- The Book When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi follows Paul’s life as a neurosurgeon before and after he is diagnosed with Terminal lung cancer. The book is split into two parts: Paul’s life as a resident Neurosurgeon and his experiences before his terminal lung cancer diagnosis, and his life after he is diagnosed. Paul shows us how to live and die. This book is a worldwide bestseller and one of my favourite books of late.
- The author James Clear, who wrote the bestseller Atomic Habits, also created the Atoms Habit-Building app. I’ve been using this app for over a hundred days and focusing on cultivating three main habits—reading, writing, and working out/walking every day. So far, thanks to the app, I’ve been able to write on 126 days, read on 131 days and work out/ walk on 170 days. Each time you complete a task for the day, you cast a vote to be a better you. I’ve built important habits using this app, hopefully for the long term. I highly recommend using this app.
- Daily meditation. Before sleeping, I’ve been sitting on my bed with my feet on the floor, maintaining an erect posture, setting a timer for 10 minutes, closing my eyes, staying as still as possible, focusing on the natural rhythm of my breath. I’ve found that this simple meditation practice makes me less reactive and much calmer. Try this meditation practice and see what you think.
- I like this quote from the Novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk: “You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile”. I grew up with a sense of entitlement. I thought I was destined for greatness. I know this sounds corny, but I think many of us feel we’re meant for something great. The fact is, there’s nothing special about us inherently. If we want to achieve something extraordinary, ie be a top writer, athlete, businessman or whatever, we need to put enough reps in and earn our stripes until we are worthy of greatness. The harder we work, the luckier we get. And many normal people ( and we are all normal) have done great things. Why can’t we? We can as long as we are willing to do the work.
- The Sufi mystic poet Rumi said, “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” Clarity comes from action. Jordan Peterson tells us that we need to aim at something on the path to meaning. Even if we aim badly, at least we know what we don’t want. When we act, we get valuable information that takes us forward. Our goals might change as we act and adapt to our circumstances, but action is the cornerstone.
- What was Albert Einstein’s religion? From the book Einstein: His Life and Universe, “The final intellectual hero of the Olympia Academy was Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), the Jewish philosopher from Amsterdam. His influence was primarily religious: Einstein embraced his concept of an amorphous God reflected in the awe-inspiring beauty, rationality, and unity of nature’s laws. But like Spinoza, Einstein did not believe in a personal God who rewarded and punished and intervened in our daily lives.” Elon Musk also resonates with Spinoza’s concept of an Amorphous god.
- 13 ways to stop overthinking: Write, i.e., journal, and try to solve why you are overthinking. There might be something you can do about it. For example, if you are overthinking about your health, then book an appointment with your doctor instead of thinking about it. Or if you are overthinking about a problem in your life, i.e., managing money and your finances, read the top three best-selling books in money and financial management. Try to untangle your thoughts on the page and get to a solution. 2. Go to therapy. I’ve been seeing a clinical psychologist for several months, and I’ve learned more about myself and my neuroses (and I have a lot of them) than I have in years of self-reflection. Marcus Aurelius said, “ Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what?“Don’t be afraid to ask for help. 3. Go for a brisk walk. 4. Have a cup of tea. 5. Read. 6. Blog. 7 .Make videos.8.Use that pent-up energy to be creative. 8. Meditate. 9. Spend time with family and friends. 10. When you engage in hobbies, you’ll stop overthinking because you’ll be so enthralled in what you’re doing. 11. Lift weights. 12. Realise that the fact that you know you’re overthinking means that your awareness that observes your overthinking isn’t overthinking. This observation can be powerful and help you detach from overthinking tendencies. Remember you are not your mind. Make sure your mind doesn’t control you. You’re in the driving seat.
- To produce creative work, make the process as easy as possible ( this goes for building any habit). For example, I used to do most of my writing on my MacBook, but I find it much easier to write on my phone, so every post I’ve produced has been written on my phone for the past couple of months.
- How to get rid of health anxiety. Health anxiety is something I’ve struggled with for years, but what helps me is to be in the best shape possible, where I look and feel my best. If I look and feel my best, I tend not to worry about my health.
