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∆ MINDSET

• Always forward.
  • Find a way, each day, to get, or get closer, from A to B
  • Move regardless of physical or emotional state
  • Inertia is worse than making mistakes, don’t wait for the perfect time
• Never backward.
  • The past is dead, the only thing that counts is how you play your cards now
  • Don’t get hung up on and don’t identify with, your past achievements or failures
  • You will never have a greater opportunity to plant seeds for, or build on, your future than now
• Omit the useless.
  • Omit both the physical and mental waste that is of no use or substance
  • Omit mental states such as self-pity, regret, envy, resentment, and/or anger
  • Omit physical states and activities such as mindless shopping, social-media, unreliable people, and social activities without substance

∆ MOVEMENT

• Space/distance.
  • Stop, step back from the monkey chatter, paus, pivot and shift from the narrow to the wide
  • Creating distance to your thoughts is best done by running, writing/journaling, walking outdoors, and continuous conversations with yourself
  • Observe the current narrative but don’t let yourself be defined by it
• Perspective/control.
  • Once you observe that which has your attention address it without confirming or discarding it
  • Ask yourself: what are you not seeing and what can you actually control?
  • Take action to write/re-write the narrative you want to create today
• Base/baseline.
  • This is your base, this is your center of gravity, return to this, commit to this
  • Make your base resilient and antifragile and psychologically flexible
  • Raise the bar on your base, little by little, aim to improve todays baseline compared to yesterday

∆ MAINTAIN

• Mind.
  • Observe your thoughts then label them, question them, and return
  • Find your symphony in doing the things you love
  • Learn to surf the urge – you can surf the waves from any desire, feeling or addiction without letting it disrupt your symphony
• Body.
  • Exercise regularly, get enough sleep, and eat well
  • Have a clear intention when it comes to physical movement – carry yourself with the style you want to embody
  • Speak and interact with deliberate focus
• System.
  • Externalize all commitments and thoughts into a trusted system (GTD & journaling) and revise/review daily
  • Revise the system itself regularly, improving the nuts and bolts
  • Make the system simple but functional, and make it accessible from anywhere

∆ DELTA / CHANGE

• You will be better today than you were yesterday.
  • Keep improving – if you’re not disgusted with your 6-month-previous-self you’re not evolving fast enough
  • Invent and reinvent yourself as needed – do not be afraid to let go of past convictions
  • See change as opportunity – things have and will change rapidly, find ways to gain from the current (and future) volatility (see also: base → antifragility & psychological flexibility)

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v2.0 – 2020-04-21