Writing things down make thoughts more real and allows you to easily review them and track progress.
The power of writing is immense. This is why it is included as the third step in the seven step process to success that I outlined in my book, Achieve Anything.
Write down your goals. Write down your progress. Write down your slip ups. Track progress in writing too.
Buy several inexpensive notebooks and start writing down everything. Soon you’ll find gold.
The less friction there is in your life, the more you can enjoy those activities you truly want to spend time on.
Design your life’s activities to have the least friction possible. This can be direct flights, grocery delivery, electronic banking, and a PA, EA or family office.
Quite often a little extra money can purchase extra efficiency and is well worth it many times.
Be sure to make the distinction that you pay for efficiency rather than just comfort. Paying more for a direct flight is efficient. Paying more for Business Class is mostly adding comfort, especially if you still have to have a connection.
Plan a little but don’t obsess. Being more efficient with your time is mostly about planning and looking for the opportunities.
Seeing the happy smile on a child’s face is wonderful, especially if your words or actions helped get the smile there.
Sometimes it can be from just some simple words of encouragement or appreciation or noticing something they’ve done. Sometimes it will come from a gift you have given them, a gift of time, money, or something they enjoy or wanted.
If you have the opportunity to help bring happiness to someone, it may be your duty to do it, though certainly it will bring you far more peace in your soul than what it cost you in time or money.
When considering giving your opinion, it’s helpful to reflect on things a little bit from various points of view first. You won’t have lived in their shoes but you can think a little about what that would mean if you could.
Also, what was this topic like 200 years ago? What would be the ideal outcome today?
Can you think of a few more ways to consider the question from a different perspective?
Whatever position you find yourself in, almost always you can find someone or someway that could be worse.
Make your plans in writing. Review them frequently. Revise them as necessary.
This one habit, practised daily, at least weekly, will have a dramatic impact on your life.
Focus on what you would love, not what you would not want in your life. Whatever you are thinking about, that’s what you’re gonna get more of. So if you think of things that you don’t want, you’ll get more of them and if you think of things that you do want, you’ll get more of those.
Your mindset is incredibly powerful, so learn to use it very well. Become a specialist in how to use your mind.
Watch history to learn from others. Don’t watch too long though. Better to spend more time making history.
Conceive of a plan and execute that plan with speed and precision. Adjust your sails as needed but don’t let your foot off the accelerator.
Get out there. Make history!
It feels great to win!
Plan to win. Visualise it. See the effort, the winning and the after winning. Feel the exuberance. Live the experience. Enjoy it fully.
Assess each word. Be aware of your own bias. Stay level headed. Consider that everything you’re hearing could be a lie. Check sources.
