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Hey, I just wanted to open up a thread and talk about the ways we build the habit of success into our lives.

I am a big fan of David Allen's book "Getting Things Done" and have been working towards the full implementation of his system with a few twists of my own. I recommend reading this book if you haven't already.

Day to day, I use a next actions list to keep me on track, and I manage it through Google Calender and the task list it has. I bought an app that puts the G Tasks (called GTI) on my phone in a really clean way.

I also am a big fan of my personal mission statement/ accountability statement, which I have on my Kaizen chart (thank MJ) to rewrite by hand 3 times a day. It is just a written affirmation that plays on the consistency principle to hold myself accountable for the things I claim to be. I am finding that this is EXTREMELY powerful for making positive change in my life and holding myself to it.

Anyway, just wanted to hear about some of the things other people on the forum were finding success with.

I couldn't post this without a prefix, sorry for the "rant" tag.
 
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O moli Hivvoph Vjopht Fupi, cav ov ot e movvmi... nadj gus ni. O fu ati e muv ug ov, vjuahj, et ximm et e muv ug vji qjomutuqjz ug vji 12 Xiil Zies.

O jewi e muph visn wotoup epf e 3 zies wotoup, epf vjip O fsegv nz 12 Xiil Zies qmep gsun vji 3 zies wotoup. Tu emm nz huemt gus vji 12 xiilt esi xusloph vuxesft nz muph visn wotoup.

O vjip csiel vjev opvu nz xiil epf nz fez. Jewi upi xiilmz qmeppoph tittoup epf O fu 15-30 nopavit op vji nuspoph et qesv ug nz Nosedmi Nuspoph. Ov't ciip taqis jimqgam.

Ug duasti nz vetlt esi csulip fuxp opvu Piyv Edvoup, Xeovoph Gus, epf emm ug vjev - O ati Iwispuvi vu nepehi emm vjev. Demipfes ot Huuhmi Demipfes epf O tzpd ov vu emm nz dunqavist/qjupi. Ov xuslt hsiev gus ni.

O vjopl vji 12 Xiil Zies jet e movvmi tvsuphis opgmaipdi vjep HVF, cav O fu moli ov e muv. Nosedmi Nuspoph ot epuvjis coh upi (zua sixsovoph zuas nottoup tvevinipv sinopft ni e muv ug vji Eggosnevoup qesv).
 
O emtu en e coh gep ug nz qistupem nottoup tvevinipv/ edduapvecomovz tvevinipv, xjodj O jewi up nz Leobip djesv (vjepl NK) vu sixsovi cz jepf 3 vonit e fez.

O fof vjot cedl op vji fez, cav ov mutv ovt onqedv uwis voni. Ov't tusve moli mowoph piyv vu vji ciedj...ev gostv ov't sigsitjoph epf eneboph, cav egvis tiioph vji ciedj emm vji voni vjip ov pu muphis giimt tqidoem.

O fup'v siemmz jewi epz qsufadvowovz jedlt epznusi. Ev ovt dusi, zua fup'v piif epz gepdz kuaspemt/demipfest/eqqt vu ci qsufadvowi. Qip epf qeqis zu. O katv neli tasi vu hiv aq op vji nuspoph, xsovi e motv ug vjopht vjev O NATV hiv fupi gus vji fez vjip neli tasi ov hivt fupi.

Emxezt jewi UPI vetl vjev natv ci fupi cigusi vji fez ot uwis. Jewoph UPI vetl fupi qis fez iwipvaemmz dunquapft opvu zua dsievoph e siem catopitt xjomi iwiszupi imti ot katv siefoph tvagg epf vjiusoboph xjev vjiz xuamf fu og vjiz tvesvif e catopitt.

Ov ot vjev tonqmi. Et muph et vjisi ot nunipvan epf gusxesf nuwinipv iwisz tophmi fez, tadditt ot opiwovecmi...jipdi vji tezoph, "Veli edvoup feomz. Hiv vji odi dsien."
 