- “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read”- Mark Twain. In my past relationship, I stopped being myself. I stopped reading, writing and due to the fact I had chronic wrist pain (which luckily I’ve had surgery to fix) I felt depressed( a large part of it was because I was in a relationship I shouldn’t have been in) and because I wasn’t reading my brain was less sharp, I stopped getting good ideas, and I found life almost without meaning. Now that I’m back reading and writing, I feel better and sharper than I have in a long time. The more we read, the more we know, and the more we know, the more we can do, and the more we can do, the more opportunities we have to succeed. Even reading 30 minutes daily is enough to read 24-36 books yearly! That’s much better than reading zero books.
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My Morning Routine ( Ensure Your Morning Routine Helps, Not Hinders Your Goals)
- Get up at 7 Am.
- Weigh myself.
- Drink 750 ml of water.
- Read for 30 minutes.
- Write for 30 minutes.
- Go for a walk outside or work out at the gym for 30–45 minutes, depending on whether it’s a rest day.
- For the rest of the day, I work at my regular job in financial services.
- Clean my house.
- Make some delicious food.
- Spend time with friends or family.
- Watch television.
Of course, I also shower and go to the toilet when needed. I’m not a stinker or a robot.
At least not yet.
One thing that has been on my mind lately is the idea of “ work hard play hard” or “ burning the candle at both ends”.
I don’t believe in this idea at all.
What happens if you burn the candle at both ends?
The candle perishes.
And so will you and I.
Don’t forget this.
And remember to find time for your projects and goals.
But please remember to relax and look after yourself.
The bottom line is that your morning and daily routine must help you achieve your overall aims in life.
Whatever morning and daily routine helps actualise your goals is the right one for you.
But you can’t completely copy someone else’s morning routine, especially if you have different life aims.
But you can draw inspiration from other people’s morning routines.
Best to draw inspiration from people’s morning routines who have achieved something you want. If they can achieve it, why can’t you?
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8 Ways To Become Mentally Strong (And What Not To Do)
- Deadlift. Nothing strengthens the body and mind more than a heavy set of deadlifts.
- Read about people who have suffered through tough times; you’ll learn valuable lessons about how they coped. My favourite book that depicts this point is Man’s Search for Meaning by Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl.
- Look after your body. Healthy body, healthy mind. Where the body goes, the mind will follow. Work out, eat well, sleep well, etc. We’re all pretty fucked, we have our trauma and weaknesses in life but being healthy makes everything easier and being unhealthy makes life a struggle. Choose impeccable health.
- Say no to instant gratification. In the famous marshmallow test study, kids were asked if they would like to eat the marshmallow upon being given the chance, and they also had the option to postpone eating it, which would allow them to eat another marshmallow later. Once these kids were followed up later (as adults), the kids who delayed instant gratification did much better and achieved much more in their lives than those who opted for instant gratification. Say no to porn. Say no to the doughnut. Say no to lying in. You get the point.
- Read more, you’ll become more erudite. You’ll learn wisdom from great literature passed down through the millennia. You’ll learn time-tested heuristics to help you make sense of this complex world, which will forge your mind to diamond-grade strength.
- Take a chill pill. Reduce your stress levels by doing breathing exercises, meditation, etc. Also, turn off the news that sensationalised garbage will curse your soul. Most news is fake news.
- Reach out to friends. Regardless of who you are, you need a support network. Isolation kills. No man Is an island.
- Go to therapy. I’ve been going to therapy for several months, and it’s helping me more than I ever thought it could. I’d urge everyone to go as early in their lives as possible. It enables you to deal with your trauma, and most of all, it helps you know yourself.
To Become Mentally Strong: Avoid Becoming Mentally Weak.
So, how do you become mentally weak?
- You lack integrity and aren’t honest with yourself or others. This is a fragile way to be because part of self-mastery is being honest with yourself. If you can’t be honest with yourself, who can you be honest with? If you aren’t honest with yourself, you’ll end up living someone else’s life. But if you’re honest with yourself, you can dictate your life to be what you want for yourself and your uniqueness, which is one of the cornerstones of a meaningful life.
- Lacks self-control. Publilius Syrus once said, “Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself”. The key to progress in the outside world is winning first at the inner game. First, rule over yourself. Then, as a byproduct, you’ll succeed in the outside world.
