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Find Hidden Beauty in the Monotony, Self-Responsibility Will Set You Free, Surprises in Setting Boundaries
Mario Peshev
February 25, 2023
Welcome to The Smarter Brain, a curation of thought-provoking ideas and actionable reads to help you build better habits and become more productive.
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Cheers, The Smarter Brain Team
Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins
3 Ideas For Better Habits
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Self-Responsibility is Life’s Secret to Happiness
Leading self-development guru Brian Tracy on fully owning your responsibility as a sovereign human. “The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.”
Source: Brian Tracy 2
The Reality of Setting Boundaries
Six-time New York Times best-selling author Melissa Urban on the toxicity of unfounded, unrealistic expectations.
“People reacting badly to your boundaries means you’re revoking a privilege they were never meant to have.”
There’s ‘Fun’ in Everything, You Just Have to Look For It
Author and investor Nir Eyal on the power of exploring the variability in the world around us.
“Fun is looking for the variability in something other people don’t notice. It’s breaking through the boredom and monotony to discover its hidden beauty.”
Productivity Tools and Resources
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Stay Focused on the Go
AppBlock is a mobile application that lets you block distracting apps & websites so you can focus on what matters most.
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Become a Better Reader
Fiction is a reading and book tracker app that helps you track reading progress and book lists, jot down notes, complete daily and yearly goals, and build a lasting reading habit.
What We're Reading
For The Interested is a one-paragraph newsletter for creative entrepreneurs that teaches you how to produce, promote, and profit from your creations based on how others have successfully done it.
Brain Food
Today I Learned: That the “Star Trek” hand gesture for “live long and prosper” is derived from part of a Hebrew blessing that Leonard Nimoy first glimpsed at an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Boston as a boy. (Source)
Science: Research shows just one quality conversation with a friend during the day makes you happier and less stressed by day's end. (Source)
Have a productive week ahead, The Smarter Brain Team
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