Take time to enjoy, not just get through.
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Commit
Be disciplined and follow through on what you commit to.
If it is the gym on Thursday morning at 06:00, then you make sure you’re there at 05:55. No snooze button. No roll over. Just get on your gear and go.
If you aren’t serious, don’t commit.
If you commit, you go. No excuses.
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Learn Something New Today
This could be anything. Aim to learn something from history or geography or learn about a skill you’ve wondered about it.
You don’t have to master it or go full deep dive for 3 hours. Simply read a little about it, watch a documentary or even listen to a podcast.
Take 10 minutes today and learn something. It’s a start you can build on. Fuel your interests and develop your world.
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Get Clear On Your Thoughts
With clarity you have calm. Clarity can also bring energy and enthusiasm.
A great way to get mental clarity is by writing down your thoughts. By writing, we bring structure and cohesion to all those ideas in our head. We can also review our points and see where our thinking might be out of alignment with what we thought our thinking might be.
Buy a journal or primary school notepad and get writing your thoughts out today. In a week or two, you’ll be noticing the greater clarity of your thoughts.
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Eat Better
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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Seek Best Outcome – Always
Always aim for the best outcome. This is the best outcome after assessing everything for everyone. You will not likely please everyone. However, maximise for the most people reaching the best outcome.
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Be Accountable
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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Commit
Commit to someone or something. You can put yourself first sometimes but commit to something bigger than you.
You will find energy and purpose in doing this.
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Four Years Of Pain
I find it hard to believe that there are a significant amount of people that are on track to be outraged every day, about the current US administration, for four more years.
Four years is a long time to be outraged. Especially if they have been in that mode for the last four or even nine years. A person could get very old and bitter complaining about one man for 13 years.
This is a good point for all people. Assess what you are doing and why, frequently. Complaining is not a good look. Find some positive things about what’s going on and focus on that. Or do other things completely.
Turn off the tv. Stop reading and following people on social media. Your life is passing you by. And you may not even be enjoying it that much!
Gosh, the world survived a first Trump term, it will be fine with another.
The world has survived civil wars, revolutions, world wars, actual genocide attempts, the black plague, and all kinds of other challenging moments and decades.
Not only will the world survive, it may begin to thrive again.
Sit back and enjoy your life. Don’t let this age you.
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Your Most Important Filter
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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