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Pages talks about procrastination and being a zombie. Procrastination is a very bad habit that we convince is ok. The better you get at something the less procrastination will disrupt you.

The cue - trigger
The routine - routine from trigger
The reward - habits give us pleasure
The belief - habits have power, you must believe you can change, or it’ll never happen

The author expresses that procrastination is an addiction. Usually the task at hand isn’t as bad as we think once we get started. Apparently, the brain lights up as if we’re in pain when we procrastinate but while doing the task, it disappears.

The author indicates that when learning, mix up the problems and not to do the same problem. That way it gives you different perspectives on how to handle it. An example is a tool, you can’t use the tool for the same projects, you need to know when it’s applicable and when you use other tools to finish the project.

Typically, sellers have many reasoning as to why they went to sell their business. A few of these examples can range from retirement,, risk reduction, lack of bench strength, glass ceiling, serial entrepreneurship.

Talking about chunking and how starting backwards sometimes may help you understand better. Practice and repetition are the main key points

Lots of ideas so far. A few that I gathered is chunking, focus/diffuse thinking.

The author indicates the reasoning for most transactions from both buyer and seller side of M&A. Author also gives plenty examples of acquisitions from Microsoft, Instagram, Walgreens etc.