Peter Hollins Quotes

“New goals don’t deliver new results. New lifestyles do.”

“Your thoughts, actions, and behaviors are being recorded somewhere, and every day we have the choice of how we want to program our brains.”

“Asking yourself, What’s most important? And how can you divert most of your resources to that?”

“Assign responsibility. Ask Who is responsible for what?”

“By overthinking, you freeze your ability to make decisions.”

“Differentiate between important tasks, urgent tasks, and simple wasted motion.”

“Don’t fall down the rabbit hole of researching obsessively on Google or comparing thousands of brands to find the best one.”

“Don’t shoot too high, but don’t shoot too low; otherwise, you’ll grow bored and unengaged.”

“Each day, spend at least 30 minutes doing relaxing activities.

Meet with friends. Read a book. Listen to music. Meditate. Exercise. Cuddle. Take a walk in the woods.”

“Embody an information-gathering mindset.”

“Gather all of the resources you need and have them ready before you even commence working.”

“I could make any unpleasant task just pleasant enough by pairing it with something I enjoyed, I could plow my way through just about anything.”

“If so, is this a characterization you want about yourself?”

“If we care about achieving specific goals, we need to shape our time around them.”

“If we have the opportunity to put off a task, we tend to do so because it is easy, convenient, and reduces stress. That is why many opportunities for success remain just that: “opportunities.” A river of “afters” ends up leading to a sea of ​​“nevers.”

“If you are tasked with buying the new office printer, determine three traits your office needs in a printer.”

“In resting, you may actually be more productive in the long run.”

“It’s easy to conclude the following: if you fail to take care of your mental health, your discipline and willpower quickly deteriorate.”

“Just remember that your goals can be entirely different from your expectations.”

“Make sure you take the time to enjoy and be proud of accomplishments on the way!”

“Manage your time better by understanding how long things will take in reality and accounting for your own quirks and inefficiencies.”

“Many distractions have an addictive quality — junk food, gaming, endless internet rabbit holes to fall into — but we can’t get sucked in if we never allow ourselves to get too close to the vortex!”

“Mindset is a perspective on the world, and a way to interpret events.”

“Most actions are reversible—you can easily return a printer to Walmart.”

“One way we procrastinate is with endless planning.”

“Overthinking is sneaky because it feels like action and it even feels productive. But it’s not.”

“Perseverance is not just about making an effort; it involves making an effort that is directed toward a specific objective.”

“Persistence is firmly sticking to something for a prolonged period of time, even as you encounter things that try to unstick you.”

“Rule 1: Are you acting out of laziness? If so, is this a characterization you want about yourself?

Rule 2: Three major tasks a day, maximum. Differentiate between important tasks, urgent tasks, and simple wasted motion.

Rule 3: Create daily limitations and requirements for yourself. These keep you within the bounds of what you know you need to do. These are also the building blocks of good habits.

Rule 4: Sometimes we lose sight of what we want to accomplish. Thus, reaffirm your intentions by stating “I want,” “I will,” and “I won’t” statements.

Rule 5: Try to look into the future, 10 minutes, hours, and days at a time. Do you like what you see when you consider not following through? Is it worth the benefit to the current self at the expense of the future self? Probably not.

Rule 6: It’s just 10 minutes, right? So if you want to quit, it’s just 10 minutes. And if you need to wait, it’s just 10 minutes.”

“Saying no to some tasks is just as important as saying yes to the correct ones.”