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3 Ideas For Better Habits

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Increase Motivation by Bringing Others Into Your Vision

Co-founder and co-CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings on how to empower employees to make better decisions.

“It made our workforce smarter. When you give low-level employees access to information that is generally reserved for high-level executives, they get more done on their own. They work faster without stopping to ask for information and approval. They make better decisions without needing input from the top.”

Source: ​No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention​ ​​ ​2

Use Your Money to Gain Control Of Time and Buy Happiness

Best-selling author, Morgan Housel on how money helps you regain valuable time.

“Use money to gain control over your time, because not having control of your time is such a powerful and universal drag on happiness. The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want to, pays the highest dividend that exists in finance.”

Source: ​The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness​

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Ask Better Questions to Get Better Results

Serial entrepreneur, angel investor and podcast host, Timothy Ferriss, on the power of asking better questions.

“Often, all that stands between you and what you want is a better set of questions.”

Source: ​Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World​

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