How to make a positive impact #shorts

5 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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TJ Walker warns that reading many personal-development books yields many fleeting ideas that seldom change behavior. He says some widely marketed ideas are actively harmful (e.g., spending more, consuming sugar, passive entertainment) and advises choosing a small number of genuinely valuable ideas to repeatedly expose yourself to daily so they have real impact—calling this the "TJ Walker habit."

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It's fun to read new personal development books and get new ideas. More ideas, more ideas. I'm guilty. I read three, four books a week sometimes. Here's the problem. If you simply read one new good idea, one concept one time, and then go to the next, it doesn't have much impact if you're surrounding yourself with thousands of good ideas over the course of a year. Better than nothing. The problem is, there are a handful of really bad ideas that are being marketed to you every single day. Drink more sugar water. Spend more money on debt. Spend more money. More time passively watching entertainment instead of creating your own content. So you've got to figure out of the new ideas you're gathering which ones are worthy of bombarding yourself with on a daily basis. Only then will they have impact. Please follow the TJ Walker habit.