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Conscious Systems Design for a Better Life & Business
Your life is actually working perfectly.
And your business? It’s exactly where it’s supposed to be.
It’s not that you love all the results.
However, anything and everything occurring in your life has a system behind it. There’s cause and effect. You experience the effects… and you have more choice in the cause than you realize.
It’s true that there are some causes beyond your control, but you always have a choice of where you focus.
You can blame others for the bad effects i…
You can blame others for the bad effects i…
“Go with the flow” vs. Scheduled flow
To be creative, should you "go with the flow" or schedule out your day?
Consider your relationship to “deadlines”.
Some people work well by giving themselves due dates. Others avoid it and prefer to “go with the flow”.
Either way can work… as long as we make the choice consciously, and thereby be accepting of the results that occur (or don’t occur).
If we “go with the flow”, we need to accept that we probably won’t reach our time-based goals… or that goals may constantly change ba…
If we “go with the flow”, we need to accept that we probably won’t reach our time-based goals… or that goals may constantly change ba…
The EADA System for Joyful Productivity
There's an updated framework:
Go there and en-joy :)
What follows is the older version of this framework...
(Eliminate, Automate, Delegate, Appreciate)
Not everything on your to-do list is meant to be done by you.
As you look at each task, does it fit all 3 criteria?
1. Enjoyment: You do (or wish to) enjoy doing it.
2. Expertise: You are (or wish to become) an expert at it.
3. Effect: This task has more worthwhile effects compared to other tasks you could …
Energy Reboot 2
This is a simple spiritual practice that I do, multiple times a day, that has made a profound and positive difference in my work.
Since it takes only 30 seconds, I do it at least 3 times each working hour (except when in a meeting).
I call it the Energy Reboot. Several years ago I published a blog post and video about it: Energy Reboot 1. (If you haven’t tried the first version, it’s a good starting point.)
Over the past 6 months I’ve been using a new version, which I’ll describe b…
Focus on systems everyday, not goals
In entrepreneurship, we often encounter a fixation on big goals and dramatic results.
"Get 1 million followers! … Build a 6-figure business!"
When that is the constant focus, two things happen:
1. Your subconscious keeps telling you—daily—that you aren't there... that you aren't yet "enough".
Desire becomes a contract we make with ourselves to be unhappy until something specific happens. (paraphrase of Naval’s tweet)
The fixation on a big numeric goal (such as “6 figure income”…
Desire becomes a contract we make with ourselves to be unhappy until something specific happens. (paraphrase of Naval’s tweet)
The fixation on a big numeric goal (such as “6 figure income”…