Care for body & mind
- Eat smart.
- Eat vegetables.
- Eat superfoods.
- Weigh daily.
- Move more.
- Meditate daily.
- Do mini-meditations.
- Sleep well.
- Walk tall.
- Check posture.
- Sun myself.
- Look attractive.
Achieve stuff
- Do stuff.
- Work hard.
- Implement decisions.
- Follow through.
- Show grit.
- Push through.
- Dig deep.
- Start today.
- Keep going.
- Finish stuff.
- Try again.
- Try it.
- Stress-test ideas.
- Pursue BHAGs.
- Create prototypes.
- Prototype early.
- Manifest concepts.
- Grab opportunities.
- Show up.
Help achievement happen
- Collaborate well.
- Conquer procrastination.
- Not yet.
- Do pomodoros.
- Study mistakes.
- Get organized.
- Set goals.
- Set deadlines.
- Set tripwires.
- Apply knowledge.
- Get good.
- Expect set-backs.
- Schedule priorities.
- Check progress.
- Failing’s OK
- Aim high.
- Exploit strengths.
- Remove obstacles.
- Be agile.
- Adapt quickly.
- Satisficing’s good.
Use brain better
- Love learning.
- Memorise essentials.
- Test recall.
- Chunk stuff.
- Practice deliberately.
- Stretch myself.
- Use checklists.
- What’s working?
- Pay attention!
- Focus well.
- Eliminate distractions.
- Conserve willpower.
- Create routines.
- Create aide-memoires
- Ooch in
- Wake up!
- Read selectively.
- Read lots.
- Stay curious
- Cultivate curiosity
- Create stuff.
- Incubate ideas.
- Copy brilliance.
- Channel heroes.
- Future better.
- Dampen biases.
- Dispassionately observe.
- Sample life.
- Be hyper-realistic.
- Recruit subconscious.
Be emotionally mature
- Calm down.
- Be flexible.
- Be authentic.
- Be conscientious.
- Like myself.
- Dream big.
- Self-soothe.
- Eliminate badness.
- Value criticism.
- Get organized.
- Spot defensiveness.
- Pursue excellence.
- Be self-aware.
- Respect myself.
- Respect others.
- Rebound stronger.
- Stay optimistic.
- Boldly go.
- Be exuberant.
- Control choking.
- Schedule play.
- Face problems.
- End well.
- Conquer fear.
- Conquer self-consciousness.
- Create SOPs.
- Smile first.
- Smile big.
- Have fun.
- Live whole-heartedly.
- Know thyself.
- Practice gratitude
- Be grateful
- Conquer compulsions.
- Master emotions.
- Practice equanimity.
- Forgive readily.
- Set deadlines.
- Set tripwires.
- Back myself.
- Respect myself.
- Safeguard reputation.
- Build self-trust.
- Control urges.
- Don’t complain.
- Value disagreement.
- Move on.
- Fix fixables.
- Not yet.
- Next time.
- Grow.
- Challenge myself.
- Learn constantly.
- Be growth-minded.
- Practice growth-mindset.
- Be open-minded.
- Grow up.
- Man up.
- Tolerate discomfort.
- Eliminate self-pity.
- Eliminate negatives.
- Re-frame positively.
- Control anger.
- Control egotism.
- Embrace failure.
- Fail often.
- Embrace change.
- Celebrate progress.
- Be proactive.
- embrace criticism.
- Savor happiness.
- Spot beauty.
- Avoid croakers.
- Avoid arseholes.
- Avoid character-disordereds.
- Buttress weaknesses.
- Have faith.
- Forged steel.
- Steel myself.
- Free myself.
- Shed delusions.
- Seek confirmation.
- Independence first.
- Be self-reliant.
- Multi-facet myself.
- Keep reaching.
- Embrace progress.
- Track progress.
- Seek novelty.
- Pre-empt disasters.
- Bounce back.
- Chin up.
- Life’s short.
- Things die.
- Time heals.
- Be realisitic.
- Cultivate positivity.
- Build resilience.
- Tolerate ambiguity.
- Tolerate uncertainty.
- Tolerate change.
- Lean in.
- Worry less.
- I’m capable.
- I’m OK.
- Life’s complicated.
- Life’s hard.
- Life’s messy.
- Life’s ridiculous!
- We’re stupid!
- Don’t rationalize.
- Life’s unpredictable.
- Build habits.
- Create nudges.
- Create if-thens.
- Banish toxicity.
- Seek positivity.
- Live deeply.
- Appreciate goodness.
- Unblock myself.
- Ignore fools; low-lifes
- Live bigger.
- Be likeable.
- Don’t settle.
- Don’t demonize.
- Don’t over-idealize.
- seek confirmation
- Pay forward.
- Toughen up.
- Rebound stronger.
- Good enough.
- Show poise.
- Show confidence.
- Silence head-talk
- I’m potent.
- Do power-posing.
Be morally mature
- Play fair.
- Keep promises.
- Value excellence.
- Create beauty.
- Do good.
- Seek truth.
- Champion truth.
- Be courageous.
- Embrace progress.
- Reach higher.
- Be brave.
- Don’t judge.
- Don’t harm.
- Values first.
- Don’t lie.
- Earn respect.
- Do right.
- Feel compassion.
Think well.
- Journal daily.
- Note it.
- Essence it.
- What’s core?
- Ban excuses.
- Challenge assumptions.
- Ask “why?”
- Conduct pre-mortems.
- Conduct postmortems.
- What next?
- Mentally rehearse.
- Why not?
- Re-script stuff-ups.
- Think independently.
- Solve it.
- Face facts.
- Pause first…
- Reflect often.
- Plan ahead
- Beware certainty.
- Slow down.
- Question tradition.
- Challenge status-quo.
- Actions talk.
- Results talk.
- Choose carefully.
- Keep learning.
- Read more.
- Kill delusions.
- Think laterally.
- Think first.
- Look back.
- Spend wisely.
- Think “base-rates”.
- Connect dots.
- Be decisive.
- Decide logically.
- Develop systems.
- Train brain.
- Exercise brain.
- Create solutions.
- Solve problems.
- Think rationally.
- Think creatively.
- Think differently.
Communicate well
- Paint word-pictures.
- Eliminate deadwood.
- Tell stories.
- Simplify! Simplify!
- Talk tentatively.
- Always proof-read.
- Eliminate “should”.
- Don’t interrupt.
- Criticize kindly.
Be otherly – not just a selfish, egotistical clod of a human being!
- Listen mindfully.
- Add positivity.
- Apologize right.
- Nurture collaborations
- Create collaborations.
- Work collaboratively.
- Create win-wins.
- Value friendship.
- Encourage others.
- Say thank-you.
- Say sorry.
- Practice loving-kindness.
- Love generously.
- Validate others.
- Criticize gently.
- Think win-win.
- Help intelligently.
- Accept flaws.
- Give generously.
- Give intelligently.
- Disarm critics.
- Don’t hurt.
- Practice perspective-taking.
- Don’t judge.
- Smile first.
- Acknowledge excellence.
- Acknowledge goodness.
- Empathize intelligently.
- Manage takers.
- Trust -> verify.
- Expect worminess.
- Value differences.
- Love hurts.
- Offer help.
- Be kind.
- Nurture friendship.
- Value friendship.
- Reward goodness.
- Inspire others.
- I-thou.
- Manage people
- Tolerate imperfections.
- Love right.
- Take turns.
- Converse beautifully
- Be persuasive
- Be influential
- Create resonance
- Well done!
- I agree.
- I’m sorry.
- Thank you.
- I’m wrong.
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