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Big Battles

Published on February 5, 2022 
Fight the big battles on the inside
And the big battles on the outside
Suddenly won’t feel so big anymore

Making Time For Each Of Your Dimensions

Published on February 3, 2022

We are a mind, a body, and a spirit.

We cannot perform at peak capacity with just one and not the others.

Train the body to improve the mind; train the mind to improve the body.

Train the mind to improve the spirit; train the spirit to improve the mind.

Train the spirit to improve the body; train the body to improve the spirit.

Order doesn’t matter.

Spending time on EACH is what matters.

Prioritize Feeling Great

Published on February 2, 2022

What are the things that make you feel great?

And I’m not talking about 10 seconds great… I’m talking about 10 hours great.

I’m not talking about pleasure-seeking tasks—I’m talking about soul-filling tasks.

Exercising? Walking? Journaling? Meditating? Stretching?

First of all, once you come up with your list—why not include each of those things into each of the days of your week?

Why would you ever skip out on the things that make you feel great?

Your state—mentally, physically, emotionally—affects everything else in life. And so they should get the top priority each and every day.

Especially on the days when your state is at its lowest.

Skipping state-boosting tasks when you feel off/down/awful is a mistake and only reinforces that feeling of off/down/or awful.

And, worth noting, skipping them on the days when your state is at its highest is also a mistake.

Because if you stop doing the things that make you feel great when you’re feeling great—it won’t be long until you’re no longer feeling great again.

And up and down the rollercoaster you’ll go.

Better to prioritize feeling great on all the days.

Chugging Books

Published on February 1, 2022

Unpopular opinion: Read slower.

Forget 2x/3x-ing your speed.

Blasting through someone’s deep work is like dumping a gallon of water into your mouth all at once.

Drink deeply from the words that were carefully chosen for each page of any given book.

Finish each drop.

Lifetime Xed

Published on January 31, 2022

How many time commitments do you have that you don’t even realize you have?

  • The lines you’re forced to wait in
  • The long commutes
  • The time it takes to get ready

How might you creatively reclaim some of that time?

  • Do you have to wait in those lines? Or is there a way you can skip them altogether? i.e. Rather than buying coffee each morning, can you start making it from home?
  • Assuming you can’t opt out of the long commutes, is there a way you can improve how you spend that time? i.e. Long commutes are a perfect time to soak in audiobooks—which are great because they don’t always have to be nonfiction/ productive. They can be leisurely and entertainment oriented, too. Much better than yelling at stupid drivers.
  • Is there any way you can shorten the time it takes for you to get ready? i.e. Can you set clothes out the night before or get one step ahead of breakfast some how? Smooth starts are usually a byproduct of end-of-the-day preemptive thinking.

It might take you 10-15 minutes to thoroughly think through these ideas.

The benefit, of course, is that even if you can only manage to find a way to save 10-15 minutes throughout your entire day… you just LIFETIME Xed your investment.

In other words, if you hold true to this idea for 100 days—you just 100xed your invested time. If you hold true for 365 days—you just 365xed your invested time. And if you can keep it going for the rest of your life…?

That’s right—a lifetime xed investment.

Unbelievably worth it.

One To Ten

Published on January 30, 2022

Be generous with your thoughts.

When those who express kind, constructive, supportive thoughts are quiet, then our collective mind is taken over by those who spew overwhelming amounts of the opposite.

We may only be one, but we are connected to ten.

And so are they.