Linda Formichelli > Quotes

“No matter how savvy you are with your Day Planner and Google Calendar, if you really want to do it all, chances are you’ll need some help.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“Better to say “I tried and failed and moved on” than “I never tried because I thought I might fail.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“More focus and less stress? Sounds like a good thing for women who want to do it all!”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“Do what you naturally gravitate toward based on your mood, and not only will exercise not suck anymore, it will become a valuable part of your D-I-A life.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“Here’s proof from the American Psychological Association website that the right kind of stress can lead to a happier life: “Myth: Stress is always bad for you. According to this view, zero stress makes us happy and healthy. Wrong. Stress is to the human condition what tension is to the violin string: Too little and the music is dull and raspy; too much and the music is shrill or the string snaps. Stress can be the kiss of death or the spice of life. The issue, really, is how to manage it. Managed stress makes us productive and happy; mismanaged stress hurts and even kills us.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“We succumb to this time-sucking rule when we’re writing for a new editor or publication, and we want to impress them with our reporting skills. We’ll search a database for one more study, one more factoid that will make our article sound more authoritative. Or maybe one or two more expert quotes will provide more balance. We fall into this trap when we’re tackling a subject we’ve never covered before or a lengthy assignment where we have more leeway on content.”
― Linda Formichelli, The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success 3rd Edition

“Helena Rubinstein, captures this concept perfectly: “There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“But you don’t have to stick with any tactic beyond the point of usefulness just to appear consistent to other people.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“Do not feel guilty for needing a break. Even if we want to do it all, we humans aren’t made for non-stop work. If stress, exhaustion, or overwhelm are tempting you to round-file your Plan for good, rest until you’re ready again and then get back to”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“We look to envision what could go wrong, what will go wrong, in advance, before we start. Far too many ambitious undertakings fail for preventable reasons. Far too many people don’t have a backup plan because they refuse to consider something might not go exactly as they wish.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“No One Needs You That Much”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“Getting rid of tolerations opens up space so good things can flow in,”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“Who looks back with pride at the end of the year (or at the end of their lives) on how much TV they watched, or how many Facebook posts they commented on? Most likely, every moment in your life you remember with fondness and pride took effort…and effort often means stress.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“To illustrate, let’s try this thought experiment: Tell yourself, “I’m going to make three sales calls today.” How does it feel? Most likely, it feels pretty “meh.” Now, tell yourself, “I’m going to make 50 sales calls today.” Which are you more excited to do?”
― Linda Formichelli, Commit: How to Blast Through Problems & Reach Your Goals Through Massive Action

“Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“Schedule blocks of time in your calendar for your D-I-A Desires, and then fit in other to-dos around those blocks.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” —President Millard Fillmore”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day, unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie

“One way to get yourself started in spite of Resistance is to set a timer for ten minutes, and promise yourself that if you feel like stopping when the timer goes off, you can.”
― Linda Formichelli, How to Do It All: The Revolutionary Plan to Create a Full, Meaningful Life — While Only Occasionally Wanting to Poke Your Eyes Out With a Sharpie