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How can we make sure we are continuing to improve? A way we can improve ourselves is to make sure we are always learning. We can learn new things that help us be more efficient at work. Things that give us a better understanding of ourselves. Tools that we can use to understand situations in a clearer way. Learning our blind spots and biases so that we can make better decisions. Or even figuring out what we truly want so we can align ourselves with what makes us happy. ...

How often do you feel like you’re rushing? Is this a good feeling? We often are rushing to get things done but why? The rushing seems to be more in our heads. When we’re rushing in traffic we are just making ourselves more stressed it doesn’t actually make us any faster. When we’re waiting for something we’re trying to speed it up in our heads but it will take as long as it does. ...

Everyone likes good documentation but rarely do they want to write it. In life we are often trying to figure things out. We are often trying to problem solve. To actually figure out our problems we are often looking at the work of those who came before. Be that documentation for a system we are trying to use. Notes about how the previous person came to their conclusions. ...

How often do you do something new? How often do you try something new? We rarely try new things, foods, experiences. Why is this? Often we find new things are wonderful and we wonder how we lived without them. Sometimes new things are so so but at least we know what it’s like now. ...

How do you know what the right energy is to put into something? We often see detachment as a bad thing. If you don’t care then why would you even try? Allowing yourself to be detached will allow you to find out what you truly want in life. If climbing Mount Everest isn’t the thing you really want then you will stop training and focus your energy on pursuits you truly enjoy. ...

How creative do you feel? Sometimes it’s easy to be creative. It’s like the ideas are flowing through you. You become just a vessel that actualises the ideas. Other times it’s extremely hard to be creative. Sitting down to create and nothing happens. You sit there thinking about what you can do but nothing seems to come to the fore. Perseverance is something you need when trying to be creative. You need to make space. Also forcing yourself to do something every time you sit down no matter how bad/silly you think it is. ...

What are your expectations? If you have expectations about something that may be possible it is often the case they will come true. Thinking optimistically about something and being around optimistic people who are helping will often lead to success with the problem you are trying to solve. Conversely the pessimists often just stop trying. There is also a third option. Trying things. Being open to new things. Being curious. When we are continuously moving towards being better we can often unlock opportunities you would have never imagined or thought were possible for you. ...

How much of our time do we are we thinking about others? How much to others truly think about us? It’s easy to get lost in that loop where you’re thinking about an interaction with someone and what went wrong. We rarely spend time concentrating on positive interactions but rather spend most of our mental effort over analysing interactions our negative interactions. ...

When can we use our auto pilot systems? When do we need to investigate new ways to do things? When we are children everything is new, we don’t have any rules for how the world works and what we should do. As adults we tend to get stuck in our assumptions. We think the things we are taught are the way things are. ...

Do you feel overwhelmed every time you check your email, notifications or social media accounts? How much of the information you’re consuming is actually useful? Sometimes we find ourselves feeling overwhelmed by the amount of data that is in front of us. There is the old adage of the more you know the better but this doesn’t seem to always be the case. We know that when we have too many options a choice can become impossible as stated by George A Miller finding the magic number 7 for our working memory. A similar thing applies to us when we are consuming information. How do you know what to prioritise reading when you have a constant barrage of notifications? ...