9 habits that wil get you ahead.

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On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 8:39 AM Jorge Saguinsin <jorge@holygardens.ph> wrote:

To All:

Thru:   Madel and Tina

Date:    June 24, 2026

SUBJECT:   IMPROVE YOUR HABITS AND IMPROVE YOUR SUCCESS RATE AND YOURSELF

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     9 habits that will make you more successful 

hase 1: Attention Habits Correct After the Click: Instead of fighting a bad reflex (like clicking on social media or reaching for junk food), attach a positive behavior immediately after you catch yourself doing it [04:02]. By taking a simple action like drinking a glass of water, you interrupt the interruption [04:25].

          

           

2 Control Your Input (The 4D Framework): Unfinished tasks drain background mental resources [05:08]. To counter this, batch your communications (emails, messages) and use the 4D Framework on each item only once: Do it, Delegate it, Date it (schedule it), or Delete it [06:02].

 

3. Write to Think: Writing by hand brings deep conceptual clarity over typing [07:50]. Before any heavy conversation or foggy decision, lift the mental fog by answering three prompts on paper: What do I know? What am I assuming? What is the next honest action? [08:05]

 

Phase 2: Energy Habits 4 Quantize the Action: The hardest part of any routine is simply starting. Break your goals into the smallest possible "energy packets" (e.g., writing one line, doing half a push-up, walking for 1 minute) to drastically reduce the friction required to get going [09:37].

 

5. Set a Caffeine Cut-off Time: Caffeine has a half-life of 5 to 6 hours [10:36]. Drinking coffee in the late afternoon leaves a massive amount circulating in your system at bedtime, disrupting deep sleep and triggering a groggy morning cycle [10:56]. Stop caffeine intake at least 6 hours before bed [11:08].

 

6. Ride the Ultradian Waves: Your brain operates in 80 to 120-minute daytime cycles of high and low alertness [11:54]. Instead of forcing yourself through afternoon dips with more digital input, match a 60–90 minute focus block with a true 10–20 minute recovery block (walking or breathing) completely free of feeds or emails [13:06]. (There is no sustained focus. Brain works in waves)

 

Phase 3: Happiness Habits 7. Look Up (Practice Awe): Go outside at night and look at the stars [13:23]. Experiencing the vastness of the universe triggers a sense of profound awe, putting your daily stresses into perspective [15:32].  

8 Look Within (Practice Gratitude): Realize that you are made of the exact same stardust as the universe and that you are an entirely unique miracle [14:40]. Looking up reminds you that you're surrounded by miracles; looking down reminds you that you are one [15:42].

 

9....Forgive Yourself When Habits Break: Your routines and systems will inevitably break on bad days. Avoid the exhausting spiral of shame and self-prosecution; you do not have to be your best self on your worst day [16:00].

Ms. Tina

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Mindset needed at the Board Room by MIT Monk

These are the things we need to be qualified for the Board Room post

1.  Find the missing note  the ghost note  (the missing data)

    Ask for the data that you do not see.    E.g.  the bombers that made bank saw the bullet homes decided to provide armor for the 

   Upgrading your mind for data that do not show up.   

   Look behind the curtain and do nto look into things that are shown.  Be curious

   Look at the silent ghost.

   How the 1%  must think

2.  Optimize mistakes

     Learn from mistakes.  Mistakes and learning from them create new neural networks.    Those who do not make mistakes plateu

   1.  Define metric -  What does better  mean -   faster, better, more accurate, 

    2.  Define the outcome

    3.  Deliver

    4.  Find exact failure point

    5.  Change one thing iterate  

3.  Find the hard.  

     Explore difficult challenges and learn from this  Say difficult nego.

     Stay with it.  

     High tension conversation:  how to navigate hard conversation nego later

     1  From people to facts ;  where do we suggest  we change 

     2  Lesson the tension   are we with you or against us

     3.  No poinitng fingers   -  we want to work together

     4.  Acknowledge their presence;   appreciate what you are doing.  We care about the outcome and you

      Later you will be known as the person 

 4.  Time horizon - say  7 years.   Your action differs if you think long term

      Beams from dining room;  started to rot  The original architect all ready grew the oak so that the beams can be made in the future.  Cathedral thinking. 

     Hedge funds investors invest in long term.  Warren Buffett focussed on the long term.    40 years that passed is very fast

               90 day timeline -   be visible

              12 - 18 months -   decision that willl contribute to the company

              5 years be visionary

             ARE YOU PLANTING FLOWERS OR TREES.  ?

 5.  Your identity  -  you can architect  what yourself 

     Getting more than you deserve

      Deserving more than you get

     When you make a decision?    

     1  What will I be if I make decision?

     2  Is it a decision that is safe but will not make your better.

     You do not see around the corner.  You were made to make the world better.

     You will be better You will be for the world that will be better