As we wind down 2019, I wanted to share with you my annual list of favorites that made the last year a little brighter. We’ll start with books today — movies and music coming soon. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did.
Habits that have a high rate of return in life:
- sleep 8+ hours each day
- lift weights 3x week
- go for a walk each day
- save at least 10 percent of your income
- read every day
- drink more water and less of everything else
- leave your phone in another room while you work
Slow and steady often wins because it keeps you motivated.
Take on manageable challenges and you'll get frequent signals of progress. Bite off more than you can chew and progress stalls.
When you make progress, you want to keep going. When you break progress, you want to stop.
Most valuable information is widely accessible.
Great books of centuries past are free online.
Thinkers of today argue publicly on Twitter.
YouTube is a lecture hall that seats millions.
Podcasts are private tutors for the masses.
A golden age for the self-motivated learner.
Want to wake up early every day?
Don't forcefully wake up to an alarm. Instead, reconfigure your lifestyle such that waking up early becomes natural:
- Dinner at 7 PM
- No bright lights after 8 PM
- No phone scrolling in the evening
- Eat less
Work with Nature, not against it.
Ambition is dreaming big.
Drive is about discipline and persistence over time. It’s about having a dream and then actually doing it.
If all you have is ambition, you’re an empty dreamer. If you have Drive AND Ambition, then you’ll be able to make something out of nothing.
"People wonder why their relationships don't work out. They forget to build a good friendship before jumping into a relationship.
Your partner should feel like your best friend. You should want to tell them everything. If you don't, why be with them?" --@lawofambition
@roxana_guzman13 I only have control over myself, so I make a conscious decision to be the best human I can be every single day. I've learned by getting angry or frustrated about the lack of action in others only keeps me from living my best life. Lead by example.
How To Think And Act Powerfully?
1. Assume you know nothing
2. Hunger to know where your thinking is wrong
3. Hold yourself accountable to results
4. Adjust your strategy whenever needed
5. Be a relentless executer
6. Celebrate yourself for facing what you’re doing wrong
Improvement is an endless game.
You can finish:
-building a profitable company
-writing a bestseller
-winning a championship
You can never finish:
-perfecting your craft
-learning all you can
-maximizing your potential
The way to win is to master that which can never be won.
"Canceling plans to read is ok.
Skipping a party for the gym is ok.
Staying home to cook is ok.
Lets encourage it & respect self improvement."
--Chance The Rapper