Small Victories: Part 6
Pivot from now.
Given who you are, who you want to be, how you aim to project yourself to the world— what do you need to do moving forward to accomplish your goals?
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Keep a written list.
When you complete a task or make an important choice, cross that off your list.
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Consider how long each item has been on your list.
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As others have noted, if you can complete a task in under 15 minutes—do it now.
An email that needs a response? Get it out of the way. Don’t just leave it unread in your inbox.
Don’t worry about “inbox zero” or gimmicks like this.
You have a new boulder to push up a hill each day regardless of whether one particular indicator, such as a tech company’s attention economy tricks, say you’ve finished something. It’s just bending to their whims.
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Today, what actions can bring you a sense of accomplishment?
What choices can you make and what tasks can you complete that will count as small victories?
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I’m going to go answer that email I’ve left unanswered.
Such good advice. I love crossing things off the list. If it is a hard thing, so much the better. Dreading the task is so much worse than doing the task.