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Every small step you take today is progress towards your goals.

🔥 1. “What are the signs that you’ve lost focus?”

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This is an excerpt from a conversation with Army Lieutenant General Walt Piatt, where he discusses the role mindfulness plays in conquering fear, avoiding procrastinating, and training for combat.

Anne Alexander: What are the signs that you’ve lost focus?

General Piatt: You can feel little signs in your body that maybe you start thinking about other things. You’re jumping ahead or trying to get to a solution faster. I can feel it and say, wait a minute, I better listen to this. In other jobs, I could use my experience. But this job, experience could be a disadvantage. These are very difficult strategic challenges. And you can’t rely on experience alone. In fact, experience could lead you down a very narrow path and I’ve learned that you need to aggressively seek different perspectives.

Social wisdom

🔥 2."Storms"

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You were built for storms others would drown in. Don’t forget your strength.

Today’s opportunity

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Some ideas:

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