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3 Lessons to Take Into 2022
Ahh, 2022. The year of, broadly speaking, the same things happening as in 2021, just without the novelty. But let’s not start the year with pessimism — what we miss out on in originality, we make up for in experience. With that in mind, here are three lessons that we can take into the new year to change our lives for the better.
- Do difficult things on Mondays
Sometimes when you start the working week, the last thing you want to do is draft up a long, complicated email; or have a difficult conversation with a colleague or, to be fair, do anything that requires the use of more than a few braincells that have remained awake during the weekend.
In fact, in any area of life, the motivation to do difficult things can evade us. The problem is that the longer we put off the things we don’t want to do, the more difficult they can become. The wall of psychological resistance builds up in our minds until it becomes even more impenetrable than when the issue first arose.
The solution is to do difficult things as soon as possible. Start the week, and every day, with what’s difficult, and you’ll create the momentum to soar through everything else. Breaking down mental barriers as soon as they are created becomes easier with practice and will motivate you to keep making progress.
