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50 Ways Happier, Healthier and More Successful People Live on Their Own Terms- part 3
21. Decide where you’ll be in five years and get there in two.
“How can you achieve your 10-year plan in the next six months?” —Peter Thiel
There is always a faster way than you originally conceived. Actually, goal-setting can slow your progress and diminish your potential if you rely too heavily upon it.
In an interview with SUCCESS, Tim Ferriss said he doesn’t have five- or 10-year goals. Instead, he works on “experiments” or projects for a six- to 12-week period. If they do extremely well, the possible doors are endless. Tim would rather play to the best possibilities than get stuck on one track. He says this approach allows him to go drastically farther than he could ever plan.
22. Remove all nonessentials from your life.
“You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.” —Greg McKeown
Most of the possessions you own, you don’t use. Most of the clothes in your closet, you don’t wear. Get rid of them. They are sucking energy from your life. They are dormant value waiting to be exchanged for dollars. Getting rid of underutilized resources is like injecting motivation and clarity into your bloodstream. When all of that untapped energy gets removed, a new wave of positive energy enters your life. You can use that energy in more useful and productive ways.
23. Consume a tablespoon of coconut oil once per day.
Coconut oil is one of the healthiest foods on the planet. Here are seven reasons you should eat coconut oil every single day:
- It boosts HDL (good) cholesterol and simultaneously blocks LDL (bad) cholesterol buildup.
- It has special fats that help you burn more fat, have more energy and maintain healthy weight.
- It fights aging and keeps you looking and feeling young.
- It reduces fever and acts as an anti-inflammatory.
- It is antibacterial and thus wards off possible illnesses.
- It improves memory and cognitive functioning (even for people with Alzheimer’s).
- It can boost testosterone for men and balance healthy hormone levels for both men and women.
Coconut oil is a healthy alternative to caffeine. Eating a small amount will give you a shot of energy. without the negative side-effects.
24. Buy a juicer and juice a few times per week.
Juicing is an incredible way to get loads of vitamins and nutrients from fruits and vegetables. These nutrients can:
- Help protect against cardiovascular disease, cancer and various inflammatory diseases
- Guard against oxidative cellular damage from daily cellular maintenance and exposure to chemicals and pollution
There are several approaches you can take to juicing. You can reset your body by doing a three- to 10-day juice “cleanse.” Or, you could simply incorporate juice into your regular diet. I do both from time to time. I always feel enormously better after juicing. Especially when I get many intense greens such as kale into my system.
25. Choose to have faith in something bigger than yourself—skepticism is easy.
In the timeless book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill explains that a fundamental principle of wealth creation is having faith, which he defines as visualization and belief in the attainment of desire. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve,” Hill said.
If you don’t believe in your dreams, the chances of them happening are slim to none. But if you can come to fully know the things you seek will occur, the universe will conspire to make it happen.
According to Hill, here’s how that works:
- “Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches!”
- “Faith is the basis of all ‘miracles’ and mysteries that cannot be analyzed by the rules of science!”
- “Faith is the element that transforms the ordinary vibration of thought, created by the finite mind of man, into the spiritual equivalent.”
- “Faith is the only agency through which the cosmic force of Infinite Intelligence can be harnessed and used.”
- “Faith is the element, the ‘chemical’ which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.”
- Like expressing love, in our culture, many are uncomfortable with ideas like faith. Yet to all of the best business minds in recent history, faith was fundamental to their success.
26. Stop obsessing about the outcome.
Research has found that expectations in one’s own ability serves as a better predictor of high performance than expectations about a specific outcome. In his book The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman explains that when setting goals, your locus of control should target what you can control (i.e., your efforts) instead of results you can’t control (e.g., whether you get the part).
Expect optimal performance from yourself and let the chips fall where they may. The organic output will be your highest-quality work. Put most simply: Do what is right, let the consequence follow.
27. Schedule at least one guilt-free hour to relaxation per day.
In our quest for success, many of us have become workaholics. But relaxation is crucial for success. It is akin to resting between sets at the gym. Without resting, your workout will be far less than it could have been.
Foolishly, people approach their lives like a workout without rest breaks. Instead, they take stimulants to keep themselves going longer and longer. But this isn’t sustainable or healthy. It’s also bad for productivity and creativity in the short- and long-term.
28. Genuinely apologize to people you’ve mistreated.
People make mistakes several times every single day. Sadly—and hilariously—much of the time we act like kids and blame our mistakes on external factors. Research has found that people who don’t often and openly apologize experience higher levels of stress and anxiety.
You don’t need that pent-up energy in your life. Make amends and let it go. It’s not your decision whether people choose to forgive you.
