Category: Observe

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Eat Better

Posted on May 19, 2025

You may have never thought too much about what you are eating, how much you are eating or when you are eating. And unless you’ve had mouth, throat, stomach or bowel challenges, you may not have really considered what the food and drink you consume is doing to you.

Take this moment to reflect on these points. Consider if what you are eating is fuelling your body in the best possible way. Do certain foods not agree with you? Do they make you gassy, bloated or tired?

Just like you wouldn’t put diesel in a petrol car, consider whether what you are eating is right for your body.

In addition, the amount you put in your petrol tank is important. I’m guessing here, but I assume you have never over-filled your tank such that you had petrol all over the station forecourt. So I would suggest not filling your stomach more than its relaxed capacity.

I find it incredible how few calories one actually needs in today’s move-less society. We think we need three meals a day, probably with pudding for at least one of them. Yet we don’t. The 2,000 calories per day might have been more relevant in agrarian society but most people no longer need this level of daily fuel.

Assess what you eat and drink. Re-evaluate everything food related and make some slight changes from today. Your life will be better for it from today onwards.

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Be Accountable

Posted on May 17, 2025

Make your plan. Write it on paper.

Then review your progress every week. Calculate your metrics, track what you’ve done, down to the very last detail. Be brutally honest.

If you’re really ambitious, and want to see results more quickly, then track every hour. This hyper focus, tracking and reviewing will skyrocket you to the top and have you achieving your goals in no time.

(“Review” is the 6th step in my book, Achieve Anything)

Hold yourself truly accountable and your success will be nearly unfathomable.

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Your Most Important Filter

Posted on May 14, 2025

Your filter changes all the time. So your most important filter is the one you are using right now.

Be mindful of what it is at any given moment.

This filter will have a huge impact on your life and its quality. Stay alert to it.

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Sacrifice For Your Ideal

Posted on May 7, 2025

Most people are only going to chase their dream up to the point where they are happy to sacrifice to attain it.

For most, if they have to sacrifice more than they are happy to, then they give up on their goal.

If it isn’t easy enough, most folks aren’t willing to put in more sacrifice to make it happen.

For example, you may want to lose 30 pounds but only if you don’t have to get more sleep, go to bed earlier, cut out most alcohol, evening meals/snacks, tasty foods and daily treats.

If that’s what you’ll have to do, many just go through the motions, don’t really track progress, make body type excuses and remain as heavy as they are.

They may try again later in the hopes they have developed better discipline or science has changed and they won’t have to make any of the above sacrifices to reach their goal.

Or they just go to the gym or to a personal trainer in hope that some activity 2-3x per week will make up for the excesses they won’t give up elsewhere.

This can go on for 3 years or even 20 years. It will continue until the desired outcomee or goal becomes more important than the sacrifices and true, consistent change required to make the goal or outcome become a reality.

So save yourself 20 years of not trying enough / trying and make the sacrifices required or realise your goal is a wish not must, and give up on it.

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Everyone Has An Opinion

Posted on April 29, 2025

Take useful info from any opinion but be selective in which people you trust for good judgement.

It is not hard to have an opinion.

It is easy to spread fear though by making predictions, usually gloomy ones. Be mindful if you’re agreeing because of your bias or if the opinion couldn’t withstand more than elementary scrutiny.

If you’re going to base a life decision on someone’s viewpoint, always get a second opinion.

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Look For Solutions

Posted on April 7, 2025

Many times we can note the problem, focus on the problem, talk about the problem and the problems that arise if the problem isn’t fixed.

If we spent more time thinking about potential solutions, we’d find one that works fairly quickly and get on with implementing it.

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Stunning Scenery

Posted on April 4, 2025

You don’t have to go to Mount Blanc for stunning scenery, but it helps.

Get outside to a nearby park, forest, mountain or lake and take in the natural beauty. Do this as often as you can.

Think about what magic it took to grow the trees and to have all that natural environment around you.

Capture the sense of awe that it deserves.

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Look For The Great

Posted on April 3, 2025

There is great everywhere; you just have to look for it. It’s easy to mistake great things for merely good. Good sounds fine.

If you have high expectations, you might say most things are good. But in the big picture, many good things are actually great!

Upgrade your view of the world. Things are much, much better than how you position them.

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