3-2-1: Two steps for better results, the qualities of a great career, and how to handle good luck

3 IDEAS FROM ME

I.

“The 2-step process for exceptional results:

1. Spend a little time each day thinking about the highest leverage activity available to you.
2. Spend a little time each day working on it.”

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​II.

“The feeling of progress is one of the best feelings of all. This is true even when progress is small.”

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III.

“The 4 qualities of a great career:

1. I enjoy it
2. I'm good at it
3. I make good money
4. I’m around fascinating people

Answer in reverse order:

1. Where are fascinating people?
2. In what ways can I make money with them?
3. Which ones am I good at?
4. Which ones do I enjoy?”

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I.

Novelist Marilynne Robinson on how to handle good luck:

“I can only make sense of my unaccountable good fortune by assuming that it means I am under special obligation to make good use of it.”

Source: ​The Paris Review Interviews: Volume IV ​

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​II.

Author Ben Short reminds us why the hard work is worth it:

“… looking at the work done and the work still to do, most people would have written the whole thing off as too much sweat for too little gain. But I didn't want an easy life. I wanted a beautiful one.”

Source: ​Burn​

1 QUESTION FOR YOU

What hard lesson keeps repeating itself in your life because you refuse to learn it?

Until next week,

James Clear ​​​
Author of ​Atomic Habits​
Creator of the ​3-2-1 Newsletter​
Cofounder of ​Authors Equity​

p.s. ​Me, whenever I answer an email​.