3-2-1: What top performers do, and how to deal with critics and detractors - James Clear

“You don’t need to worry about progressing slowly. You need to worry about climbing the wrong mountain.” ​II. “If you already live a comfortable life, then choosing to make more money but live a worse daily life is a bad trade. And yet, we talk ourselves into it all the time. We take promotions that pay more, but swallow our free time. We already have a successful business, but we break ourselves trying to make it even more successful. Too much focus on wealth, not enough focus on lifestyle.” III. “Mastery is not only about getting better at your craft, but also about finding ways to eliminate the obstacles, distractions, and other annoyances that prevent you from working on your craft. Top performers find ways to spend as much time as possible on what matters and as little time as possible on what doesn’t. It is not someone else’s responsibility to create the conditions for success. You have to actively work to eliminate the things that don’t matter from your workload. If you haven’t

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