noisy day

When your day is too busy, the first activities to cut are the ones you cannot do in an atmosphere of distration.

hat box

When you’re wearing a hat, your other hats don’t look so important.

horse races

In every season there are people who are prepared and people who bet on something different.

scenario

Imagine the day when you will be ready to use a possession you are keeping. Feel free to let the possession go if the circumstances in which you would use it are obscure or unlikely.

free+bold

It is easier to be bold when you have a short list.

balances

It is important to know how much money you have.

mo borrow

Momentum comes from motion. Any motion will do, so if it is hard to get started on your own, get initial momentum by helping someone else, having someone help you, doing something that is especially easy, immersing yourself in remembered details of your past work, or imagining in detail what you will do next after reaching the goal you are about to start on.

cutting edge

It is easier to cut with one sharp saw than with a ton of grit and determination.

late additions

When you can’t do what you had planned, choose something else.

hold

Until you start measuring your financial strength, you will always be tempted to spend whatever money you happen to have.

less-on

You will find a way to do something you didn’t think you could do or a faster and easier way to do something you do regularly. This will happen when you are ready and focused.

rolling

To gain the benefits of momentum, you have to get started.

planner

If just thinking about the work ahead makes you feel tired, then do that planning shortly before bedtime.

zero point

To make decisions faster, breathe slower.

undriven

A state in which you are not bothered by anything is not a state in which you are qualified to drive a car.

sands

People are not capable of change — until, one day, they are.

open seas

A moment when you are untethered is a moment when you can change course with no resistance from the world.

stations

To get in sync with the life you want, you may first have to get out of sync with the life you fell into by accident.

supply and demand

We go out into the world seeking healing for the wounds that the world put upon us.

personal listening

You can’t hear life calling if you have earphones in all the time.