29. Make friends with five people who inspire you.
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” —Jim Rohn
Who you spend time with is incredibly important. Even more fundamental is what types of people are you comfortable around. Your comfort level is one of the clearest indicators of your character. Are the people you enjoy being around inspiring or degrading, hard-working or lazy?
- What kinds of beliefs do your friends have?
- What kinds of goals are they pursuing?
- How much money do they make?
- What does their health look like?
All of these things dramatically impact you. It can be one of the most painful experiences in the world to become uncomfortable around people who have long been your friends. When you grow and evolve and long for more, you’ll begin seeking a different crowd to surround yourself with.
Misery loves company. Don’t let them hold you back. Move on but never detach from the love you have for those people.
30. Save 10 percent or more of your income.
“I would have saved 10 percent automatically from my paycheck by direct deposit into a savings account earning the best possible interest compounded daily. I would have also disciplined myself to deposit 10 percent of any additional money from gifts, refunds or other earned income. I would have bought a small house outright with the money I had saved (instead of renting an apartment for over 30 years). I would have found a job that I loved and devoted my life to it. At least you could be happy even if you were not where you wanted to be financially. Hope this helps someone out there.” —D. Lorinser
Tithing yourself is a core principle of wealth creation. Most people pay other people first. Most people live above their means.
In total, American consumers owe:
- $11.85 trillion in debt
- An increase of 1.4 percent from last year
- $918.5 billion in credit card debt
- $8.09 trillion in mortgages
- $1.19 trillion in student loans
- An increase of 5.9 percent from last year
The 2010 U.S. Census reported that there were 234.56 million people over the age of 18 years old, suggesting the average adult owes $3,761 in revolving credit to lenders. Across the average household, American adults also owe $11,244 in student loans, $8,163 on their autos and $70,322 on their mortgage.
Simply switching to home-brewed coffee will save you an average of $64.48 per month (or $2 per day) or $773.80 per year. By putting the savings into a mutual fund with average earnings of 6.5 percent interest and reinvesting the dividends into more mutual funds over a decade, the $64.48 saved every month would grow into $10,981.93.
My wife once took an accounting class from a world-renowned accountant. His words on the first day of class: “The most important thing you’ll learn in this class, which most people will never learn: Spend less than you earn. If you do this, you’ll be financially free.”
The 7 Reasons We Fail
Plus, how to rebound from our missteps
As any successful person will honestly admit, failure happens, and we’ve all had our fair share of it. But from each failure, we learn two equally valuable lessons. One, that there was at least one reason we failed; and two, that we can rebound from that failure.
So, why do we fail? And how do we fix it?
According to Shiv Khera, author of You Can Win, failures most often occur for one of seven reasons. And Harvey Mackay, best-selling author and business speaker, says each one can teach us something valuable, can show us how to avoid falling back into the same hole.
Here are the most common failure-causing problems and their solutions:
1. Lack of Persistence
More people fail not because they lack knowledge or talent but because they just quit. It’s important to remember two words: persistence and resistance. Persist in what must be done and resist what ought not to be done.
Try new approaches. Persistence is important, but repeating the same actions over and over again, hoping that this time you'll succeed, probably won’t get you any closer to your objective. Look at your previous unsuccessful efforts and decide what to change. Keep making adjustments and midcourse corrections, using your experience as a guide.
2. Lack of Conviction
People who lack conviction take the middle of the road. But what happens in the middle of the road? You get run over. People without conviction go along to get along because they lack confidence and courage. They conform in order to get accepted, even when they know that what they are doing is wrong.
Decide what is important to you. If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing right and doing well. Let your passion show even in mundane tasks. It’s OK to collaborate and cooperate for success, but it’s not OK to compromise your values—ever.
3. Rationalization
Winners might analyze, but they never rationalize. Losers rationalize and have a book full of excuses to tell you why they couldn’t succeed.
Change your perspective. Don’t think of every unsuccessful attempt as a failure. Few people succeed at everything the first time. Most of us attain our goals only through repeated effort. Do your best to learn everything you can about what happened and why.
4. Dismissal of Past Mistakes
Some people live and learn, and some only live. Failure is a teacher if we have the right attitude. Wise people learn from their mistakes—experience is the name they give to slipups.
Define the problem better. Analyze the situation—what you want to achieve, what your strategy is, why it didn’t work. Are you really viewing the problem correctly? If you need money, you have more options than increasing revenue. You could also cut expenses. Think about what you’re really trying to do.
5. Lack of Discipline
Anyone who has accomplished anything worthwhile has never done it without discipline. Discipline takes self-control, sacrifice and avoiding distractions and temptations. It means staying focused.
Don’t be a perfectionist. You might have an idealized vision of what success will look and feel like. Although that can be motivational, it might not be realistic. Succeeding at one goal won’t eliminate all your problems. Be clear on what will satisfy your objectives and don’t obsess about superficial details.
