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10. Take Your Sleep Seriously

Sleep deprivation has been shown to lead to obesity, diabetes, cognitive decline, cancer, and all sorts of other nasty maladies.

If you want to live the best life possible, then you must take your rest and recovery seriously.

Sleep at least 7 hours a night in a cold pitch black room.

Have an evening routine, power off all electronics one hour before bed, and quit eating after 7:30.

It will make a huge difference in how you feel and act.


11. Set and Keep a Morning Routine

The quality of your mornings determines the quality of your days which determine the quality of your weeks, months, years, and eventually, your life.

Start your mornings with positivity, gratitude, and a focus on your biggest goal or aspiration.

I promise it will change your life.


12. Write a To-Do List the Night Before

If you want to win your mornings, then start from a place of strength, knowing exactly what you want to accomplish that day.

Take 5 minutes everynight to write out a to do list and your productivity will skyrocket.


13. Be Careful About the Words You Use

People underestimate the impact that their self talk has on their brains and lives.

If you tell yourself that you are stupid, incapable of achieving success, or unlucky, you will bring those things into your reality.

If you tell yourself that you are smart, capable, and powerful beyond measure, your brain will find ways to confirm these beliefs and help you build a more amazing life.

Talk to yourself the same way that you would talk to a treasured friend.


14. Focus on Building an Amazing Life. Not Just Making More Money

Life is about living, not about money.

Money is important but it’s only a small part of the picture.

Figure out what amount you need to be truly happy and then build a business or career that will allow you to have the lifestyle you want and the income you need.

Lifestyle comes first, money comes second.


15. Quit Watching Porn

Porn is incredibly detrimental to your overall quality of life, the health of your brain, and your sexual performance.

Stop satisfying your urges with pixelated fantasies and instead spend that time and energy building an amazing life in the real world.


16. Question Everything

Any idea worth holding is worth questioning.

Examine your current beliefs about life, god, reality, and success and ask yourself “Is this really the truth?”

You will often find that the majority of the beliefs you hold to be fact are simply your perception of reality.

Question everything until you have an empowering and reality-based set of beliefs.


17. Laugh Daily

I recommend that you spend at least 15 minutes watching, reading, or listening to something that makes you laugh.

Laughter truly is the best medicine and the happiest people I know have the best senses of humor.

Laugh daily and you’ll never regret it.


18. Find a Coach or Mentor Who Can Help You Accelerate Your Results

Just about everything that you want to do, someone else has already done.

Instead of trying to do things the hard way, learn from someone who has been there so that you can shorten your learning curve and achieve your best life faster.



*Bonus tip:
Remember that You Are Going to Die

We are the only species (we know of) that is cursed with the knowledge of their own mortality.

You are going to die, I am going to die, and so is everyone that we know and love.

Instead of running from this fact, embrace it and use this knowledge to help you overcome your fears and live the life you truly desire.

If we are all going to die anyways, then you might as well live this life as best as you can because, as far as we know, it’s the only one we get.


Image: Tolú Owòèyé https://instagram.com/itolu_

the more you take life too serious, the lesser you've lived

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