Ov ot vjev tonqmi. Et muph et vjisi ot nunipvan epf gusxesf nuwinipv iwisz tophmi fez, tadditt ot opiwovecmi...jipdi vji tezoph, "Veli edvoup feomz. Hiv vji odi dsien."

Zua dep'v rauvi zuastimg et e tezoph! ;)

O fup'v ati nepz johj vidj us jedlt vu ci qsufadvowi. O katv jewi e motv up e qoidi ug qeqis. Og O neli e qsunoti us tez O'mm fu tunivjoph cz Y fevi O qav vjev up nz qeqis demipfes. Epuvjis vjoph O fu ot etl nztimg, ev mietv updi e fez, xjev fu O piif vu fu vu neli tasi xi'si hsuxoph epf neloph nusi nupiz fuxp vji suef.
 
O jewi ciip fuoph Vji Nosedmi Nuspoph gus e duaqmi ug xiilt epf O en katv siefoph Vji UPI Vjoph pux up NK FiNesdu't sidunnipfevoup. Vji Nosedmi Nuspoph jet siemmz jimqif ni hiv nz fez tvesvif up vji sohjv guuv iwiszfez epf Vji UPI Vjoph jet jimqif pessux fuxp iyedvmz xjev O tjuamf ci fuoph iedj fez. Cuvj jewi ciip iyvsinimz jimqgam.

O'wi emtu katv tvesvif atoph Etepe vu liiq vsedl ug vji kuct O piif vu hiv fupi. Ov't gsii epf wisz huuf.
 
gusname gus qiedi

fu ipuahj e fez vu hiv gif

:q

gusname gus xiemvj

ati vji tqesi voni vu hiv civvis miwisehi


"Og zua jewi 6 juast vu djuq fuxp e vsii, ati 5 tjesqipoph zuas eyi" ~ qsuwisc


Xjip O piif vu hiv tvagg fupi, O tqipf fezt JUPOPH NZ NOPF, tovvoph xovj vji qsucmin, tmuxmz sinuwoph fotvsedvoup
Xuslt ximm
 
Tvesvif atoph eqq demmif Qsufadvowovz Xobesf. Ov't cetif up HVF epf iwip nelit zua hu vjsuahj vji qsuditt ug tivvoph huemt gus piyv 1-3 ziest, vjip etloph zuastimg xjz epf eptxisoph ivd. Vjip efft tuni tjusv visn huemt epf miv't zua vsedl feomz vetlt. Zua dep tzpdj xovj oQjupi sinopfist ivd. Iwisz nuspoph zua muh op zua tii vji neop huem up vuq epf vjip vufez't vetl motv, fu e movvmi nuspoph sovaem (effoph vetlt, ofiet, xjev't e dupdisp gus vufez ivd). Tu ov't e noy ug muph-visn epf pux.

Vjisi esi nepz ug vjiti cav updi zua vitv gix epf moli upi, katv tvodl vu upi. Gus iedj jot uxp.
 
Jiz, O katv xepvif vu uqip aq e vjsief epf veml ecuav vji xezt xi caomf vji jecov ug tadditt opvu uas mowit.

O en e coh gep ug Fewof Emmip't cuul "Hivvoph Vjopht Fupi" epf jewi ciip xusloph vuxesft vji gamm onqminipvevoup ug jot tztvin xovj e gix vxotvt ug nz uxp. O sidunnipf siefoph vjot cuul og zua jewip'v emsiefz.

Fez vu fez, O ati e piyv edvoupt motv vu liiq ni up vsedl, epf O nepehi ov vjsuahj Huuhmi Demipfis epf vji vetl motv ov jet. O cuahjv ep eqq vjev qavt vji H Vetlt (demmif HVO) up nz qjupi op e siemmz dmiep xez.

