How are you?
Nowadays, most people answer that question with one word: busy. And yet it doesn’t have to be that way! If we eliminate what isn’t essential, we’ll have more time for the things that matter, much like John Milton writes in Paradise Regained (also available on Audible):
All things are best fulfilled in their due time; and time there is for all things.
If you need more guidance, here are some of my favourite Seth Godin quotes from his 2022 blog posts, together with a recommended title from Blinkist.
Get in, or get out. Wasting time sitting on the fence wastes far more time and emotion than you’d expend committing to something. ~ In or out
Learn more: Procrastination
Now is better than later, and perfect is an illusion. ~ Might as well quit
Your time, my time, their time–we all get the same number of minutes per day. If you spend them on someone, they can tell. ~ Time doesn’t scale
Learn more: Two Awesome Hours
The way we spend our time is the way we spend our lives. ~ Generative hobbies
Learn more: The Science of Living
We get a huge benefit from making a simple commitment: don’t miss deadlines. The benefit is that once we agree to the deadline, we don’t have to worry about it anymore. ~ On schedule
Learn more: The Free-Time Formula
It never pays to wait until a deadline, but when you see the world changing, it might be a good excuse to redouble your efforts.The stale green light
Learn more: Wait
Rushing can help us overcome the status quo and our fear of the unknown. It can also lead to choices that hurt us in the long run. ~ The thing about a gold rush
Learn more: When
The last minute is an easy habit to fall into. Once you start focusing on crises, it makes it really difficult to find the focus and energy to begin planning ahead. But the last minute can be risky and expensive. ~ Calculating the last minute
Learn more: Saving Time
Just because it’s fast doesn’t mean it’s worth doing. ~ “Not a heavy lift”
Learn more: Time Warped
Professionals put things away slowly so that they’ll be ready quickly when needed. Investing time now for time later. ~ Coiling ropes
Learn more: In Praise of Slowness
Productivity is a measure of the value of what we ship in the time we’ve got to invest. It’s not measured in drama. It’s possible to do great work without putting everything in jeopardy. ~ The next train
Learn more: Successful Time Management
When we give away our day, we give away our future. ~ Time and focus and energy
Learn more: The First 2 Hours
The last minute is not a buffer zone, nor is it the moment to double-check your work. The last minute is simply sixty seconds to enjoy and to remind yourself that you successfully planned ahead. ~ The last minute
Learn more: Buy Back Your Time
Stalling costs us more than we expect. We get stressed from the act of stalling, and then later, we will have to pay the ongoing cost of putting off work and decisions that would have been easier and more profitable a while ago. ~ How many good days?
Learn more: The Procrastination Cure
We each have a limited number of tickets to trade in. Limited time, limited opportunities, limited money and other resources. How will you spend today’s tickets? ~ Using your tickets
Learn more: The Miracle Morning
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