“The quality of your listening determines what people will tell you.” —Esther Perel

"Fun is looking for the variability in something other people don't notice. It's breaking through the boredom and monotony to discover its hidden beauty." --Nir Eyal, Indistractable

Keep your eye on what's important, and don't get distracted by the noise.

When the need for efficiency becomes the goal, it becomes easy to come up with excuses.

Don’t let a tool get in the way of your ultimate goal.

Where has “needing to be efficient” gotten in your way?

“Resilience doesn’t always look dramatic.” —Ashkan Nasr

"Most people, they try to improve everything at the same time. And then what happens is that you dilute your focus, you slow down results, and you don't actually able to break through on any one thing because you don't have enough attention towards any one thing." --Leila Hormozi

Feeling overwhelmed? Stop and do this: 1. Write everything down that's on your mind 2. Identify your highest priority 3. Define the next action 4. Execute

If you get caught up in decision paralysis, you won't accomplish the things that are overwhelming you.

"The psychological muscle you have to build to be a great leader is to be able to look in the abyss and go, 'Okay, that way is slightly better. We're going to go that way.'" --Ben Horowitz

"If you're a top 1% thinker, you ask yourself this question: - If I had nothing invested in this thing, would I still start this today? - Would I still be with this person today? - Would I still pursue this path today? - Would I still make this decision today?" --Leila Hormozi

Something that is hard today, won't necessarily be hard tomorrow. Something that is unclear today, won't necessarily be unclear tomorrow. Something that isn't garnering momentum or results today, could start garnering momentum or results tomorrow.

"The narrative is like beautifully coming together. Each insight's unlocking the next. But in that case, like I had to push water uphill for like the last six months on this concept, trying to get it to a place where suddenly like I can see it now." --Eric Ryan

When dealing with overwhelm is to talk to yourself as if you were talking to a friend: - Don't be so hard on yourself - Don't give unrealistic demands to yourself - Keep encouraging yourself

Every week I take 5 minutes to list my wins for the week. It builds momentum, gets me unstuck, and gives real evidence of progress and contribution.

What’s one win you're celebrating this week--big or tiny?

A client came to me drowning in missed deadlines. They had a plan--it wasn't working. I showed them 4 simple adjustments: • Buffer time • Lower bars • Padded estimates • Clear "done" definitions

Better plans aren't more ambitious... ...they're the ones you follow.

The problem with just "getting things done" is it makes it easy to forget the things that are truly important.