If busyness is an emotional complex, then it's likely that when we are busiest, we are doing least. We can be extremely active without being busy, and busy without accomplishing anything. We may be feverishly engaged in some task and yet not truly focused on the matter at hand. The job may be merely a means to accomplish some other goal: to make money, to impress, or to prove oneself to another. Our busyness may be a way to avoid difficult emotions and thoughts, or we may simply believe that it's important never to waste time.
Thomas Moore The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life
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Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Harvey Mackay "Encouragement more forceful then criticism" by Harvey Mackay, Arizona Republic, 12/6/2000
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You can always find reasons to work. There will always be one more thing to do. But when people don't take time it out, they stop being productive. They stop being happy and that affects the morale of everyone around them.
Carisa Bianchi "Unit of One," Fast Company, May 2000
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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
Mark Twain Bits and Pieces magazine, Vol. R No. 40
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