For most of us, email is our bipolar friend. Sometimes we love it and other times it’s our worst enemy.
It’s there for us when we’re bored. It’s there when we’re trying to avoid work that makes us uncomfortable. It provides a delightful kind of anticipation every time we open it. Maybe there’s something new and important there. Maybe something exciting and wonderful.
But other times it creates a whole lot of overwhelm and frustration.
It distracts us. It keeps us from taking meaningful action on things that really matter.
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Being a serious person has its benefits.
The views and opinions of others are a petty tyrant when compared to your opinion of yourself. What you think of yourself is more valuable than any external validation or outward symbol of authority.
Much of the time when we set out to do something, we go in with a mindset of trying. We attempt to do it. We “test it out” to see if we can handle it.
