Hannah Aster, Author at Shortform Books

The Pareto Principle: Focus on Value Over Quantity

What is the Pareto Principle? How can focusing on the “vital few” instead of the “trivial many” help you increase productivity? The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule, states that as little as 20% of your tasks and effort will account for 80% of your results. Before you start a task, ask whether it’s a top 20% task or bottom 80% task; only do it if it’s high-value. Keep reading for advice on how to implement the Pareto Principle in your own life.

The 3 Keys to Success From The Last Lecture

What are the 3 keys to success from Pausch’s The Last Lecture? How can you use these lessons to succeed in your own life? Randy Pausch’s 3 keys to success from The Last Lecture are, value your time, know yourself, and enable other’s dreams. He also used to teach these lessons to his students when he taught computer science at Carnegie Mellon. Keep reading to learn about Pausch’s 3 keys to success.

Practicing Gratitude Can Change Your Life

How can practicing gratitude in your life strengthen your power and faith? What are some things you can be doing to show the universe that you are grateful? Practicing gratitude leads to an endless cycle of good feelings. It puts you at a high frequency which puts you in a powerful position to attract more good things. Keep reading to learn how practicing gratitude can improve your life.

You Can Rewrite Your Story and Change Your Reality

Do you feel like you’re not living the life you want? Do you want to rewrite your story and create a reality that you desire? What you choose to focus on becomes your reality. If you stop focusing on negative, self-limiting stories that frame your reality, you’d realize that you can rewrite your story. Keep reading for tips on how you can rewrite you story.

Create a Plan for Your Day and Gain Two Hours

How can the simple act of writing a list help you save time? How can you create a plan every day and manage your time more efficiently? Taking 10 minutes to create a plan can save as much as two hours in wasted time and unfocused effort during your day. This is because working from a list increases your productivity by 25%. Keep reading to learn how you can create a plan and manage your time better.

Pausch’s “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”

Why was Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture titled, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”? How did Pausch manage to achieve his six childhood dreams? Randy Pausch had six childhood dreams: Winning the biggest stuffed animals at the carnival, playing in the NFL, writing an entry in the World Book Encyclopedia, being Captain Kirk of Star Trek, experiencing zero gravity, and becoming a designer or “Imagineer” at Disney. In “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” he explained how, in various ways, he achieved them all. Keep reading to learn about Pausch’s lecture, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.”

Attract Positivity: Practice Giving and Receiving

Do you want to attract more good things into your life? How can practicing giving and receiving improve both your mental and physical health? Giving is one of our greatest joys as well as being a fearless and powerful action. Giving and receiving are both full of gratitude and surrendering to the flow and, over time, these acts can help raise your frequency. Keep reading to learn how practicing giving and receiving can improve your life.

You Don’t Want to Procrastinate on Your Dreams

Do you find yourself making excuses for why you can’t achieve your goals? Do you find it easier to procrastinate than to put energy into making your dreams come true? Procrastination is an easy form of self-sabotage; there’s no shortage of fun things you can do to procrastinate. However, when you go for it instead of finding excuses, you can change your life. Keep reading for tips on how not to procrastinate.

The 7 Steps for Success From Eat That Frog!

Do you want to be more productive and successful? How can Brian Tracy’s 7 steps for success help you achieve your goals? There are 7 steps for success and achieving goals: determine your goals, write them down, list the steps, turn the list into a plan, set a deadline, act on the plan, do something every day to further your goal. If you follow the 7 steps for success then you will see extraordinary results. Keep reading for the 7 steps for success from Eat That Frog,

The Last Lecture Lessons: 6 Key Takeaways

Do you want to know what the six lessons from The Last Lecture are? How can you implement them into your own life? Randy Pausch used his Last Lecture to recount lessons he had learned or taught throughout his life. The Last Lecture lessons include: the value of honest feedback, people before material things, humility, rising to the occasion, breaking down brick walls, and accepting reality. Keep reading to learn about the six The Last Lecture lessons.