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This books is like a "how to" guide or a wikiHow post.
However, just because most of the topics in the book is obvious to me, doesn't mean it's not helpful for others, and I appreciate author's effort for that.
That being said, I still learned a couple of interesting things from this book:

1. Regarding difficulty of sleep or waking up in the middle of the night: you can repeat this mantra: "the body gets what the body needs."
If I can’t fall asleep, it’s because my body doesn’t want to sleep at that moment.
I can only provide the time and resources for my body to rest, but whether my body wants to rest or not, it’s not up to me. This applies to other aspects of life too.

We should focus on the input we provide for each task and the effort we put into it instead of the outcome. Input is in our control hundred percent, but outcome is not.

2. B = MAT
Behavior is determined by three factors: Motivation, ability, and trigger.

3. Why practice makes perfect? Because it creates a ritual and rituals become identity and when you form an identity, you can’t leave it.

4. Easy answers for complex questions are often wrong

5. Body requires 3 macro nutrients: Protein, fat, carbohydrates.
Similarly, researchers say human psyche needs autonomy, competence, relatedness.
When body starves it elicits hunger, when psyche is undernourished, it produces anxiety and restlessness.

6. Residual beneficiary: this is a term used in economy and market when a company goes out of business, and whatever remains of the company is divided among the shareholders.
We tend to do the same thing with our relationships. We prioritize everything else and then whatever is remained of our time, which is not a lot, we allocate to our relationships.
Instead of that we should proactively allocate time to our relationships beforehand and not treat them as residual beneficiaries.
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