Andrew Thomson > Quotes

“If blue helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, run.”
― Andrew Thomson, Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) : True Stories from a War Zone

“I'm not convinced that it's worth it. How many Cambodians ever asked for a $2 billion election? Nighty percent of them are rice farmers. I lived with them, watched them die at the hospital, and never was the word "election" mentioned. That money would repair hundreds of roads and bridges and pay for tons of seed and fertilizer. And clear a lot of landmines.”
― Andrew Thomson, Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) : True Stories from a War Zone

“He did well, but he couln't afford the blood for a transfusion.”
― Andrew Thomson, Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) : True Stories from a War Zone

“This is because perfection just doesn’t exist but you put yourself under all this pressure to try and achieve it. Of even more importance, so called perfection is often never required in your daily life. Perfectionism for me was one of the biggest triggers of my procrastination that I had to overcome. I, like I’m sure you do, always want to deliver to the best of my ability. Whether it be in business or at home. Sometimes even when it came to sport. Because of this I would find myself never being happy with what I was producing and always deferring it to later or often scrapping what I had all together because I didn’t think it was good enough.”
― Andrew Thomson, Think Outside The Box: Outsmart Your Laziness, Think Intelligently, Generate Ideas On Demand, Make Smarter Choices And Be A Productivity Machine

“Only Read/Answer Emails Twice a Day In the past I would have my email client open all day, every day. I would be working on something and then get distracted by the email alert in the bottom of my computer screen and instantly click over to see from who and what it contains. The solution is to only check your emails twice a day. I do it once in the morning and once straight after lunch. The rest of the time I am distraction free. This is not only a technique I use but one that has been suggested by some of the most productive people in the world. Michael Hyatt, Scott Belsky, Leo Babauta to name a few. Try this out for a week. If you are someone like me who receives numerous emails a day, you will immediately see the benefits of using this.”
― Andrew Thomson, Think Outside The Box: Outsmart Your Laziness, Think Intelligently, Generate Ideas On Demand, Make Smarter Choices And Be A Productivity Machine