Think Less; Do More

So you hear all the very many excuses and justifications, and you think to yourself, “So what?”

“But I’m exhausted.”
“So what?”
“I’m not even sure if I still want to do this.”
“So what?”
“It’s expensive.”
“So what?”
“I don’t actually have the time.”
“So what?”

Your mind will come up with endless reasons not to. But when you are committed, none of it matters. Look at every single objection your mind comes up with and shrug your shoulders. It has no bearing on anything.

Act as you said you would. Because you said you would.

Summary:

• There is one key feature that separates those strategies that work from those that never do: action. At some point, if you truly wish to transform your life, you will need to cross over from where you are to where you want to be—by taking action.
• To craft an action for bias, drop the belief that you need to be excellent at something the first time around, and replace it with: "Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly." Strive to be an amateur and not a professional.
• Remind yourself that all your attempts have value and that failure is valuable because it’s how you learn. Abandon the need to be perfect and focus on the process of learning and growing, rather than any flashy outcome. Learn to tolerate the imperfection of being a beginner.
• Just start—“You don’t have to be great to start. But you have

Enter the not-to-do list. This contains all those tasks that you might be tempted to waste time with but shouldn’t.

Loss of confidence because any time you make a promise to yourself and fail to keep your word, you are damaging your relationship with yourself—and poor self-esteem is not far behind.

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.”

At some point, if you truly wish to transform your life, you will need to cross over from where you are to where you want to be—by taking action.

“My promises to myself are not worth keeping,

“You don’t have to be great to start. But you have to start to be great.”

The irony is that the person who can longest tolerate imperfection is more likely to actually achieve perfection at some point!

“Look, obviously my house is not going to look like a museum overnight. But I’ve done good work tidying things up today, and that’s something to be proud of.”

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.”