Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things

That’s why I like to live like I’m immortal. Because when you live forever…
You have all the time in the world to build something.
You can make mistakes and learn from them.
There’s no pressure to make things happen fast.
You treat people with respect because other people will also be around forever.

“Before you know it, you’ll be dead!”

Some people ask me, “Why do you read so many books? There’s no way you can apply everything you learn.” They are right. I cannot. Why do I still read about all kinds of different topics? There might come a time in my life where I will need one particular piece of knowledge.

Just read Fahrenheit 451 or watch the movie Equilibrium.

In a research done by Gloria Mark of the University of California, Irvine, it showed that it takes an average of 25 minutes to return to the original task after an interruption. Since we are interrupted more than once, this adds up quickly, and before you know it, you feel like you have done nothing that day.

“Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.”

“Perfectionists are their own devils.” —Jack Kirby

And if you’re a perfectionist, you might get the outcomes some day. But the question is: When? And, at what cost? Research specifically shows that perfectionism is closely related to depression and low self-esteem.

If you’re a perfectionist, you’re just a procrastinator with a mask. It’s no different from someone who’s lazy and does nothing at all.

There are always distractions. So you better train yourself to manage your attention. Not your time. Because that’s the biggest mistake people make. We falsely believe that we can manage time. But time can’t be managed. The only thing you control is your attention.