You Can Have Everything You Want, But You Can’t Have It “All”

Related to the previous issue, why was it that I sometimes did not have time for friends and family? I was “too busy.” Too busy doing what, exactly? Too busy trying to “do it all” – because that’s what society conditions us to believe, that we can have it all. There’s a couple things that have contributed to it recently. …

How To Improve Willpower: 7 Keys To Better Self Discipline

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Willpower. Self-control. Self discipline.  These are many names that all mean the same thing: having the mental strength and attitude to consciously do the things you know you must do. Yes – even when you don’t emotionally want to.

When you learn how to improve your willpower, you learn how to strengthen a skill that helps across your live. Improved willpower is associated with being happier, scoring higher on standardized tests and earning more money.  Willpower is also highly correlated with accomplishing personal goals.

What you may not know however, is that willpower is a resource that you can call upon – and at the same time, it is also a skill that you can  improve.

I’ll show you seven scientific, research backed way you can improve your own personal self discipline today

The “Wrong Way” To Build A “Successful” Business


While having dinner with a friend, he was practically in tears at how his business was doing.  His family life was suffering, he was staying up late at night stressed out and I could tell he wasn’t caring for himself.  He wasn’t sleeping much, he wasn’t eating well – and it seemed like he was on the edge of collapse.

Why you might ask, was this happening?  Was he losing clients too quickly?  Was his business on its last legs?

No…it was thriving and more profitable than ever.

And that was the problem.

The Biggest Mistake I Made In My Life

There are many mistakes I have made in my life.  I hope that as I have learned from them, the lessons I’ve shared so far will help you avoid the pain and regret that follows from them.

Today I want to share the biggest mistake I made with you.

The Importance Of Situational Understanding

Before I tell you, let me share with you how I got here.  Without understanding this, you may read it and not fully absorb how important it is.

See, that’s the thing about some of the most profound lessons in our lives: it takes more than just being told a lesson, to really understand the lesson.

We have to learn them at just the right time, in just the right context, or it doesn’t actually sink in and make any difference.

Your mentors may tell you this lesson in passing, but without a proper frame of mind to accept it, you won’t realize just how powerful it is and brush it off.

The SECOND Biggest Mistake…

And in fact, that may be the second biggest mistake I have ever made in my life:

Ignoring good advice, believing it didn’t apply to me, because I was not yet ready to receive it – and wasting years of my life until I finally came around and understood how valuable that information was.

How To Actively Take Control of Your Time and Your Life

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare

I have been thinking lately about actively wasting versus passively wasting life.  

How often do you end a day, a meeting, or perhaps just glance up at the clock and wonder – “where did the time go?”

Or perhaps on your birthday or as you celebrate the new year you realize how much time in your life has passed.

None of us want to waste time – but if you don’t active take control, time will leak away from you, in small increments throughout the day.  

And today, I’m going to show you six ways to actively take control – and own that time.

“This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time”
– Chuck Palahniuk

How To Have a Productive Day: Pay Yourself First With Your Time

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“Time is the coin of your life.
It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.
Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. “
– Carl Sandburg 

Each week I put aside money for my savings, investments and other expenses before spending any of it. 

If there is not enough to pay the bills, I cut down on excess spending on extraneous things.

But I always pay myself first.

That’s just money though – they print more of it every day.

What about my most important currency – what about my time?