Downloads
Over the coming months, we will be making a number of tools and useful spreadsheets available to be downloaded for free in this section.
Tools from the book
1) Personal Time Matrix - as explained in the book, this spreadsheet is useful for planning and evaluating your time.
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You Love
Read further"..Unfortunately, these bursts of motivation tend to last hours, days or at best weeks for most young people, only for them to slowly descend into their former reality of repeated failures later. The inability to sustain enthusiasm for longer periods of time is one of the prime reasons for repeated failures and under-achievement. We have touched upon some of the more abstract and strategic reasons in the chapter on vision. On the tactical level, the single biggest mistake is having a bad strategy or even worse no strategy at all.."
Sample chapters: Drive
Read further"..Firstly, read an inspiring book or watch an inspiring programme every day. This will slowly lead to a desire to watch and discuss only things that produce the same effect. Sadly, there are some regrettable ideas prevalent in today's society: all too often, great art is meant to make you feel cathartic or shocked; horror movies are a popular entertainment - sadistic, violent behaviour is something to watch and enjoy; misogynistic and/or violence based lyrics are venerated as cool; many great works of fi ction depict betrayal, loss, rejection and unreciprocated love as normal, and often inevitable, in one's life.
Such fallacies will slowly begin to feel as unhealthy for the person who daily reads or watches something inspiring as for the super healthy athlete who starts suddenly drinking alcohol and eating junk food.."
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