Michael Hyatt

It’s a lot easier to plan than take action

You don’t have to see the end from the beginning. In fact, you can’t if your goal is big enough

And it makes sense in its own way: Stop procrastinating and just do the thing you fear. Once you do that, everything else is easy. While that may be helpful in overcoming procrastination, it’s exactly backward for big goals and projects. Instead, you should tackle your easiest task first.

Getting some quick wins boosts your mood.

Your brain releases dopamine when you achieve goals. And since dopamine improves attention, memory, and motivation, even achieving a small goal can result in a positive feedback loop that makes you more motivated to work harder going forward.”

Set goals in your Discomfort Zone but break them into a series of smaller steps in your Comfort Zone.

Sometimes you have to try several different things before one works.

That’s when I decided to focus on setting my gym clothes out the night before rather than on the goal itself.

Instead of relying on our decision making in the moment (when our mental and emotional resources might be at their lowest), Activation Triggers lock in our decisions in advance.

Program the lights in my office to turn off automatically at 6:00 p.m. so I follow through on my goal of quitting work by 6:00 p.m.