- Sleep between 10 PM and 12 AM is the most restorative sleep cycle
- Eat Real Food, but don’t force yourself
- Meditate 5 minutes upon awakening in the morning
- Move your body doing things you love
- Create deep work time; utilize the pomodoro technique
- Journal stream of consciousness to externalize your cluttered mind
- Complete Nathaniel Branden’s sentence completion program (5 minutes a day) to uncover your authentic self
- Every month, review the Top 5 Regrets of the Dying, and journal about how you will counteract those regrets via this exercise
- Implement the Getting Things Done system
- Get out of debt via Dave Ramsey’s tested system
- Sell your crap and invest in what matters
- Unsubscribe from junk email
- When in doubt, choose gratitude
- Make your bed (you’ve already checked off one box right away!)
- Unplug from technology – at least email – once a week
- Do the most difficult things first – The Obstacle is the Way
- Empathize with your future self
- Get your email inbox to zero
- Write every “to-do” down that’s in your head, right now.
- Move your body throughout the entire day
- Eat turmeric to uplift your cognitive health
- Do the Five-Minute Journal to optimize your day and train your perception
- Name your negative feelings if you want to relieve them
- You child self needs to matter
- Honesty is the foundation of all healthy, flourishing relationships
- Your life will always be comprised of problems
- When in doubt, turn your phone off
- Lean into the discomfort
- Curiosity is a major pillar of happiness
- Happiness doesn’t mean always mean feeling good
- Happiness has numerous definitions
- Definitions of words really matter
- For some reason, discussing sexuality (creating people) is more taboo than discussing violence (killing people)
- Say “my pleasure” and “you’re welcome” more than “no problem.”
- Say “thanks for waiting” rather than “sorry I’m late.”
- To be a good listener, don’t worry about nodding and eye contact. Ask curious and clarifying follow questions.
- All facets of health interact symbiotically
- Get in nature once a week to re-set
- Walking and showering are the best ways to think
- You have no intrinsic obligation to associate with anyone
- The number one way to create a peaceful world is through self-connection. Number two is through peaceful parenting. Number three is through innovation
- Your psyche is comprised of numerous parts.
- It’s better to regret the things you did, than the things you didn’t
- The word “selfish” needs much further clarity of definition
- Persistence beats perfection
- You are worthy of happiness, simply by breathing right now
