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Reset de Domingo: dicas para organizar a sua semana
Quando alguma coisa não funciona em nossa vida, a reação mais comum é achar que precisamos nos esforçar mais, ter disciplina ou força de vontade. Mas muitas vezes a solução está na maneira como organizamos nossas atividades e criamos sistemas para lidar com elas. Essa é a ideia central de How to Be Good at Life: Simple Systems to Achieve More and Stress Less (Como ser bom na vida: sistemas simples para realizar mais e se estressar menos, em tradução livre), novo livro de Ben Meer.
Intentional by Chris Bailey
Skip to main content Imprint: Macmillan Business Are you tired of failing to finish what you start? Intentional, from productivity expert Chris Bailey, is the motivational guide you need. ‘A powerful guide to turning ambition into action’ – Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators Most of us have no problem setting goals. We know what we want, and we have a pretty good sense of what it takes to get it.
You don't need as much willpower as you think—the most successful people use this instead, says expert
Place a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup in my kitchen, and I might resist it the first four times I see it (make that three, or two). But I'll eat it eventually. Most of us blame moments like this on weak willpower. As if successful people have some superhuman reserve of self-control the rest of us are missing. But even the most "disciplined" people know they can't rely on willpower alone. So they do something smarter.
You Don’t Need More Willpower. You Need a Better System.
When life feels harder than it should, we tend to blame our discipline. Ben Meer suggests a more useful question: What system keeps producing this result, and what system could fix it? A checklist, a calendar block, or a change to your surroundings can do what another promise to “try harder” can’t. Modern life asks us to manage an inbox, a household, a career, relationships, and a small mountain of admin—often all before lunch. Habits help, but they can’t carry every project or complicated decision.
You Don’t Need More Willpower. You Need a Better System.
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The 1,000-hour test: a better way to decide what’s actually worth your money
When I moved to Vermont in 2020, clearing snow off my deck was the only thing that stood between it and collapse. For two winters, I spent more than five hours a week shoveling. I was cold and sore I and eventually threw out my back. There’s a fine line between building character and building a relationship with your chiropractor. Finally, I bought a snowblower. Those hour-long shoveling sessions shrank to fifteen minutes. The real win was that the reclaimed time didn’t vanish into scrolling.
How to Be Good at Life
'A practical guide to designing the life you actually want' – Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Indistractable From the creator of the massively popular System Sunday community with over two million followers comes a proven method for building systems that make modern life easier. You’re making thousands of decisions a day. You’re fighting algorithms designed to steal your attention. You’re managing passwords, subscriptions, and deadlines – complexity your brain was never built to handle.
Follow These 10 Best Instagram Accounts For Self Improvement In 2024
Your Instagram feed is what you make of it. These days, it’s common to detox your follows—removing the noise and adding accounts that actually bring value to your life. If you’re tired of wasting time scrolling through posts that don’t add to your personal growth, we’ve got you covered. These Instagram accounts are all about helping you become your best self in 2024.
A System for Resiliency [Identity Diversification]
I identified as an athlete for the first 20 years of my life. Then, I suffered a career-ending sports injury in college, and I was gutted. Many people wrap up their entire identity in one dimension, like sports or work. But this can make us fragile to external events. Instead, you can diversify your identity to become more resilient. In every edition of System Sunday, I assess the featured system across three superhuman dimensions: impact, setup, and maintenance.
A System for Growing in Reverse [Inversion]
During World War II, military analysts were trying to figure out how to armor their planes better. They noticed many returning aircraft had bullet holes in the wings, tail, and fuselage. The immediate assumption was to reinforce these areas. Sounds logical, right? But a U.S.-based statistician named Abraham Wald made an observation: These were the planes that survived. The planes that didn’t return might have been hit in other vital areas, like the engine.
A System for Saying "No" [5-Step Framework]
Normalize making “no” your default. Whether it's new work projects or social gatherings, saying “yes” to non-priorities ruins your priorities. Unfortunately, declining invites can be challenging—we fear hurting the feelings of others or even missing out. Today’s newsletter will show you: How to decline graciously My favorite decision-making razors for when to say “yes” Let’s get started.
Top 10 Instagram Accounts To Follow For Personal Growth In 2023
Your Instagram feed can be full of, well, whatever you want. It’s quite normal nowadays to do detoxes of followed Instagram accounts, removing what doesn’t contribute and adding what truly brings value to life. If you don’t want to keep spending hours scrolling through meaningless posts that don’t help your growth, you might want to take a look at these Instagram accounts that will help you with personal growth this 2023.
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