Two choices, two outcomes for each.
Looking back:
Looking forward:
With both “looking back” and “looking forward,” you have choices.
When you’re in the present, however, there’s no choice. You’re just there.
I ask a lot of questions. Many of them are rhetorical. But I sometimes I really want some answers. So here are a few questions I’ve been stuck on:
If you’re bored with the song you’ve been singing, aren’t your fans bored, too?
He left his job in finance to do photography. No, not me. Meet Brandon Stanton. He’s the guy behind “Human’s of New York,” a blog and now New York Times Bestselling book.
His advice to everyone, ironically? Just work.
If you have an idea, just work on it.
If you have a dream, just work on it.
If you care, just work.
Waiting until it’s perfectly ready does nothing until you just work.
Just work.
Just a little.
Today.
Productivity. Clarity. Direction.
I get those from these:
Four easy things for every morning:
That’s it.
And oh, by the way. You just got four things done and you haven’t got into work yet.
No Facebook.
No sales totals.
No Google Analytics.
No investigating.
No ESPN.
No Fox News.
No Bravo.
No porn.
No weed.
No candy.
No Candy Crush.
No Twitter.
No Vine.
No mirror.
No selfies.
No instant gratification.
Can you do it?
Can I?
A new study says, contrary to widely held belief, eating healthy is not that more expensive than eating junk. They calculated it costs an extra $1.50 per day.
Great. Will this get anyone to change eating their habits? Very few.
Logic, analysis, reason has no impact on decision-making after a stressful day. $1.50 certainly doesn’t either.
But a study that says eating healthy lets you spend time with 1.5 more grandkids?
That would make an impact.
One blog post. One networking call. One addition to the recipe index.
I’m an ideas guy. For ideas guys like me, it’s easy to get lost. (See Darren Rowse’s talk at minute 24 ish). My head’s already spinning with ideas for the lifeisnoyoke site (and that’s absurd because I just launched a complete redesign).
But looking back on the week’s daily “ones”, I can see that I’m not lost. I’m not just an ideas guy.
I’m getting shit done.
One.
One.
One.
1st round picks are 1st round picks forever. 2nd round picks, the same.
1st round picks make more money. They’re given more opportunities. And the benefit of the doubt.
Being a 2nd round pick is not a choice. But staying in a situation where you’re labeled a 2nd round pick is.
The fourth tennis ball in a can. The bonus mini pen to make a four-pack. The fourth point in a thesis. The fourth project team member. Four downs to score. Ménage à quatre?
Why is #4 such a curse?
I lose less tennis balls when I use a 3-pack can. I hang on to pens longer when there’s just three. People absorb information better in sets of three. My project teams were great with three. Football teams are more likely to get a first down if they don’t get to 4th. Ménage à trois gets weird when you add another.
When isn’t three enough? And optimal? And more efficient?
Monday through Friday, I post to this blog. The deadline is 8am CST.
Do I always make the deadline? No. Do I always hit a home run? No. Am I always looking forward to publishing something new? No.
But has this blog been the most consistent part of my life over the last year? Yes.
Rewarding, beneficial, recognized, fulfilling, fun, satisfying also work.
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