\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Benefits of Setting Limits}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Limits simplify your life, making it more manageable and meaningful.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Limits focus you on what's actually important.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Limits make you more effective and helps you stay on the path to achieving your projects and goals.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Life without limits is weak and diluted, by learning to focus yourself within your limits, you will increase your mental strength and efficacy.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{6 Principles of Applying Limitations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} P1: & By setting limitations, we must choose the essential. So, in everything you do, learn to set limitations. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} P2: & By choosing the essential, we create great impact with minimal resources. Always choose the essential to maximize your time and energy. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} P3: & Once you have determined what is essential, work to eliminate everything that is not essential. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} P4: & Focus is your most important tool in becoming more effective. Learn to harness your focus like a laser on one task at a time. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} P5: & Create new habits to make long-lasting improvements in your life. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} P6: & Start new habits in small increments to ensure success. Large, enduring change must be built gradually. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.59264 cm} x{3.38436 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Areas to Simplify}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Commitments & Any agreement you make or obligation you take on is also a burden on your time. Time is precious. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Goals \& Projects & Which Projects will have the most immediate, highest impact? \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Finances & Financial awareness and discipline are skills that can and should be developed. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Internet Usage & With the constant distraction of the Internet readily available, it is important to be aware and manage our internet usage and media consumption. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Clutter \& Belonings & Living in an untidy space and owning too many things that are unnecessary detract from peace of mind. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Choosing the Essential}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Start by examining your projects and task lists and asking "What among these are the highest-impact, important, positive, and of long-term relevance to my life and path towards success?"} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Compile a list of your projects that meet this core criteria and work to focus your efforts on these.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Simplification}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Start with writing down all of the "essentials" you have identified in your life. These should be congruent with your values, goals, and passions.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Once you have really decided what is important in your life, simplication is theoretically easy: Simply cut out everything else!} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Habit Building}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Choose the biggest-impact habit and resolve to focus on it for 21 days.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Write down your plan: What are you doing each day? When? What will trigger the behavior? Who will you report to?} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Post your habit publicly and tell as many people as possible!} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Report on your progress daily!} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Celebrate your new habit! 21 days of success = a habit formed.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{One Goal System}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Limit yourself to fewer goals and you will achieve more.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Concentrate on one major goal in your life at a time.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Break this goal down into concrete steps: Take it from 5yrs -\textgreater{} 2-3yrs -\textgreater{} 1yr -\textgreater{} 90 days -\textgreater{} 30 days -\textgreater{} 7 days -\textgreater{} 1 day.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Make sure you are taking some action on your goal every day!} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Simple Projects List}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Select only 3 projects at a time to focus on. Write these on a "Focus List" while all other projects are on an "On Deck" list.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{At least one project should be closely tied to your Mission.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Finish what you start! Focus solely on these three projects and do not add new projects to the "Focus List" until you have seen all three to completion.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Select 3 Most Important Tasks (MITs) at the beginning of each day and resolve to finish them.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Complete other small tasks only after the MITs are completed.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Focus}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Focus is the determining factor in completing a project, achieving a goal, or creating a new habit.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{In an age of endless multi-tasking, we must train our mind to focus on the present and the ask at hand, to single-task instead.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Single-Tasking}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Focus on your Most Important Tasks first thing in your day. Don't do anything else until these are completed.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{When working on a task in a time block, eliminate all other distractions (phone, internet, etc).} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{If you feel the urge to switch to another task, stop yourself, take a deep breath and refocus on the present.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{If things come up that you may need to address, simply record them in your "stuff" to be processed later.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Process your "stuff" to empty regularly so it does not build up and weigh on your mind.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{If something urgent pulls you from your current task, leave a quick note so it is easier to transition back to where you were.} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Take deep breaths, quick breaks, and stretch every now and them. Stay sane!} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Practice Being Present}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Like any habit, being fully present requires effort and time before it becomes your natural state.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Do one thing at a time, what you are doing right now and nothing else. When you eat, just eat. Pay attention to taste and texture, take your time. Every activity is practice.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Be aware! When your mind drifts from the present, that's ok. Gently allow those thoughts to pass and then return to what is at hand.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Put up physical reminders, post-its, and other things to remind you of your goal.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{There is no failure, only setbacks. Focus on celebrating doing, on every small success.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Keep Practicing!} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Keys to Successful MITs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Set your MITs first thing in the morning (or at the beginning of your productive time).} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Limit yourself to three tasks with at least one being tied to your Mission} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Focus on accomplishing these tasks above and before all else.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Eliminate distractions and Single-Task!} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}