- You can’t expand your time horizons. If you can’t plan a worthwhile goal for yourself that you might accomplish in ten or twenty years (e.g., a business, life goal, etc.), then I’m sorry, but you’re probably living for short-term instant gratification, e.g., junk food, porn, shitty TV, etc. The most meaningful things in life take work. But it’s the work that makes them meaningful.
- Masking is something I’ve done my whole life by taking on the traits and mannerisms of the people around me to fit in; in other words, it’s adhering to the herd mentality. If you do this long enough, your subconscious will eventually resist, and it manifested to me as tiredness, anxiety, and depression. And now I don’t want to be anyone other than my best self. If people don’t like who that is. Fuck em.
- They lack structure and routine. To do great things in this world, you must live consistently. It’s hard to squeeze the pith out of life when you’re sleeping in until noon most days. Have a consistent time you sleep and wake, and plan your life around it.
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How To Avoid Aging The Wrong Way ( Learn From Healthy Harry, Not Unhealthy Ulysses)
If you pay attention to what most people do, then it’s pretty obvious why you might notice that people age faster than you.
My motto is, “Whatever 99% of people are doing, do the opposite.”
Unfortunately, many people have no idea how to stay in good health.
It’s very easy.
You should ensure that you get 8 hours of sleep per night, eat a healthy diet, work out several hours per week, and stay hydrated.
Unfortunately, many people are still destroying their health by engaging in unhelpful habits, i.e. smoking, drinking in excess, eating too much sugar, not staying hydrated, etc.
I’ve noticed that the people who look the worst are the ones who neglect their health the longest.
Just like good healthy habits compound and pay dividends in the years to come, like continued vitality, lack of disease and overall higher energy levels.
Practicing unhealthy habits will compound, and sooner or later, you’ll wonder why you’ve ended up in the Emergency room after having a severe heart attack.
Staying healthy is simple but not easy.
It’s 90% behaviour and 10% knowledge.
If you’re reading this now, ensure you’re not harming your future self and start practising healthy habits as soon as possible
Healthy Harry And Unhealthy Ulysses
I’ve already mentioned the main things you need to do, and they are basic common sense, but here are some examples of two different people: one, I will name healthy Harry and the other, unhealthy Ulysses.
Healthy Harry is 40 years old and has a healthy body fat percentage between 10-15%. His abs aren’t clearly visible, but he doesn’t have a belly that sticks out profusely.
He is reasonably strong. He doesn’t care about being the world’s strongest man, but he does care about maintaining a good level of strength.
He can bench press one rep of 1.2 times his body weight, do eight chin-ups, squat 1.6 times his body weight for one rep, and deadlift 2 times his body weight for one rep.
He’s happy with how he looks and is full of vitality.
He sleeps 8 hours most nights.
He eats a high protein diet (30/40% of his diet from protein) and includes many fruits, veggies and other whole foods( at least 5 fruits and veggies per day).
He drinks 3-4 litres of water per day.
He limits junk foods, such as chocolate, pastries, crisps, fried foods, and biscuits, to no more than 10% of his total daily calories.
He doesn’t eat more calories than he needs to and never gets or will get fat unless he drastically changes his diet for the worse.
He reduces his stress levels by reading books, walking in nature, and spending time with his cat, family, and friends.
Unhealthy Ulysses is also 40 years old, but he doesn’t workout, has a body fat percentage of 30% and his belly sticks out like a beer keg. He looks more like a 60-year-old.
He has no energy; he gets tired from walking to his car and orders takeout food thrice a week.
He doesn’t have a strict diet. He mainly eats what he wants when he wants, but it’s very easy to overconsume calories and get fat when you have no dietary limits.
Most nights, he gets 6-7 hours of sleep, mainly falling asleep in front of the television with his mouth powdered by Cheetos after consuming the whole family-size bag.
Ulysses is also a heavy drinker and chain smoker.
Compared to Ulysses, Harry looks in his late 20s or early 30s.
Harry is much more productive at work and is getting the most out of his life.
Being fit has taught Harry that if he can change his body, he can change his life—and he has.
