Book Titles

CrazyBusy
Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD

By Edward Hallowell

Year Published: 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0345482433
Categories: Busyness, Overwhelming, Psychology

137 Quotes Found

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CrazyBusy:

…when play goes right, when the planets of mind align, play transforms an old place into a new one.

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CrazyBusy:

Make sure you do what matters most to you.

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CrazyBusy:

While no one has total control over his or her life, most people have more control than they exert.

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CrazyBusy:

Sages through the ages have cautioned us to seize the day, to make the most of the moment, to live each day as if it were our last, but rare is the person who truly does that.

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CrazyBusy:

Time is a finite resource, but we behave as if it were infinite because, at the deepest level, we deny the fact of death in our everyday lives.

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CrazyBusy:

We ought never to forget that any day might be our last. We ought to do whatever it takes to live to the fullest while we can. Only a fool would say this doesn’t matter.

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CrazyBusy:

Being busy is one deft way to avoid taking stock of how you are living your life, knowing death is only a heartbeat away.

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CrazyBusy:

…being busy is slow suicide, just like smoking cigarettes – and it’s just as addictive.

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CrazyBusy:

Once fear starts to govern your use of time, you cease to be true to the best of who you are, and, paradoxically, you give up your chance to live a genuine life.

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CrazyBusy:

Investing your time wisely requires that you prioritize what you do. If you don’t, leeches in the form of disagreeable people and insignificant projects will rob you of your time.

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