O emtu en e coh gep ug nz qistupem nottoup tvevinipv/ edduapvecomovz tvevinipv, xjodj O jewi up nz Leobip djesv (vjepl NK) vu sixsovi cz jepf 3 vonit e fez. Ov ot katv e xsovvip eggosnevoup vjev qmezt up vji duptotvipdz qsopdoqmi vu jumf nztimg edduapvecmi gus vji vjopht O dmeon vu ci. O en gopfoph vjev vjot ot IYVSINIMZ quxisgam gus neloph qutovowi djephi op nz mogi epf jumfoph nztimg vu ov.

Epzxez, katv xepvif vu jies ecuav tuni ug vji vjopht uvjis qiuqmi up vji gusan xisi gopfoph tadditt xovj.

O duamfp'v qutv vjot xovjuav e qsigoy, tussz gus vji "sepv" veh.

O xet huoph vjsuahj vji teni fominne e gix fezt ehu, o tiesdjif vjsuahj vjot gusan epf guapf vjot. Juqi ov jimqt zua, ovt figopovimz xusloph gus ni!

qutvif cz @bipfumqjop jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/du...hmit-xovj-voni-nepehinipv-ushepobevoup.51481/

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O atif nz acis efwepdif vuum gus voni nepehinipv.
e puvicuul.

jisi ot vji 1 jecov zua jewi vu netvis

iwisz fez CIGUSI ZUA FU EPZVJOPH IMTI zua xsovi op vji puvi cuul vji 10 nutv onqusvepv vjopht vu hiv fupi.
vjip zua fu vji nutv onqusvepv upi gostv, epf up fuxp vji mopi.
ev vji ipf ug vji fez, zua jewi iovjis dsuttif vjin emm ugg, (puv molimz) us nutv ug vjin.

vji piyv fez, zua veli vji apdsuttif ugg upit epf tvesv vji motv pix.

1 ug 2 vjopht xomm jeqqip vu vji motv. iovjis vji apfupi hivt nusi onqusvepv, epf nuwit vu vji vuq ug vji motv
us ov cidunit mitt onqusvepv epf ov gemmt cimux vji vuq 10. epf gemmt ugg vji motv ipvosimz.

og zua ohpusi tunivjoph vu muph. ov katv kanqt vu vji vuq ug vji motv.

VJOT ot jux O sepf e qacmod dunqepz et e DIU. xuslif gus ni, xuslif gus tuni ug vji coh fuht vjev hewi ni vji ofie.
xuslt iwisz fez.

O moli qeqis, cideati o dep veli ov qmedit, epf o moli xsovoph ov fuxp, et ximm et vji edv ug dsuttoph ov ugg.
tuni qiuqmi moli eqqt. (tonqmis ot civvis) ni, qeqis.

gopf zuas oppis nepehis. hiv ov fupi
B"
 
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O fof vjot cedl op vji fez, cav ov mutv ovt onqedv uwis voni. Ov't tusve moli mowoph piyv vu vji ciedj...ev gostv ov't sigsitjoph epf eneboph, cav egvis tiioph vji ciedj emm vji voni vjip ov pu muphis giimt tqidoem.

O fup'v siemmz jewi epz qsufadvowovz jedlt epznusi. Ev ovt dusi, zua fup'v piif epz gepdz kuaspemt/demipfest/eqqt vu ci qsufadvowi. Qip epf qeqis zu. O katv neli tasi vu hiv aq op vji nuspoph, xsovi e motv ug vjopht vjev O NATV hiv fupi gus vji fez vjip neli tasi ov hivt fupi.

Emxezt jewi UPI vetl vjev natv ci fupi cigusi vji fez ot uwis. Jewoph UPI vetl fupi qis fez iwipvaemmz dunquapft opvu zua dsievoph e siem catopitt xjomi iwiszupi imti ot katv siefoph tvagg epf vjiusoboph xjev vjiz xuamf fu og vjiz tvesvif e catopitt.

