Brain Food – No. 568 – March 17, 2024
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Welcome to Brain Food, a weekly newsletter full of timeless ideas and insights you can use in life and work. (Read the archives).
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“Rather than focus on what will change, focus on what stays the same.”
— Why Focusing on What Won’t Change is Key to Long-Term Growth
Insights
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Tiny Thoughts
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“It’s easier to get a smart person to do something hard than to get them to do something easy that doesn’t matter.”
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“When you know what needs to be done, inaction increases stress. You feel a lot less stress when you do the things within your control that move you closer to your objective. Action reduces stress.”
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“A lack of routine causes more problems than poor choices. Routines turn desired behavior into default behavior.”
(Share Tiny Thought one, two, or three, on X).
Positioning
In my conversation with Todd Herman, we talked about approaching everything with a long-term mindset:
— The entire conversation contains rich insights you can use in work and life. Listen (Apple Podcasts | Spotify | FS) or go directly to the start of the excerpt above.
Thanks for reading,
— Shane
P.S. Oddly fascinating.
P.P.S. This matcha is the best I’ve had outside of Japan.