Ulysses is unproductive at work and in life and has been in the same dead-end job for years. He’s also been prescribed the antidepressant sertraline to help boost his mood, similar to the drug Soma in Aldous Huxley’s Novel Brave New World.
Let me ask you which one you think will age better.
That’s right, healthy Harry.
Follow his lead.
Fitness isn’t everything, but everything is harder if you aren’t fit. – Mike Matthews
There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be aiming for impeccable health.
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16 Things To Start Doing Early In Life
- Have as much fucking fun as possible because what’s the point of living if you never have fun? Don’t wait to have fun; life is short enough.
- Investing in the stock market, i.e., index funds. If you invest 10% of your monthly wage, you’ll be a millionaire in 30–40 years.
- Getting in the best shape possible. Socrates said, “It is a disgrace for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” Why would you not want to look and feel your best?
- Going on daily walks, even just 30 minutes per day, is the most effective stress buster I know. Aristotle, Friedrich Nietzsche, and many other great minds included daily walks in their routines.
- Speaking to friends and family, and building and maintaining relationships. Even just texting one person per day goes a long way. Isolation kills, and no man is an island, so reach out to others.
- Having a side hustle. If you’ve got a consistent job, great, but there’s no harm in putting your effort into something on the side—it may even be writing. If you’re a success, great, but if you aren’t, you’ve got a job anyway to support you, and as you’re investing, you’ll eventually be rich anyway.
- Investing in yourself. I know this is cliche, but it’s true, the more you know, the more you can do, and the more you can do, the more opportunities you’ll have to succeed. Read good literature, take courses, etc. Once you have the know-how, remember to take action.
- Travel—You want to travel when you look and feel your best. You don’t want to travel when you’re old, fragile, and frail. It’s better to travel when health isn’t an obstacle.
- Quitting bad habits ie smoking, heavy drinking and watching porn. You can cause lots of damage to your brain and body if you never break these habits. Cut yourself free of them asap.
- Cut your credit cards in half and avoid lending except when buying a house with a mortgage. You do not want to pay the extortionate interest that credit cards charge; investing that spare capital is better.
- Walk along the beach and hike mountains. There’s nothing better than being one with nature.
- Petting a dog or cat, I find this very relaxing. A dog is a man’s best friend, whereas cats are, in my opinion, just as friendly and make great companions, although it depends on the dog/ cat you have.
- Enjoy good food, especially by trying foods from different cultures. If you’re a fussy eater, stop—you’re missing out on one of life’s greatest pleasures.
- Go skiing, it’s something I love to do; last time I went, I skied down a black run in Les Arcs, France, and must have fallen about 20 feet down the slope; it was terrifying at the time, but I’ve lived to see another day. Life’s boring without some near-death experiences (I’m joking), but skiing is an adventure, and life’s about adventures.
- Go to concerts. One of the greatest feelings is when you’re at a concert and singing the lyrics alongside thousands of others, thoroughly enjoying the moment. I’ve seen the Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, the Stone Roses, Foo Fighters, and many more. Definitely experience live music before you die.
- Finding the right spouse, although easier said than done, many people end up settling for someone they shouldn’t be with for convenience; the most potent reason to be with someone is simply loving their company. Another thing I’ve learned is that when you date someone, take them at face value; don’t expect them to change or be anything other than they already are. Sometimes, we build up people in our minds, and who we think they are usually turns out not to be true. Don’t see them as anything else other than what they are.
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We Gain Far More From Trial And Error Than From Reasoning Alone
“The knowledge we get by tinkering, via trial and error, experience, and the workings of time, in other words, contact with the earth, is vastly superior to that obtained through reasoning, something self-serving institutions have been very busy hiding from us.” – Nassim Taleb
How did you learn how to ride your bike?
Did you learn how to ride a bike by reading about it or through trial and error?
If you’re like me, then this is how it probably went.
You started riding your bike with stabilisers, and then, when you got confident in your ability, you’d attempt riding the bike without stabilisers.
Maybe your father would help keep you stable while you kept your balance, but eventually you’d start riding the bike properly.
You probably had a few falls, which caused some minor cuts and grazes.
But the more you tried to ride the bike proficiently, the better you got.
Eventually, with enough practice, riding a bike becomes a breeze.
You see many facets of our lives mimic this same process.
