The Best Minute: Sharing your plans, creating magic, and being content
1 IDEA FROM ME
If you want to take a goal more seriously, tell your plan, not just your goal, to someone close to you. “Here is what I want to do and here is how I am going to do it.” If you only share your goal, no one can help hold you accountable.
If you only say “I want to learn a new language” or “I want to run a marathon” no one can really ask you how you are progressing until (or unless) you hit your goal. If they ask “how are things going” and you haven’t shared with them (or formulated yourself) your plan, your answers to “how things are going” will always be subjective.
Instead, say:
I want to learn more Spanish, and here is the program I am following
I want to run a marathon, and here is my training schedule
I want to start a newsletter, and here is my writing schedule
This way when you are asked “how things are going” you can give an objective (and honest!) answer.
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Legendary magician Raymond Teller on how to create real magic in your life:
“Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.”
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II. Epicurus on learning to be content:
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
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1 INTERESTING FACT
The Windy City nickname has nothing to do with Chicago’s weather. Chicago’s nickname was coined by 19th-century journalists who were referring to the fact that its residents were “windbags” and “full of hot air.”
Source: RD
1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
Is it more important to win the battle or maintain the relationship?
