That's odd. I found almost every point on that list immediately actionable.
- Use the work "but" less often (I can practice this today with my partner).
- Start looking for a new job if you work for someone you can't see yourself becoming (I can start looking for ads right away).
- Spend more time with fewer people (I could make a phone call right now).
- Try to forgive more often (there a conflicts in my life that I could get out of right now if I could forgive them).
- Criticize in private, praise in public (I'm guilty of the opposite at work, this is a good reminder that I should try to improve).
I'm not sure that "banal" is a good measure for whether something is important or not. I often ignore banal things because I forget, or don't want to remember. Having a list might actually help. Although I agree that having a list of banalities is not enough to make a difference. You definitely have to put in work as well. Thanks for reminding me.
I switched to DEVONthink Pro when Evernote switched to Electron and started removing features (e.g. related notes). I capture a lot of images of documents and need the OCR capabilities and search. They also have a fairly extensive AppleScript support so you can automate almost everything. Very happy with the move so far.