6. Poor Self-Esteem
Poor self-esteem is a lack of self-respect and self-worth. People with low self-confidence are constantly trying to find themselves rather than creating the person they want to be.
Don’t label yourself. You might have failed, but you’re not a failure until you stop trying. Think of yourself as someone still striving toward a goal, and you’ll be better able to maintain your patience and perseverance for the long haul.
7. Fatalistic Attitude
A fatalistic attitude prevents people from accepting responsibility for their position in life. They attribute success and failure to luck. They resign themselves to their fate, regardless of their efforts, that whatever has to happen will happen anyway.
Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success. Your attitude determines your altitude, and you can turn “down and out” into “up and at ’em.”
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50 Ways Happier, Healthier and More Successful People Live on Their Own Terms- part 2
11. Do something every day that terrifies you.
“A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.” —Tim Ferriss
But you don’t have to battle your fears. Actually, Darren Hardy says you can be a coward 99.9305556 percent of the time (to be exact). You only need to be courageous for 20 seconds at time.
If you courageously confront fear for 20 seconds every single day, before you know it, you’ll be in a different socioeconomic and social situation.
- Make that call.
- Ask that question.
- Pitch that idea.
- Post that video.
Whatever it is you feel you want to do, do it. The anticipation of the event is far more painful than the event itself. So just do it and end the inner conflict. In most cases, your fears are unfounded. As Seth Godin explains, our comfort zone and our safety zone are not the same things. It is completely safe to make an uncomfortable phone call. You are not going to die. Don’t equate the two. Recognize that most things outside your comfort zone are completely safe.
12. Do something kind for someone else every day.
“Have I done any good in the world today? Have I helped anyone in need? Have I cheered up the sad and made someone feel glad? If not, I have failed indeed. Has anyone’s burden been lighter today, because I was willing to share? Have the sick and the weary been helped on their way? When they needed my help was I there?” —Will L. Thompson
If we’re too busy to help other people, we’ve missed the mark. Taking the time to help other people is one of the greatest joys in life. Helping others opens you up to new sides of yourself. It helps you connect deeper with that you help and to humanity in general. It clarifies what really matters in life.
13. Go to bed early and rise early.
According to countless research studies, people who go to bed and rise early are better students. Harvard University biologist Christoph Randler found that early sleepers and risers are more proactive, more likely to anticipate problems and minimize them efficiently.
Other benefits of going to bed and rising early include:
- Being a better planner
- Being holistically healthier as individuals
- Getting better sleep
- More optimistic, satisfied and conscientious
Waking up early allows you to proactively and consciously design your day. You can start with a morning routine that sets the tone for your whole day. You show self-respect by putting yourself first. In your morning routine, you can pray or meditate, exercise, listen to or read inspiring content and write in your journal. This routine will give you a much stronger buzz than a cup of coffee.
14. Get at least seven hours of sleep each night.
Let’s face it: Sleep is just as important as eating and drinking water. Despite this, millions of people do not sleep enough and experience problems as a result. The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) conducted surveys revealing that at least 40 million Americans suffer from more than 70 different sleep disorders. Furthermore, 60 percent of adults and 69 percent of children experience one or more sleep problems a few nights or more during a week.
In addition, more than 40 percent of adults experience daytime sleepiness severe enough to interfere with their daily activities at least a few days each month—with 20 percent reporting problem sleepiness a few days a week or more. On the flip side, getting a healthy amount of sleep is linked to:
- Increased memory
- Longer life
- Decreased inflammation
- Increased creativity
- Increased attention and focus
- Decreased fat and increased muscle mass with exercise
- Lower stress
- Decreased dependence on stimulants like caffeine
- Decreased risk of getting into accidents
- Decreased risk of depression
- And tons more… Look it up.
15. Replace warm showers with cold ones.
Tony Robbins doesn’t consume any caffeine. Instead, he starts every morning by jumping into a 57-degree swimming pool. Why? Cold water immersion radically facilitates physical and mental wellness. When practiced regularly, it provides long-lasting changes to your body’s immune, lymphatic, circulatory and digestive systems that improve the quality of your life. It can also increase weight loss because it boosts your metabolism.
A 2007 research study found that routinely taking cold showers can help treat depression symptoms often more effectively than prescription medications. Cold water triggers a wave of mood-boosting neurochemicals that make you feel happy.
To me, it increases my willpower and boosts my creativity and inspiration. While standing with the cold water hitting my back, I practice slowing my breathing and calming down. After I’ve chilled out, I feel happy and inspired. Ideas start flowing and I’m motivated to achieve my goals. Here’s a tip if you’re just starting out: Start your shower warm, as usual. Let the warm water on your muscles allow you to stretch them out. After you’re stretched and washed, switch to cold. It feels incredible. Just do it for 60-to-90 seconds then get out. See how you feel and consider implementing cold showers into your daily routine.