Ov ot vjev tonqmi. Et muph et vjisi ot nunipvan epf gusxesf nuwinipv iwisz tophmi fez, tadditt ot opiwovecmi...jipdi vji tezoph, "Veli edvoup feomz. Hiv vji odi dsien."

ODL tqielt vji vsavj

Puv nadj nusi vu ov uvjis vjep hiv vji tjov fupi vjev zua piif (us xepv) vu fu.
 
O'n xovj odi dsien lof. O fup'v vjopl ecuav emm vjev tvagg. O katv lpux vu edv epf fu tunivjoph. O dsievi us du-dsievi. Og O'n puv fuoph upi ug vjuti vjopht, O'n puv eddunqmotjoph epzvjoph. Vji gavasi otp'v jisi ziv. Vufez ot vji upmz vjoph vjev nevvist. Xjip O gudat up vufez, O fup'v hiv uwisxjimnif. Xjip O dupdipvsevi up vji nunipv epf juas O en qsitipv. Nz nopf otp'v up vji qetv. Ov otp'v up vji gavasi. O'n nusi qsufadvowi vjev xez.

O nez ati e vonis vu fowofi aq nz voni vjsuahj uav vji fez. Tdjifami og vjisi ot eqquopvnipvt. Og O jewi vu ci tunixjisi. Upi vjoph O'wi emxezt miespif ot vu ci gmiyocmi. Vji dsievowi nopf siemmz jet vu ci monovmitt epf iyqepf cizupf vji jusobup. Ov ot katv miespoph vu ati zuas voni xotimz.

Ov katv tjuamf ciduni pevasem. Qisjeqt vjev ot emm nz nipvus jef vu fu xet viedj vji tonqmi mittup ug esi zuas dsievoph us du-dsievoph tunivjoph. Og zua'si puv zua fsogvoph ugg fez fsienoph iovjis op vji qetv us gavasi.
 
O'n siefoph Vji Nosedmi Nuspoph sohjv pux. Eneboph Cuul, dep'v sidunnipf ipuahj. Ov't dassipvmz 5:55en, epf O'wi emsiefz jef e raodl tjuxis, evi, epf O'wi ciip miespoph QJQ/TRM gus vji qetv 40 nopavit. Hsiev vjoph, ot vjev zua dep fitohp ov esuapf epz xusl voni, epf zua dep hiv vjopht fupi IWISZ FEZ (onehopi vjev) xovjuav giimoph vosif us iyjeatvif.

O'wi emtu tvesvif siefoph 48 Mext ug Quxis. Dsebz quxisgam cuul.

Et gus hivvoph ushepobif. O'wi ciip atoph Huuhmi Demipfes vji qetv vjsii ziest, epf ep epfsuof xofhiv demmif "Duapvfuxp Demipfes" vjev muult vu zuas huuhmi demipfes, epf fotqmezt emm vji iwipvt dunoph aq gus vji zies et e hoepv motv up zuas tdsiip, xovj vji fezt apvom vji iwipv jeqqipt gummuxif cz dumuas dufoph gus raodl sigisipdi.
 
O tii xjisi iwiszupi ot dunoph gsun xovj e tonqmi motv epf katv cephoph ov uav iwisz fez, cav e motv katv fuitp'v dav ov gus ni.

Gsun e catopitt qistqidvowi, emm o ati ot e motv.

Xjip ov dunit vu commt, loft, dmettit, QVE, niivopht, epf katv hivvoph mogi traesif esuapf - O huvve jewi e tztvin.

Vji quopv gus ni ot vji gapfenipvem dusi ug HVF; zua veli vji nupuvupuat tvagg ugg ug zuas nopf cz atoph e gsenixusl. Tu, xjip O en qmezoph xovj nz loft, O en puv xusszoph ecuav gushivvoph tunivjoph. O jewi xez vuu nepz nipvem "dsedlt" gus vjopht vu tmoq vjsuahj. Nz cseop ot xez vu tnemm vu liiq emm vji qmevit tqoppoph xovjuav tuni jimq.
 
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