in life. But that doesn’t mean that getting annoyed is the best thing to do. So, the advice is to resist getting stirred up about things… Read more
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Face your emotions
Face your emotions to overcome them. Overcome consistent sadness through facing, feeling, and understanding it, and yourself to grieve for it. Buried emotions or feelings fester. In general, facing, feeling, and reflecting on your emotions helps you manage them. This doesn’t mean letting them dictate what you do and it doesn’t mean spending loads… Read more
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The boredom of success
Success comes from boredom. You have to handle the boredom of training every day. Successes in most of life comes only after consistent effort over a lengthy period of time. It’s the training montage, the years of study or work. And most of the time the monotonous work is repetitive and can be boring. Success… Read more
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Can you handle the necessary boredom?
You have to handle the boredom of training every day. Source: Atomic Habits Ch 19 6:00 Read more
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Boredom kills success
The greatest threat to success is not failure, but boredom. Source: Atomic Habits Ch 19 after 6min Read more
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What hurts you less
The work you do that hurts you less than it hurst others is the work you are made to do Source: Atomic Habits CH16. At 13:21 Read more
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Choose your pleasure
We all have choice. You get to choose your pleasure or pain. Here are some examples: Choose to find temporary pleasure in eating yummy, but unhealthy food, or choose the long-term pleasure of enjoying a healthy or strong body. Choose to spend your financial resources on temporary pleasures, or keep your resources and put them… Read more
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Consistent, determined and willing to work for it
“To be successful at anything, the truth is you don’t have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren’t: consistent, determined and willing to work for it.” – Tom Brady SOURCE: https://x.com/emmanuelacho/status/1801262300021850202?s=46 Read more
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015 – Having vs Being
Having vs Being Becoming something is more important than obtaining things. I recently read something in the book, 7 habits by Steven Covey about having and being. It’s an important distinction. You are who you are because of what you are not because of what you have. Changing what you have, own, or control does… Read more
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014 – Compare = Despair
Compare = Despair In some situations, comparing two individuals can be a very useful thing. However, it is often incomplete and leads to a distorted and oversimplified unsupportive conclusion. Comparing yourself to others can more than often lead to feelings of discouragement especially with our human tendency to face our desired direction and shine a… Read more