If you want god-like focus, do your most important work first thing in the morning. Don't go on the internet, don't check your phone, just go do that thing right after you wake up. If you don't enter an 11th dimensional flow state I'll give you your money back.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
— Leonardo da Vinci
Life gets better when you remember that you’re on your own side. If you’re not cheering for yourself like a supportive parent would, then who’s validation are you depending on? Don’t rob yourself of your own encouragement.
To be “nice” and to be “kind” are very different things. The nice person veils intent behind forced smiles and cheery sentiment. The kind person is a messenger of truth.
The internal resistance you feel towards doing work is usually more unpleasant than the work itself. So by procrastinating, you're essentially basking in the existential discomfort of inaction until you're "ready" to face the more blunt discomfort of action. But why suffer twice?