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Spiral Into Control: Using Success Spirals to Achieve Anything

October 19, 2015January 23, 2016 sauvikPersonal development

In a previous post, I discussed how to realize your ideals with constant, incremental improvements. The key idea of that post was that drastic change, in theory, need not be drastic in practice. Rather, we can build up to drastic change from very modest beginnings. For example, if you want to exercise more, you can […]

Realizing Your Ideals with Constant, Incremental Improvements

October 10, 2015January 23, 2016 sauvikPersonal development

We all have ideals of how we should spend our days, but few of us live up to those ideals. For example, if you’re anything like me, you probably want to wake up early, work with intense focus, meditate, exercise, cook a healthy meal, work on those personal projects you’ve been putting off for weeks (painting, learning an instrument, speaking a […]

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