Want to start something new?

Do you have the capacity for it?

If not, what do you do?

Is there something you can let go of?

Often, to start something new, something old has to go.

Your attention is precious and finite.

Your time is precious and finite.

Allocate it accordingly.

How do you decide if to do something alone or not?

Why do something together?

Why do something alone?

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. - African Proverb

Together you can often achieve bigger things more easily.

Alone you are faster and can capitalise on opportunities ruthlessly.

Together you have the support of peers.

Alone you have more autonomy.

What is the right way for you right now?

Who is in your inner circle?

Who do you spend the most time with?

Do you like these people?

Do your values align?

Do your goals align?

Do you get energized by them?

Your time and attention matter.

Who you give these to matters.

Choose carefully who you let into your life.

The wrong people can wreak havoc.

This is a great idea!

Do you fall in love with your ideas?

Do others love them too?

Are you told they suck?

By whom?

Do they have the authority to do so?

How confident are you in yourself?

Some of the best ideas in history were unpopular.

Some of the smartest people in history were deemed crazy.

Some great ideas are repeated again and again.

The only way to know is to try.

How does your environment affect you?

How do you affect your environment?

Would changing environment help you?

How would changing yourself help you?

Which one is more important?

Without question, our surroundings affect us.

Without question, we can get dealt a horrible hand.

Without question, it is your decision how you react.

Sculpt your environment and your character.

Don't blame one or the other.

Are you doing the right things?

With the right people?

In the right way?

Look at things that failed.

Is the answer "no" to one of them?

When it is "no" to all they were catastrophic for sure.

Look at what you do now.

Then act accordingly.

How would I feel?

What could I have done?

What should I have done?

How could it be?

And so on...

These questions can help for learning.

And that is all.

Do not rumminate on it.

Learn and carry on, do better next time.

Do you ever suffer hindsight bias?

After the fact, everything seems obvious?

The right decision was clear?

Do you ever confront others in hindsight?

Hindsight is great to try and learn.

Don't put too much importance on it though.

What information did you have at the time?

What situation were you in?

How experienced were you?

In hindsight, life is a walk in the park...

How much do you trust influencers?

Are there any whose information you trust?

How rigorous is their practice?

What is their agenda?

Has their agenda changed over time?

Have they changed over time?

Freely shared information is tricky.

Nothing is truly for free.

And no one is without an agenda or goal.

Discern accordingly!

Why is this happening?

Why to you?

Why not someone else?

Why can it not stop?

Things happen.

They happen to you and others.

Sometimes more and sometimes less.

Depending on your mood it might feel worse than it is.

Take a moment. Calm yourself. Solve the issue.

Have you tried improving something lately?

How did it go?

Does the improvement deliver the results?

Are you expecting immediate results?

Or are the expected results delayed?

When do you know if the improvement really is one?

We can only plan actions that we think are improvements,

and then take the action and observe.

At some point, you will know if it works or not.

Do not hesitate to change direction if needed.

Is someone you know behaving strangely?

How well do you know them?

How strange is the behaviour?

Why could they behave strangely?

What might have happened in their life?

People can change for many reasons.

Events...

Medication...

Illness...

Loss...

Stress...

The list is long.

Try to understand what is going on.

Try to have compassion, while respecting your own boundaries.

What is fair?

What is equal?

What is just?

Does it depend on the situation?

Or is it unilaterally so?

What may be equal, may not be fair.

What may be fair, may not be just.

What may be just, may not be equal.

Do you have questions?

Are they driving you mad?

Why are they driving you crazy?

What are you doing about it?

Where can you get answers?

Who can help you get them?

Sometimes we repeat a question over and over.

Often, we are not able to answer them.

Fretting about it is useless, get the answer fast.

With every answer will come more questions, that's the game.

How far do you plan ahead?

How enjoyable is planning for you?

How much time do spend planning?

When have you planned enough?

Planning too many steps wastes time.

Life is not like chess, with clear rules, it is a wicked game.

Most things come differently than you could imagine.

Planning has diminishing returns the further you plan.

Plan broadly, while executing with a fury.

What is your money for?

What utility does money have for you?

What are meaningful endeavors to spend it on?

What is pure consumerism?

Who might you be able to support?

Money is a tool.

Money has a use.

Money can get you somewhere faster.

Money can make things easier.

Money can also destroy you.

Use it wisely for what is important to you.

Are there days, where you just don't perform?

Particularly at something you are great at?

What do you do?

Do you get frustrated?

Do you force yourself to try harder?

Performance is not a straight line.

There are days when we simply do not perform.

Try a different task.

Work on another project.

Take a rest.

Change it up and create value elsewhere.

What is your limit?

Do you try to overcome your limits?

Why are you trying?

How are you trying?

How often do you try?

Which limits?

When do you respect your limits?

Breaking through our limits is crucial.

By how much is the question.

Do not overdo it.

Take a rest from time to time.

Do you verify the information you get?

Is the information complete?

Do you discover the origins?

How many hands has it passed through?

How was it attained?

By whom?

What agenda do the people have that published it?

We tend to believe information at face value.

We tend to take it as factual.

It is important to be diligent about the information we receive.