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Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.

- Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most (80/20) to income.
- Schedule them with very short and clear deadlines (Parkinson's Law).
= Only 2 mission-critical tasks per day. NO DISTRACTION from start to end for each task.

Batch to reduce setup cost.
Check emails at 12pm, 4pm.
Empower others to act without interrupting you.

Doing unrealistic thing is easier than doing realistic thing. Therefore, don't overestimate competitions.There is just less competition for bigger goals.

Love <> Indifference, Happiness <> Boredom.
Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness.

Specify what you want to have, be, and do, as detailed as possible and make them actionable NOW. + Dreamlining Sheet

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Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

Conquering Fear = Defining Fear.
- assess 0-10 & temporary/permanent impact/risk

Most of the time you can survive with the worst case you imagine. It would be probably better than you think.

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Prevent Work for Work's sake.

Possession&Time: Too much & too often of them becomes what you don't want.

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

If it's important to you, do it now. Timing is never right.

Far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strength than fixing weakness.

Relative income is a real metric, esp in hour, not year.

Be equally aggressive in removing distress and finding eustress.

You don't have to be a multi-millionaire to achieve the following lifestyle:

DEAL framework to be a NEW RICH
- Definition: Life style design
- Elimination: selective ignorance & low-information diet -> Time
- Automation: Income
- Liberation: Location

Employees shall apply as DEL A.