“Executive dysfunction isn’t distraction. It’s your brain’s defense mechanism kicking in to protect itself from overwhelm.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“You’re not procrastinating. You’re protecting yourself from burnout.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“You don’t need more to do. You need a system that works with your brain—not against it.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“Each day feels heavier than the last, as you try to ‘push through’ a system that’s quietly screaming for relief.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“You’re not broken. But you’re trying to sprint a marathon with a nervous system that’s whispering, ‘Please—not one more step.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“This man was a high-powered operator, but also prone to overwork. He earned a high salary, but he couldn’t use it now that he was dead. He wore Armani suits and drove a Jaguar, but finally he was just another ant, working and working until he died without meaning. The very fact that he existed in this world would eventually be forgotten. “Such a shame, he was so young,” people might say. Or they might not.”
Source: 1Q84
“I was in doubt, and then everything took a hue of unreality, and I did not know what to trust, even the evidence of my own senses. Not knowing what to trust, I did not know what to do; and so had only to keep on working in what had hitherto been the groove of my life. The groove ceased to avail me, and I mistrusted myself... You don't know what it is to doubt everything, even yourself... It was the doubt as to the reality of the whole thing that knocked me over. I felt impotent, and in the dark, and distrustful. But now that I know, I am not afraid...”
Source: Dracula
“When faced with complexity, the answer is simplicity.”
Source: Simplicity Secret: How to Reduce Overwhelm and Stress, Make More Money, Improve Your Health and Fitness, and Be Happier
“I've fallen deep into a dark unkind hole. But I will not die. I will not die.”
“Storms pass and clouds give way to the sun, so do depressions' shadows, revealing the resilient spirit within.”
Source: KISS Life "Life is what you make it"