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Marie Vandoorne's avatar

Awesome milestone Niall!

I very much like the intro of this post, nice analogy.

2 years ago I had the big realization I was playing the victim in my own life, blaming everyone and anything for my misery. Ofcourse that's a lie we love telling ourself. It made me switch from a victim to an owner mindset.

It's still something I'm working on today, but that was my reframing of the game.

Happy to follow you here on Substack!!

PS also super cool mission! I love that you share it, I haven't settled on mine yet, but you inspire me.

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Jack Dixon's avatar

Congrats on the subscriber milestone! That's something to celebrate.

This is something I still do on a weekly basis: "Pointless productivity is when someone is doing “work” that isn’t moving them any closer to their goals. They think they are being “productive” — but in reality, they are engaged in the act of busyness."

We in the Western world value productivity. It's a badge of honour. Of value. Of worth. Though I try to be more ruthless in doing only meaningful work then stepping away from my computer I still feel like I need to spend a certain number of hours working even when the work I'm doing is minor, small impact stuff.

Thanks for the reminder to work smarter as I head into the weekend, Niall.

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