Solar Flaring and Clear to Neutral are good potential habits I acquired from asianefficiency.com

An hour, everyday no matter what

Wiseman directs us to what research shows as the best approach to motivation – something he calls doublethink. It involves simultaneously holding two seemingly contradictory thoughts: an optimistic view of the benefits of success and a pessimistic view of the trials and roadblocks that must be faced to get there:

If X happens, then I will do Y.

X can be a time and place, like Monday at 9 a.m., or it can be an event,like the arrival of the dessert menu at a restaurant. Y is the specific action you will take whenever X occurs.

Khatzumoto on mind maps

Stumbled upon this sentence while googling Alain de Botton. Also look at selfish

Mind maps are, by definition, a graphical method of taking notes

Most important chapter: Habit

How to create a mood that enables you to be more creative

Tortoise enclosure, so that your little tortoise mind feels it safe to come out to play.

To do this, you have to create an oasis in the middle of the craziness:

* Create boundaries of space
* Create boundaries of time

Purchased OmniFocus, read this to see how others use it

What: What do I want to accomplish?
Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.
Who: Who is involved?
Where: Identify a location.
Which: Identify requirements and constraints.

Sleep pattern again…

Start off with something very small and an easy thing to do, and use that forward momentum to get more work done.

Compilation page for articles on procrastinationa

Pomodoro Technique

simulate the consequences before making decisions, and make use of pessimism to draw a more accurate future

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“Exercise [hard] six days a week, every week, for the rest of your life.”

the act of replacing high-priority or important actions with tasks of lower priority, or doing something from which one brings enjoyment, and thus putting off important tasks to a later time.

* "Get Organized" - paperwork and task triage
* "Protect Your Time" - insulate, isolate, delegate
* "Set gravitational goals" - that attract actions automatically
* "Achieve through Goal management Goal Focus" - motivational emphasis
* "Work in Priority Order" - set goals and prioritize
* "Use Magical Tools to Get More Out of Your Time" - depends on when written
* "Master the Skills of Time Management"
* "Go with the Flow" - natural rhythms, Eastern philosophy
* "Recover from Bad Time Habits" - recovery from underlying psychological problems, e.g. procrastination