The Best Minute: On grace, keeping your word, and small changes
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Drew Dyck on God’s grace:
“Half the New Testament was written by a former religious terrorist from the Middle East. Never underestimate the power of grace.”
II. Werner Erhard on keeping your word:
“What would your life be like if whenever you realized that you were not going to keep your word, or not going to do so on time: You dealt with the consequences of your not doing it on time, or not doing it at all, for all those who are impacted by you not keeping your word?”
2 IDEAS FROM ME
I. Your habits, not your desires, determine your future. For many of us, it’s not that our desires or dreams are too big, it’s that our daily rhythms aren’t aligned with who we want to become.
II. Three small changes that will radically improve your focus and productivity:
No social media until lunch
Delete email off your phone
Put due dates on all the items on your task list so you know exactly when they need to be finished (I use and recommend Todoist)
1 RANDOM FACT
The gap between conversation responses typically lasts 200 milliseconds.
While that's an average, it's also nearly universal. In most languages - including sign language - the pause between when we speak and when the person we're talking to takes their turn keeps to a familiar pattern. Stephen Levinson from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics says that the gap is "the minimum human response time to anything," including when runners react to a starting pistol.
Source: Best Life
1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
What self-imposed obligations do I need to stop doing?
