Do You Ever Forget To Ask?
"We just don’t ask for certain things."Paul Castain nennt ein paar gute Beispiele, bei denen es sich lohnt, mal nachzufragen.
Warren Buffett’s 5-Step Process for Prioritizing True Success (and Why Most People Never Do It)
"How many projects are you working on right now? [...] If your answer is anything like mine once was, it’s likely too many – way too many.Interessant und wohl am schwierigsten bei den fünf Schritten ist der letzte: "Know your 'Avoid at all Cost List' and stick to it." Wissen, auf was man sich nicht konzentrieren sollte und daran festzuhalten, auch wenn die Versuchung noch so groß ist.
The process goes a bit like this: Something motivates us to make a change. We’re excited. We set all kinds of big goals. We create a plan to make it happen. We’re still excited. Then we look at the list. It’s twenty pages long. We don’t know where to start. We get overwhelmed.
We don’t do a damn thing.
We need a system that puts our focus only on the most important. That’s how results happen. Thankfully Warren Buffett just taught me such a process."
Also seine Zeit nicht mit "Unwichtigem" zu verschwenden. Dazu passt auch der nächste Artikel.
Karl Pillemer, Interview No. 2
Karl Pillemer ist Autor des Buches "30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans". Dafür hat er über 1.000 70- und 80-Jährige befragt. Hier ein paar Auszüge aus dem Interview:
"One of my first interviewees made me aware of this core piece of elder wisdom. I asked her to help me to understand the sources of her happiness. She thought for a moment and then offered the explanation that could serve as a motto for the elders: 'In my 89 years, I’ve learned that happiness is a choice – not a condition.'
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Stop worrying. The elders deeply regret time wasted worrying about things that never happened. So looking back from the end of life, they take a radical view of worry. As one elder told me: 'Worry wastes your life.' In the book, I give readers specific tips offered by the elders for breaking the worry habit – and they work!"