Lifehacks Quotes

Rationality is the master lifehack which distinguishes which other lifehacks to use. ~ Eliezer Yudkowsky

Yet of the countless articles, books and so-called lifehacks about productivity I've read (or written!), the only "trick" that has ever truly and consistently worked is both the simplest and the most difficult to master: just getting started.

Enter micro-progress.

Pardon the gimmicky phrase, but the idea goes like this: For any task you have to complete, break it down into the smallest possible units of progress and attack them one at a time.
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My favorite expansion of this concept is in this post by James Clear.

In it, he uses Newton's laws of motion as analogies for productivity. To wit, rule No. 1: "Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes."
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And it's not just gimmicky phrases and so-called lifehacking: Studies have shown that you can trick your brain into increasing dopamine levels by setting and achieving, you guessed it, micro-goals.

Going even further, success begets success. In a 2011 Harvard Business Review article, researchers reported finding that "ordinary, incremental progress can increase people's engagement in the work and their happiness during the workday. ~ Tim Herrera

Fault is past tense. Responsibility is present tense. Fault results from choices that have already been made. Responsibility results from the choices you're currently making, every second of every day."

"There's a difference between blaming someone else for your situation and that person's actually being responsible for your situation. Nobody else is ever responsible for your situation but you. Many people may be to blame for your unhappiness, but nobody is ever responsible for your unhappiness but you. This is because you always get to choose how you see things, how you react to things, how you value things. ~ Mark Manson