• Live in day tight compartments.
    • Shut off the future as tightly as the past.
  • One grain of sand at a time, one task at a time.
  • Three steps to face a grave situation
    • Think, “What’s the worst that can happen?”
    • Prepare to accept it if it comes to that.
    • Calmly proceed to improve on the worst.
      • Gather all the facts.
        • Try to reason against your preferred side.
        • List all the facts (both sides of the argument).
      • Analyze the facts.
      • Reach a decision and ACT on it.
  • 4 Questions to write(not just think) answers of when something is worrying you.
    • What am I worrying about?
    • What can I do about it?
    • Here’s what I will do.
    • When will I start working on this? (preferably immediately)
  • When once a decision is reached & execution started, dismiss the care for outcome.

For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy or there is none. If there be one, try to find it. If there be none, never mind it.

  • When we stop fighting the inevitable, we release energy which enables us to create a richer life.
  • The cost of a thing is the amount of life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.

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