Gratitude

“Focus on what you have, and gain what you lack. Focus on what you don’t have, and lose what you have.” – Greg Mckeown

Ending Workouts

Ending workouts with a relaxing song makes for positive associations and great way to transition to the next thing.

Exercise

I’ve never regretted exercising — something to remember when I want to skip.

Start

When you get an assignment, immediately work on it for 30 minutes: (A) you’ll get a sense for how long it should take and (B) you can ask questions while the topic is still on the assignors mind.

Sitting In Discomfort

Focusing on your discomfort either (a) resolves the discomfort or (b) points out an action you can take to resolve it.

Either one is better than avoiding discomfort.

Acting As If

If it’s not destructive to you or others, there’s all the reason to act as if. Acting as if you’re confident, as if you’re capable, as if you’re calm, is helpful, even if you don’t feel like it’s true. We judge our thoughts too much, and value our actions too little.