Sunny对《The 4-Hour Workweek》的笔记(5)

There are two synergisti approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other:

1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20).

2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law).

Stop asking for opinions and start proposing solutions. Begin with the small things. Stop the back-and-forth and make a decision. "Can I make a suggestion?" or "Let's try... and then try something else if that doesn't work."

Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, or 20 years ago shouldn't stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons.

If you cannot find meaning in your life, it is your responsibility as a human being to create it, whether that is fulfiling dreams or finding work that gives you purposes and self-worth ---- ideally a combination of both.

The heaviness of success-chasing can be replaced with a serendipitous lightness when you recognize that the only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves. So be bold and don't worry about what people think. They don't do it that often anyway.