3-2-1: Craving the result versus the process, seeing clearly, and thinking for yourself

Happy 3-2-1 Thursday!

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And now, here are 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week.

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"Double down on what is working best."

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"It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it.

If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment."

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"Finish something. Anything. Stop researching, planning, and preparing to do the work and just do the work. It doesn’t matter how good or how bad it is. You don’t need to set the world on fire with your first try. You just need to prove to yourself that you have what it takes to produce something. There are no artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, or scientists who became great by half-finishing their work. Stop debating what you should make and just make something."

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Writer and psychoanalyst Marion Milner on seeing clearly:

"There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear."

Source: A Life of One's Own​

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Engineer, physician, and astronaut Mae Jemison on thinking for yourself:

"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won't exist because you'll have already shut it out... You can hear other people's wisdom, but you've got to re-evaluate the world for yourself."

Source: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, November 2009

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If you could spend 30 minutes today creating whatever you want, what would you create?

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Until next week,

James Clear
​Author of Atomic Habits and keynote speaker​​

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p.s. Rocking horses.