In the sea of habits that
could enhance your life, only a few of them stand out from the rest and give
you an edge in life.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence,
then, is not an act but a habit. “—
Aristotle
1. Get Continuous Rest
Working in a high
capacity for a long period of time can exhaust anyone, and if you are not
taking the proper amount of time to rest, your body will crash, and it will
have consequences on everything you do.
That’s why it makes a lot
of sense to start everything here. Now, I won’t tell you to sleep for 8 hours
every night or to wake up at a specific hour. That entirely up to you.
Instead, your goal should
be to find the right time to go to bed and the right time to wake up, so you
can get enough rest, remain healthy and feel energized.
2. Wake up Early
The moment you step
outside and let the daily momentum kick in, you slowly reduce the control over
how your day pans out. That control is difficult to re-gain later in the day.
That’s why it’s essential to
wake up earlier and use the first couple of hours so that you can take control
over your state of mind and your body. In those few hours, you’ll
kickstart the day in the way it suits you best.
3. Eat Healthy & Exercise
The sedentary lifestyle is slowly killing us, and we are
not even noticing it.
You need to make a deal with
yourself that no matter what happens in your life, health comes first — which
means that you need to take care of yourself first before you engage in
anything else.
There are only two things you
need to keep in mind:
·
Healthy
Diet
·
Physical
Activity
Make small actions every
day and let the compound effect do its thing.
4. Meditate
We live in a world where
everything is designed to steal your attention (including this article), and
that makes it challenging to find a peaceful moment just for yourself.
And these moments are
necessary if we’re going to keep clarity and calmness of mind.
That’s why you need to
find few minutes a day — preferably earlier in the day, to create a grounding
effect that will help you center yourself, and re-focus on what’s important.
If nothing, just to
breathe and calm your thoughts.
5. Plan
It’s easy to get swept
away by the dynamic environment we live in.
Because of this, you need
to constantly pull yourself back and plan out how you want your life to unfold
instead of letting the external circumstances do it for you.
Execution is what matters, but
this depends solely on your ability to plan and follow through on that plan.
6. Focus on High Leverage Activities
Not all things you do
will give you a high return on investment.
Your time is precious,
and you should be careful where you’re allocating it.
Whenever in doubt, look
at your plan, and ask yourself:
What are the 20% of activities
that will yield the 80% of the results?
And then do it.
7. Acquire New Skills
Know that your goals
dictate what you need to learn.
You should never randomly
acquire skills. Try instead to learn the skills that will help you achieve your
goals, no matter in what area of your life.
Know that every skill you
acquire will not be beneficial on its own but will stack up with every skill
you’ve acquired earlier, and you will start moving forward.
8. Read
Reading, no matter the
genre sparks creativity and unleashes your imagination.
The reason for this is
because every new idea a book can offer (no matter how small it seems)
interacts with the knowledge you already have.
So whenever you open a
book, look for just one idea, and see how you can apply it in everyday life.
9. Interact with Doers
If you are the most
active person in the room, you are in the wrong room.
Find people that are doing
something incredible with their lives and learn from them.
Even interacting with
people who are driven and are accomplishing something in their life will serve
as an inspiration. It will get you to take action.
10. Reflect & Evaluate
Time is passing by faster
than ever because we have more things that preoccupy us.
This makes it challenging
to take a break to reflect and evaluate how our lives are turning out.
So, just before you go to
bed, give yourself a goal to evaluate your day and what can be improved the
next day.
Not only this but every
couple of months you should take a day or two to evaluate your plans. To see
what delivers results, and what needs to be cut.
Then, adapt your plan and
don’t be afraid to pivot if necessary.
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