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22 Nov

According to Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, your ability to be happy is:

50% genetics
10% circumstance
40% intentional activities

You can only control your actions, but that’s 40% of your potential happiness that you can change today.

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Neil Pasricha @neilpasricha ·

22 Nov

Dear Ontario Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation),

My 10-year-old son was identified with a need last year and had to change public schools.

I now bike him 2.2km to school in the mornings and he bikes home alone.

We use the 8-year-old Bloor Street bike lanes which make the roads…

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Neil Pasricha @neilpasricha ·

21 Nov

Intrinsic motivation outperforms extrinsic motivation.

To see if it’s there, ask: "Would I do this for free?"

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19 Nov

How to make decisions:

1. Low time, low importance? Automate
2. High time, low importance? Regulate
3. Low time, high importance? Effectuate
4. High time, high importance? Debate