If you want to make progress in anything there has to be metrics.
Find a system that works for you that highlights what you with to make progress on.
You will never know if something is working or not unless you have data to back it up.
Give yourself a grade everyday to see how you did. How can you do better? What went right? What went wrong?
Seeing results will motivate you to stay focused and keep pushing.
Experiment with different systems and find out what works for you.
These three decisions will drastically help guide you. Don’t overthink your answers.
To infinity and beyond!
Buzz Lightyear
This is the world of instant gratification. With the power of technology everything is at our fingertips. Amazon allows you to shop for almost anything. Tinder allows you to swipe into your next relationship. Robinhood lets you trade equities for free anytime. Netflix and Disney let you pull up your favorite show immediately without ads.
Entertainment, Love, Happiness and Wealth are just an app away!
Say goodbye to the good ol’ days and say hello to the internet!
Sometimes if there is not an immediate result then people lose motivation and focus. We are easily bored and have a short attention span. Time is the most valuable asset everyone has so no one wants to waste their time. If you are trying to lose wait the people think the worst thing is to waste time on something that doesn’t work. They try everything and the pounds never come off. This is frustrating for anyone going through this struggle All they want is the feeling of being fit and sexy.
They want this feeling so bad they will look for solutions to get this result immediately. The pain of staying fat is a motivating thought. So motivating that it causes some people to try and cut corners or take a magic pill where there is no pain and only pleasure.
The pleasure is in the pain. You should not wait until you reach the destination to feel good. You should embrace the pain and do the hard-work. Pay the price and you will gain the reward.
HAVE FAITH that what you wish to accomplish will come to fruition.
HAVE FAITH that you are good enough to accomplish your wildest dreams.
HAVE FAITH that all your hard work will pay off.
HAVE FAITH that the answers will come when you need them.
HAVE FAITH that you are not alone and there is help out there.
HAVE FAITH that you are making the world a better place.
HAVE FAITH the money will be there when you need it.
HAVE FAITH that everything happens for a reason.
HAVE FAITH that you can handle any situation.
HAVE FAITH THAT YOU CAN AND YOU WILL!
Anything that is consistent is easy to tune out. If there is a droning sound the brain will eventually tune it out. The mind comes comfortable with it and then starts to look for what’s new or changing.
This is a dangerous automatic response from the brain because we should not tune out everything.
When you have great people in your life they are very consistent. If you have a great family they will consistently show you unconditional love. It is easy to forget how lucky you are.
Remind yourself and be grateful. Remind the people in your life and let them know how special they are. Cherish every moment you have with them because it is never enough.
There a few people in your life that will put your interest above their own. Take care of these people and show them the same unconditional love.
Photo Jean-Baptiste Greuze – The Father’s Curse – The Ungrateful Son
Be optimistic about your end game but be realistic about your life.
Optimism will drive you to achieve great things and take giant risks. Optimism will take you on great adventures and you will do things you have always wanted to do. Optimism gives you permission to have enormous goals and vision for your life. Optimism lets us see the good and the potential in people. The world would be a depressing pessimistic place without optimism.
The downside of optimism is that it will blind you to the risks. It will cause you to take giant chances that you shouldn’t be taking. Optimism will make you take enormous loses that are hard to recover from. You have to use realism and pessimism to mitigate your risk. How likely are you to succeed? How likely are you to lose? You must be completely comfortable if either one of these situations happen. Don’t be naive to the negative.
Knowing you are protecting your downside allows you take bigger risks. It is a fine balance you must walk because if you are always preparing for your downside then you will not take massive action for a huge upside.
People are mandated to goto elementary school, middle school and high school. No one is mandated to go to self school. By self school I mean learning about your self. Learning about how your mind and body operate. Practicing to work with your own personal uniqueness. Figuring out what your one of a kind strengths and weaknesses are. If you want to be successful then you have to know your self.
You have to know what positions you thrive in and what you should avoid. If things are not going well for you then you do not know yourself enough. Take the time to ask yourself what it is you really want to accomplish. Know what your calling is and have a simple well defined one sentence purpose.
Mine is “Entertain and inspire people to achieve their full potential.”
Create a vision so compelling you are eager to get up and tap dance to work.
Life rewards the actions that you take.
You get what the market thinks you deserve not what you think you deserve.
There is no time for doubts and fears.
The action you take will cause the results you get.
Know what you want and take the right action to get it.
Learn from people who have done it before.
Don’t regret the actions you never took.
To have the life you want you must integrate your lifestyle with all the things that you want out of life.
Your lifestyle must support your growth in all areas of life you want to grow in. You also must eliminate the things you are doing that does not support your growth.
If you work in an office and know you can’t leave the office then how can you integrate things in the environment you are in? For example to integrate health in an office environment you can sit on a pilates ball, take breaks, go for walks and eat a healthy lunch.
An integrated lifestyle is a balanced lifestyle where all actions support other actions. There is a give and take but all actions should give. To know what to do you need to know what is important to you.
The opposite of an integrated lifestyle is a compartmentalized lifestyle. This is where nothing is related and everything is independent.
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