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This is Optimal Living Daily episode 2170. Six things I wish I knew the day I started

Berkeley by Derek Sivers of Sivers, that's S-I-V-E.r-S. And a moderator, Justin Mollock, the

guy that reads blogs or articles to you every single day of the year. And today features

an article from popular writer and speaker Derek Sivers. So let's get right to it as we

optimize your life. Six things I wish I knew the day I started Berkeley by Derek Sivers

of Sivers, S-I-V-E.r-S. Number one, focus. Disconnect. Do not be distracted. My favorite

part of the movies is the training sequence where a young Bruce Wayne, Neo or Kung Fu

Panda goes to a remote location to be trained relentlessly, non-stop, past all breaking

points until they emerge as a master. The next few years can be your training sequence

if you focus. Unfortunately, you're not in Siberia. You're surrounded by distractions.

You're surrounded by cool, tempting people hanging out casually, telling you to relax.

But the casual ones end up having casual talent and merely casual lives. Looking back my

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