Produce more than you consume
If you produce more value for others than you consume yourself, you can save and invest. If you consume more than you produce you become dependent and lose your freedom and happiness. How are you doing?
Worthy – not because someone else says so
People who look for validation and permission from others that they are worthy and valuable are looking outside themselves. This is risky and will result in an emotional rollercoaster of a life as people like you or do not like you for their own reasons that you cannot control. I…
Cry – Laugh – Rethink
Often when you grow the most is when you are having a difficult time and things go wrong. A crisis can teach us a lot - if we don't change our identity to "I'm the one who has problems and bad luck". Feel the problem and then let it go…
Be the you that you were made to be.
"Happiness is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God or luck or fate has bestowed upon them." - -Leo Rosten You have talents. Develop them into specific skills. Then find a place/position that needs and values those talents.
Satisfying, meaningful happiness
"The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties, and the fullest realization of the world in which we live." - Bertrand Russell Which would make you happier and feel meaning in your life for more than a few days - A - Retiring,…
Fix your thinking
"I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. The problems fix themselves." - Louise Hay What problem do you have, that if you fix your thinking about it, will relieve you of the problem without actually doing anything else?
Urgent and Important are not the same
Urgent is answer that phone, return the text, respond to others... Important is what will have the biggest and most lasting impact to your future. What is most important for you to do (take care of) right now? Answer the question. What is most important for you to do (take…
Being your own problem
Sometimes you thinking there is something wrong becomes what is wrong. Your mind believes what is vividly imagined. We tend to believe our own thoughts. And if we are convinced there is something wrong, we can make it come true. Be careful what you tell yourself and believe.
If only I had more time….
"Die first. Then you can go about the business of living." - Ekhart Tolle Living each day knowing that your time here is limited, you'll wind up living a fuller life with less regrets for what you did not do.
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Larry, thanks for the thinking music playlist. I find it very useful background music while working. Seems to provide similar productivity as pink noise, but much more pleasant.
James Horner is one of my favorite composers!! Thanks for the recommendation.
Enjoying the audiobook. Well produced. I’m in the middle of Part 2 right now. Go Larry!