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From one piece How to Stick to a Morning Routine 2 beliefs · gretchenrubin.com
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If you’re having trouble keeping a morning routine, try to know yourself better, and to adapt the routine to suit you. No tool fits every hand.
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Monitoring often leads to change, because people who closely track almost anything tend to manage it better.Their words
Monitoring has an almost uncanny power. It doesn’t require change, but it often leads to change, because people who keep close track of just about anything tend to do a better job of managing it.
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From one piece How to Tackle a Nagging Task: Power Hour! 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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An idea stated in a more fluent or rhyming form seems more true or persuasive than the same idea stated plainly.Their words
An idea expressed in rhyme seems more convincing, which is why "Haste makes waste" is more compelling than "Hurrying fosters error."
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An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task.Their words
Nothing is more exhausting than the task that's never started.
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Something that can be done at any time is often done at no time.
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From one piece What’s the Right Mix of The Four Tendencies in a Team? 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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If you keep adding deadlines without also checking whether the workload itself is sustainable, you risk what I call Obliger-rebellion-the point where an Obliger who has met, met, met, and met expectations suddenly snaps and refuses to meet any more.
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Obligers, the most common Tendency, tend to work well alongside every other Tendency, which makes them worth having on any team.
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But this concentration weakens a team, because you end up with too much of certain qualities, and not enough of others.
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From one piece Want to Be a Happier Parent? My “Four Tendencies” Personality Framework May Help. 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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when you remind Rebels to do a task, you're very likely making it less likely that they will do it.
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our Tendency is a hard-wired part of our nature. It's not a product of upbringing, generation, birth order, nationality-it's part of our inborn nature.
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From one piece How to Stop Arguing About Household Chores: 13 Strategies for Couples 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Changing your own behavior can shift a relationship or household atmosphere and lead others to change too.Their words
But it's also true that when I change, a relationship changes; when I change, the atmosphere of my household changes; when I change, others may imitate me.
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People tend to unconsciously overestimate how much they personally contribute to shared work compared to others.Their words
In unconscious overclaiming, we unconsciously overestimate our contributions relative to others.
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From one piece This Summer, Design a Daily Recess: 7 Ways to Have More Fun 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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What's fun for others might not be fun for you, and vice versa.
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Research shows that children are far better able to sit still, focus, and learn when they've had the exercise, sunlight, freedom, and fun of recess. The same is true for adults.
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