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I second 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. For those of you with ~~Uncle Bezos~~ Amazon Prime accounts, it's free to read with Amazon Kindle which has a free web reader app-- To be clear, you do not need an actual Amazon Kindle physical device to read the book. It's completely free for Prime members. <strong>Here is the link</strong>.

> So I just want to become a nice person, any tips?

• Read 'Seven Habits of Highly Effective People'
• Cultivate you own empathy for others
  
• Confront and correct your own insecurities
• Make time in your life to do kind things for others, like volunteer work
• Learn humility

I am ADHD guy with reaaaaally big problems with concentration and laziness. I used multiple methods and these are working for me:

1. You need to have big enough "Why?"

Set up your goals and do it really precisely. Ask yourself few times: "Is this really what I want?" and find out things you really want to achieve. If you have big enough "why?", it's easier to give a fuck about something because you can always ask yourself "What will happen if I wouldn't achieve my goals?" and trust me, vision of being old looser is scary enough to motivate to work.

1. Get some knowledge

Changing lifestyle is about replacing bad habits with good ones. Read about habits and understand the process of building habits. I can recommend you :

• S. Covey - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Link)
• Ch. Duhigg - Power of Habit (Link)
• H. Elrod - Miracle Morning (Link)

1. Incorporate good habits into your lifestyle

Every week or two replace one bad habit with one good habit in your life. Best habits I already have and can recommend for you are:

• meditation (try Headspace app for guided meditation)
• waking up early (only first 2-3 weeks of early waking up are pain in the ass)
• reading (start with 15 mins daily)
• 20 pushups immediately after waking up
• cold showers (Wim Hof Method)
• drinking glass of cold water with lemon juice every morning

These small changes can speed you up and keep you motivated in bad moments.

1. Working techniques:

Try to find out some system that works for you. I personally can recommend:

• Working intervals - 45 mins of work, 10 mins of pause, after every 3 working intervals do 1 hour pause
• "I'll only work 5 mins" - every time I feel lazy I tell myself "I will only sit and work for 5 mins." I set up a timer and start working for 5 mins. After 5mins I decide if I want to work more or finish. 3/4 times I decide to work more.
• Writing down every single task - to do lists are powerful - trust me!

1. "Find what you love and let it kill you"

Bukowski was right. If you find some passion in your work - you'll stop feeling lazy or procrastinating.

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I hope it helped.

P.S. Sorry for my English.