For example:
Learning how to drive a car.
Learning how to read and write.
Becoming proficient at our jobs.
Learning how to invest.
Learning how to lose body fat and build muscle.Every skill you hope to improve requires trial and error.
Trial and error gives you the best wisdom of all.
Learned wisdom.
Whereas when you read books, you understand the theory of specific subjects.
It’s not until you apply that wisdom in real life that it becomes learned wisdom.
This is the most valuable wisdom, and it is also the most difficult to obtain.
Remember that reading should supplement action.
Action shouldn’t supplement reading.
Without action, we achieve nothing in this world.
Of course, sometimes, you need to know how to achieve a set task that requires some knowledge, such as getting in shape or investing.
However, knowledge is only about 10% of the battle, and behaviour is 90%.
If you want to get in shape or learn how to invest to make the most of your money, I recommend reading the top three books in that genre and getting to work immediately.
As a rule of thumb, don’t read more than three books about an area of your life you’d like to improve before taking action, because by reading any more than that, you’re avoiding the most important part: taking action and doing the work.
Reading the top 3 books in a specific genre should help you understand the first principles of any subject.
Throw away all the self-improvement books and instead improve your life. It’s much more practical than improving “self”.
Nassim Taleb has coined the term intellectual yet idiot ( IYI) for certain people who are all theory and reasoning yet have never done anything concrete and worthwhile in the real world.
In stark contrast, some people, such as Richard Branson, are not intellectual but are successful, practical people who know how to deal with the world as it is, rather than through complex reasoning formulated from an Ivy League university.
Our job is to avoid becoming IYI’s, and instead to deal with the world on an earthly level.
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Having The Same Daily Routine Kills Your Soul
Nassim Taleb said:
“If you know, in the morning, what your day looks like with any precision, you are a little bit dead—the more precision, the more dead you are.”
What I believe Nassim is saying here is that we need spontaneity in our lives.
Going through the motions and doing the same things daily can feel like Groundhog Day.
We all have jobs, and the majority of our days will be very similar.
At least for a fixed number of hours.
For example, if you go to work from 9-5 and you do the exact same things every night. Over time, your life will feel boring and stale.
How I’m implementing this advice is to:
1. Go on holiday spontaneously.
2. In my free time after work, I do something random, e.g., go to the beach, watch a film at the cinema, go for a long walk in nature, or even read and write in a coffee shop or meet up with friends. For example, I’m thinking about climbing a mountain soon. I don’t know when, but when I’ve got the time, I’ll just go and do it.How do I know Nassim Taleb’s advice is correct?
I’ve put it into action.
Recently, I randomly went to the beach at night after work and enjoyed the spontaneity of doing so.
Last month, I went on a last-minute trip to Rome. Nothing was strictly planned. I flanuered my way through the city, stumbling upon the major attractions such as the Colleseum, Vatican, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, etc.
I also talked to people from all over the world, including Italians, Canadians, and Germans, and I had a great time doing so.
In life, we seek adventure.
And spontaneity can be the catalyst for adventure.
Some of the best times I’ve had were the result of spontaneous action.
I urge you to give some time every day to spontaneity and randomness.
And you’ll notice that sometimes beautiful things come from that randomness.
We aren’t robots, so we shouldn’t live life like one.
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“What Can You Do For Me” Is The Currency Of This World
Everyone you meet has your best interests at heart.
Wrong!
Not everyone does.
Usually, only a few people do.
Close family and friends.
However, many people will try to gain power over you, especially if they perceive you as a threat.
Especially if you show too much of your talent, maintain humility.
Suppose you provide nothing to benefit them. The currency of life is “ what can you do for me?”.
You’ll get lost in oblivion if you have nothing to offer the world.
That’s why you must show your worth when you get a chance at a vocation or any opportunity.
Especially when employed.
Help your manager, help your colleagues.
Provide as much value to them as you can, so you would be a massive miss if you weren’t there.
This makes you a linchpin.
And not easily replaceable.
We all need to be linchpins.
A linchpin is “a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organisation.”
If we’re not linchpins, we can be easily replaced.
And we don’t want to be disposable.
So the key thing to remember is:
The lazy and ignorant get swallowed up, and the linchpins thrive.
