3-2-1: Now vs. later and why we keep cheating ourselves
3 IDEAS FROM ME
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Don’t be your own loan shark.
Stop trading your future “good stuff” for present mediocrity. We’re all guilty of this and consistently fail to think things through the way that we should. But we can get better! Sometimes, all it takes is an extra fraction of a second to consider, “What I’m trading this decision for?”
ii
You aren’t stupid, you’re normal.
You know that one (or two or seven) area(s) of your life where you just CANNOT GET IT TOGETHER? You aren’t alone or stupid or somehow less capable than the people you’re looking up to. You have what you need in order to overcome your frustrating areas, it’s just a matter of getting the small things right consistently!
iii
We, humans, are wired to choose easy.
But, we aren’t fulfilled when we do. See, we’re created for something WAY more than any of us settle for. The trick is to convince yourself of this fact and then ACT like it by choosing the hard stuff instead of the easy stuff that’s feeding the results you’re already getting.
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
i
Somerset Maugham, reputedly the highest-paid playwright of the early 1900s on creativity + routine:
"I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes every morning at 9 o'clock sharp."
ii
American author, speaker, and sales extraordinaire, Zig Ziglar’s philosophy on helping people:
"You can get everything you want in life if you just help enough other people get what they want in life."
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
What is your personal growth (in any area of your choosing) worth? What can you rearrange in your life to make progress?
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Until next week,
Michael