16. Say no to people, obligations, requests and opportunities that don’t interest you.
“No more yes. It’s either HELL YEAH! or no.” —Derek Sivers
Your 20 seconds of daily courage will most consistently involve saying no to stuff that doesn’t really matter. But how could you possibly say no to certain opportunities if you don’t know what you want? You can’t. Like most people, you’ll be seduced by the best thing that comes around. Or you’ll crumble under other people’s agendas.
But if you know what you want, you’ll have the courage and foresight to pass up even brilliant opportunities—ultimately they are distractors from your vision. As Jim Collins said in Good to Great, “A ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ is irrelevant if it is the wrong opportunity.”
17. Say “thank you” every time someone serves you.
It’s amazing when you meet someone who is expressively and genuinely grateful. It’s amazing because, frankly, it’s rare.
I remember one day as a teenager working as a table busser. Every time I went by a certain table, whether I was refilling waters, bringing food, anything, the kid at the table (no more than 20 years old) graciously said, “Thank you.” I even heard him from close proximity saying it to all the other employees when they stopped by his table. This experience had a dramatic impact on me. It was so simple what he was doing. Yet so beautiful. I instantly loved this person and wanted to serve him even more. I could tell by how he looked in my eyes when saying “thank you” that he meant it. It came from a place of gratitude and humility.
Interestingly, one study found that saying “thank you,” facilitated a 66 percent increase in help offered by those serving. Although altruism is the goal, don’t be surprised when your thank-you habit turns into even more to be thankful for.
18. Say “I love you” at least three times a day to the most important people in your life.
According to neuroscience research, the more you express love (like gratitude), the more other people feel love for you. Sadly, people learn absurd mindsets about being vulnerable and loving in relationships. Just this morning, my wife and I had to coax and prod our three foster kids to say one nice thing about each other and to say they loved each other. It took several minutes for our 8-year-old foster boy to muster the strength to say he loved his sister. Yet, all of our kids constantly berate and belittle each other. You know the feeling: When you want to say “I love you” but hold back. What a horrible feeling. Why do we hesitate to express our love? Why do we hesitate to connect deeply with others?
This might be strange, but if you tell your friends and family you love them, they’ll be blown away. I once knew a Polynesian missionary who told everyone he loved them. It was clear he was sincere. I asked him why he did it. What he told me changed my life: “When I tell people I love them, it not only changes them, but it changes me. Simply by saying the words, I feel more love for that person. I’ve been telling people all around me I love them. They feel treasured by me. Those who know me have come to expect it. When I forget to say it, they miss it.”
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” —Harriet Beecher Stowe
19. Consume 30 grams of protein within the first 30 minutes of waking up.
Donald Layman, professor emeritus of nutrition at the University of Illinois, recommends consuming at least 30 grams of protein for breakfast. Similarly, Tim Ferriss, in his book The 4-Hour Body, also recommends 30 grams of protein 30 minutes after waking up. According to Tim, his father did this and lost 19 pounds in one month.
Protein-rich foods keep you full longer than other foods because they take longer to break down in the stomach. Protein keeps blood-sugar levels steady, which prevents spikes in hunger. Eating protein first decreases your white carbohydrate cravings. These are the types of carbs that facilitate weight gain—think bagels, toast and donuts.
Tim makes four recommendations for getting adequate protein in the morning:
- Eat at least 40 percent of your breakfast calories as protein.
- Do it with two or three whole eggs (each egg has about 6 grams of protein).
- If you don’t like eggs, use something like turkey bacon, organic pork bacon or sausage or cottage cheese.
- Or you could always do a protein shake with water.
- For people who avoid dairy, meat and eggs, there are several plant-based proteins. Legumes, greens, nuts and seeds all are rich in protein.
20. Listen to audiobooks and podcasts on 1.5 or 2 times faster speed; your brain will change faster.
Listening to audiobooks at normal speed is so three years ago. There is a going trend—particularly in Silicon Valley—to listen to audiobooks at 150 or 200 percent, called “speed listening.”
In 2010, the tech blog GigaOm suggested “speed-listening to podcasts” as an overall time-saving technique. Software called FasterAudio promises to “cut your audio learning time in half.”
If you want to get hardcore, a particularly useful tool is Overcast—a podcast-playback app with a feature called Smart Speed. Smart Speed isn’t about simply playing audio content at 150 or 200 percent of the standard rate, but actually attempts algorithmically to remove fluff (e.g., dead air, pauses between sentences, intros and outros) that bulks up the play time of audio content.
Use this technique and you’ll be consuming as much information as you once consumed caffeine.
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