CHAPTER 7Turn Actions into Outcomes

You’ve done a lot of work so far to get crystal clear about your personal and professional “I wants” and to write them all down. It is now time to plot a deliberate course of action. Those of you who love planning and to-do lists are saying, “Cool! Let’s get started!” But what about those of you who hate task lists and prefer to operate in hottest-priority-at-this-moment mode? This chapter serves both ends of the spectrum.

In Chapter 1, we introduced scientific evidence of how the brain works and how we can reprogram our brains to focus on what we want. In this chapter, we discuss a second phase of brain science that is equally important to understand: Success in changing deeply ingrained habits and achieving ...

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