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Mistakenly believing that caffeine gives you a genuine boost, rather than understanding that it makes you feel low, tired and drained, creates a mental conflict.


“When it comes to productivity and creativity, scatterfocus enables you to do three powerful things at once. First, as I’ll discuss in this chapter, it allows you to set intentions and plan for the future. It’s impossible to set future intentions when you’re immersed in the present. By stepping back and directing your attention inward, you’re able to switch off autopilot and consider what to do next. Your brain automatically plans for the future when you rest—you just need to give it the space and time to do so.”
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
― Hyperfocus: How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
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