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Elevate Letter #28: The anti-procrastination hack that works 99% of the time (for me)

PLUS: 9 Underrated Books, The Imporance of Big Goals, The Greatest Version of you and 20 sentences to maximize your social intelligence

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Ajay Malhotra
December 22, 2024 • Reading Time: 6 minutes

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The importance of having big ass goals 🎯

I stumbled upon this Tim Ferriss quote which hit me like a truck:

Personally, I feel like I've been aiming too low lately.

Settling for "good enough" in different areas of my life, when I know I'm capable of more.

Well, reading this re-lit the fire under my ass.

Question for you:​
What area of life are you underestimating yourself?
How could you aim higher to give yourself an advantage?

9 Underrated Books That will change how you see the world - Video from Mark Manson 📖 

Yay! Books!

C'mon, who doesn't love a good book recommendation?

The problem is that we're recommended the same 20 books over and over again (yes, Atomic Habits is great, we know).

But this video is different.

Mark does a great job here of choosing some lesser-known books that could potentially blow your mind.

Personally, I bought The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant.

The Greatest Version of You 🔥

“The greatest version of you, it's not the I can do anything version of you. The greatest version of you is the disciplined version of you.”

Elevated Path

  • Self-discipline is when the desire to become the highest version of yourself outweighs the desire for cheap pleasures.

  • The secret to self-discipline is to avoid environments that make it difficult and create environments that make it effortless.

  • You weren’t born to work 40 hours a week😥 doing something you hate, numb your mind with endless scrolling, and wake up one day wondering where the time went😱.

  • When you’re bored, pick up a book📚 instead of your phone🤳 and see where that simple habit shift it takes you.

20 sentences to maximize your social intelligence. 👨‍👩‍👧

There you have it—20 sentences to maximize your social intelligence.

The anti-procrastination hack that works 99% of the time (for me) 🧏‍♂️

I can't think of a single time this has failed me.

Choose a task you've been avoiding. Set a timer for 10 minutes. Get started. If you don't want to continue after 10 minutes, stop.

Simple as that.

I promise, 99% of the time you'll keep going.

P.S. : If you haven’t read of previous Elevate Letter editions here they are 😀 

»Elevate Letter #27: The Most Underrated Social Skill You Should Learn

»Elevate Letter #26: 11 Wealth Secrets I Learned Advising 453 Millionaires

»Elevate Letter #25: How Ali Abdaal Built a New $1M Business in 12 Months

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