How To Be Intentional and Finish What You Start with Chris Bailey

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You can learn more and claim them at oneufeed.net slash book. There's this kind of vicious cycle we fall into where the goal, which is really prediction, turns into an expectation, which because we're so bad at predicting the future, turns into disappointment, then we set more goals. This is a cycle that we need to break out of. But there's usually a way to edit the goals that we have so that they're more in line with the values that we have. Welcome to the One You Feed.

Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like, garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

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