If you are reading a book, do read.
If you are doing some work, do work.
If you are checking emails and social media, do check emails and social media.
If you are chatting with a friend, do chat with a friend.
If you are in a meeting, do be in the meeting.
The point is that you should commit to whatever it is that you are doing at any given moment. Mixing different activities at the same time is a sure way to get nervous, stressed, and eventually achieve nothing.
Once you have established what you stand for, your role in the world, the first test is with yourself. It’s a test of determination in which you are opposed to the infinite opportunities of life.
The second test is with your culture. It’s a test of conviction in the face of what came before you, how things have always been.
The third and final test is with others. It’s a test of acceptance of different points of view, and of the fact that such different points of views do not diminish the validity of your own.
Be relentless.
Don’t get hang up on the tool, on the setting, on the company, on the system. Those are all important things to define at some point, but if you realise that’s what is keeping you from doing, don’t get hang up on them.
In the early stages, the most important thing is doing.
July is a fantastic time to take a break, right after the first half is done.
And to be honest, it’s always a fantastic time to take a break. When you have done good work, when you have done a lot of work, when you are about to start working on something new.
This is still good advice to follow, right before the break.
If you want to change something you deeply care about, you ought to be able to love what’s good in it.
The bad is going to kill your motivation before it gets better, so it’s important to reinforce the reason why you are in it.
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