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:

Success depends upon mental agility, a desire and an ability to learn, adaptability, resilience, and creativity as much as hard work and sellable skills.

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CrazyBusy:

…the game is the same – getting on in life, pursuing happiness, realizing our dreams, and helping others to do the same – but the way it’s played is new.

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CrazyBusy:

Irreverence, open-mindedness, people skills, creativity, intuition, the willingness to take a chance, fail, and still take another chance and another – these are valuable, along with luck.

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CrazyBusy:

In modern life, your time and attention are more vulnerable to theft than ever before.

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CrazyBusy:

Give yourself permission to make the most of the short time you have on this planet.

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CrazyBusy:

It is unreasonable to expect the impossible of yourself, yet many of us feel guilty when we do not achieve the impossible, even though we know full well it is impossible to do the impossible.

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CrazyBusy:

When it comes to a document… try your best to 1) respond to it right away, 2) put it in a labeled file, or 3) throw it away. In the majority of instances, choice ‘3’ is the best.

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CrazyBusy:

…for the requests that stream in from everywhere, the best antidote is a blockade. Don’t let them reach you. What you haven’t heard you can’t feel guilty about not doing.

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CrazyBusy:

You can only do what you can do, and you will do what you can do much more effectively if you’re not trying frantically to squeeze in more than you reasonably can. Cut those tentacles when they start to entwine you.

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CrazyBusy:

Whenever emotions matter, whenever subtlety counts, whenever the issues are complex and in need of explanation… these are just some of the times when it’s best that we are there in person, without distractions.

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