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Olivia S
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Takeaways:
- No one knows their ultimate ceiling.
- The only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with.
- What you build today will either empower or restrict you tomorrow.
- Only living big will let you experience your true life and work potential.
- Success comes down to this: being appropriate in the moments of your life.
— 13 hours, 56 min ago
- No one knows their ultimate ceiling.
- The only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with.
- What you build today will either empower or restrict you tomorrow.
- Only living big will let you experience your true life and work potential.
- Success comes down to this: being appropriate in the moments of your life.
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Olivia S
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Takeaways:
- When you gamble with your time, you may be placing a bet you can't cover.
- To achieve an extraordinary result you must choose what matters most and give it all the time it demands. This requires getting extremely out of balance in relation to all other work issues.
- When you act on your priority, you'll automatically go out of balance, giving more time to one thing over another.
- Big is bad is a lie.
— 14 hours, 6 min ago
- When you gamble with your time, you may be placing a bet you can't cover.
- To achieve an extraordinary result you must choose what matters most and give it all the time it demands. This requires getting extremely out of balance in relation to all other work issues.
- When you act on your priority, you'll automatically go out of balance, giving more time to one thing over another.
- Big is bad is a lie.
Olivia S
is on page 78 of 240
Takeaways:
- Willpower is always on will-call is a lie.
- Willpower has a limited battery life.
- The more we use our mind, the less minding power we have.
- You make doing what matters most a priority when your willpower is its highest.
- Do your most important work early.
- A balanced life is a lie.
- Attend to all things, everything gets shortchanged.
- Magic happens at the extremes.
— 14 hours, 9 min ago
- Willpower is always on will-call is a lie.
- Willpower has a limited battery life.
- The more we use our mind, the less minding power we have.
- You make doing what matters most a priority when your willpower is its highest.
- Do your most important work early.
- A balanced life is a lie.
- Attend to all things, everything gets shortchanged.
- Magic happens at the extremes.
Olivia S
is on page 60 of 240
Takeaways:
- Success is actually a short race - a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.
- You can become successful with less discipline than you think, for one simple reason: success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right.
- When you do the right thing, it can liberate you from having to monitor everything.
— 14 hours, 13 min ago
- Success is actually a short race - a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.
- You can become successful with less discipline than you think, for one simple reason: success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right.
- When you do the right thing, it can liberate you from having to monitor everything.

