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#331 When someone already highlighted your textbook

November 16, 2023November 13, 2023 Neil Pasricha

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You need an Untouchable Day once a week.

A day where you are 100% unreachable in any way by any one.

1) Schedule Untouchable Days one month in advance

2) Leave your phone at home

3) Watch your productivity skyrocket

4) No expensive fancy drinks needed

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Wait a day before replying to an email that makes you angry.

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Becoming a birdwatcher was one of the best things I have ever done.

It has fundamentally changed my life.

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“Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present oriented.” — Sonja Lyubumirsky (@slyubomirsky)

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