And that’s why the improvement journey, the journey to mastery, never ends.
Because there isn’t a finish line saying when you’ve reached your potential.
Your potential is always a moving target with no end.
And that’s why we need to find joy on the journey to self-mastery.
Remember this heuristic:
The people who are the best at what they do are rewarded the most handsomely in society since time immemorial.
Alexander the Great was one of the greatest rulers ever, conquering the known world at only 30 years old.
Lionel Messi has become the greatest footballer ever, and he will be immortalised in history books.
The point is that the people who are the best at what they do are rewarded the most.
But mostly, the game is its own reward.
Because they’ve come as close as possible to their potential.
What would your life be like if you were the best at what you do?
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How To Be Happy (Delay Instant Gratification)
Sit on the couch, eating Cheetos and watching friends.
Joking.
That sounds completely lame.
And boring.
Well, then what should we strive towards?
Something worthwhile.
And most of the time worthwhile pursuits take work and effort.
And the ability to delay instant gratification.
Have you heard of the marshmallow test?
If you haven’t it was a study where several children were asked if they wanted 1 marshmallow now or if they waited they would get an additional marshmallow to eat later.
The kids who managed to delay instant gratification and wait for 2 marshmallows later had much better results in life when the studies were followed up.
The lesson is this:
If we want to be happy in our lives we must delay instant gratification.
Instead of indulging in cheap sex, delay instant gratification and pursue a worthwhile partner.
Instead of sitting and eating the Cheetos on the couch watching friends, delay instant gratification and focus on healthy eating and working out several times per week.
Instead of settling for your dead end job delay instant gratification and pursue your life’s purpose on the side.
Giving up on your life’s purpose is falling victim to instant gratification.
It’s giving up who you can be for who you are.
Instead, you need to give up what you are for what you can be.
In regards to what makes us happy, we all have different purposes in life.
So we all need to get in touch with our intuition.
And direct our lives to the one purpose only we can fulfil.
Having a purpose in one’s life is the most important thing to be happy.
I would say it’s about 60% of your happiness quota.
The extra 40% comes from:
Being healthy.
Having hobbies.
Having a good family life and relationships.
No financial worries.
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You’re In Control If You Want To Be
It’s easy to blame the world when things don’t go as planned in our lives.
It’s easy to blame others.
But it’s most difficult to look in the mirror and blame ourselves.
But we are to blame.
Each one of us is where we are today because of the choices we made yesterday.
For example, I neglected to go out with my friends in my past relationship.
Which I felt bad about.
Good friendships started to wither.
And I almost didn’t realise it because I was so much under the spell of my ex-spouse.
And now the relationships ended.
I’m having to build those relationships up from scratch again.
I now need to make more of an effort.
By being in that relationship ( which was my choice).
I undone a lot of the good work I was doing towards being a better person.
For example I was getting into martial arts, I joined a running group, and I was in tip top shape.
And then I let myself get manipulated by an ex-spouse who ultimately didn’t have my best interests.
But I don’t blame her.
I don’t blame the world.
I blame myself.
They were all choices I made.
And now I can make better choices to get on the right track again.
One choice at a time.
The big lesson I learned the hard way is to never stop being you.
Especially in romantic relationships.
Because that’s the one place you should be unapologetically and authentically you.
Some people blame their lack of good health on lots of things, such as:
“ I’m just not a gym person”.
“ I like chocolate too much”.
“ I don’t enjoy working out”.
“ I’m too lazy”.When people make excuses for their lack of progress in improving their health, they are not really taking responsibility.
If they took ownership of their health, they’d realise.
“Well, I got myself unhealthy, but I can get myself fit again with consistent effort.”
“If I’m not as healthy as I want to be, it’s completely up to me to change it, I’m not big boned”.
“ I can change my situation at any moment”.
Taking ownership of our lives is extremely important because we are the only ones who can do anything about it.
When we blame others and the world, we’re saying we have no agency to improve our lives.
We’re not all destined for doom.
We all have free will.
And we can make our lives whatever we want them to be like.
As long as we do three things.
Take 100% ownership of our lives.
Take 100% responsibility for our actions.
And devote 100% of our energy to what we can control. And avoid what we can’t control.
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