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looking confident, these billionaires let their actions speak, and you can do the
same. Instead of flooding (заполняя) your days with pointless
(бессмысленными) decisions and trivial (банальным) choices, find answers
that are comfortable and stick to them (придерживаться) every single day.
Not only will this free up (освободить) your mind to ponder (познать) more
important subjects but you’ll find that the lack of choices will actually improve
(улучшит) your productivity by lessening (уменьшая) the chances that you
might get accidentally distracted (отвлечён) by something insignificant
(незначительным).
Answer the questions:
1. What is this video generally about?
2. What kind of decisions should you reduce?
3. Who does the author talk about in the example?
4. Do you agree with the author about the everyday clothes those titans of
industry wear?
5. How much time do you spend on choosing clothes? Do you wear different
attire every day?
6. How much time do you spend on finding a hairstyle?
7. What kind of choices can you cut out of your life?
Exercise 401. Read and discuss the article. 5 Steps of
Compartmentalization: The Secret Behind Successful Entrepreneurs.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanblair/2012/06/26/5-steps-of-
compartmentalization/?sh=6f2fa5a91a62
Psychology defines (определяет) compartmentalization as a defense
mechanism (защитный механизм), or a coping strategy (стратегию,
которая помогает справиться), which doesn’t impart (придаёт) a very good
connotation (оттенок). Put simply (простыми словами), it’s how our minds
deal with conflicting internal standpoints (точки зрения) simultaneously
(одновременно). Some examples would be: a doctor who is religious, but has
to separate her belief system from her practice at a women’s health clinic; a
man who leaves his office at 6pm, and refuses to think about work for the rest
of the evening, so he can enjoy his time with his family or, at its extreme,
soldiers who need to file away (положить в архив/забыть) the trauma of
horrific (ужасных) events in their minds, so they can continue operating in
battle (битве).
One of the key reasons I had such a successful year, despite (несмотря на) the
private and professional paradox, is that I accepted the fact that I had several
fulltime focuses, but only a limited amount of emotional and mental energy to
devote (посвятить) to each one. Normally entrepreneurs think about their
businesses all day long and therefore focus on nothing else. In the past I would

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