Life is Not Easy. Don’t fall into the entitlement trap of feeling like you are a victim.
Most things that make you break a sweat are more rewarding.
Get over it and get on with it.

Joy over Happiness. Happiness.is an emotional response to an outcome.

If I ______ then I will _________.

A standard that cannot be sustain because when we raise the standard as soon as we retain it. Joy on the other hand, Joy is not a response it is constant. Joy is a feeling from a feeling we get from doing. Joy is always in process not a means to an end. Focus on Joy vs. Happiness.

Define Success for Yourself.  What is success to you?
Answer can change over time but whatever that answer is, don’t chose anything that will jepordize your soul

Don’t spend time doing anything that jeopardizes who you are.

-Wife
-Kids
-Health
-Career
-Friendship
-Spirituality

Checks and Balances to keep everything in balance. Define Success then Put in the Work to maintain it. Tend to our garden. Keep the things that are important to us in good shape.

Process of elimination is the process to establishing our identity. Defining ourselves by who we are NOT helps us discover who we are.

Less time doing the things you aren’t then you will spend more time in places that are healthier for you — bringing you more joy!

eliminate the who’s where’s what’s when’s that were keeping you from your identity. Get rid of the excess. The wasted time. Decrease your options. You will accidentally, almost innocently put in front of you what is important to you, by process of elimination. Eliminate who you are not first then you will find yourself where you need to be.

Don’t leave crumbs — The choices that we make that make us have to think twice about a decision we made. They come in the form of regret, guilt, remorse. They cause stress and don’t allow you

Create outcomes that pay us back, fill us up, keep our file lit, turn us on for the most amount of time in our future. Make the choices that pay you back tomorrow. Risiduals.

Prepping the coffee maker so all you have to do is press start in the morning.
Laying out your clothes the night before so all you have to do is put them on and go.
Prep your food so you don’t make the wrong choices when you are hungry and nothing is prepped.

Get some ROI — Your investment — YOU!. .

Dissect your success through gratitude. 
we dissent failures and f

Appreciate the simple things we take for granted. Creating more to be thankful for. Not denial of failures but look at them constructively — B’lessons. Learn from

Make voluntary obligations with ourselves. You vs You obligations. Things you make on your own terms. Your secrets with yourself. Personal protocols you put on yourself. It’s on you, how you sleep at night.

Can to Want. Just because you can, isn’t a good enough reason to do something. Do it because YOU want to.

A Roof is a manmade thing. We shouldn’t create these restrictions on o The approach is the destination and we are never finished. The adventure never ends. We are always on the way… Take the lid off the manmade roof and play like an

Turn the Page. Get in a rut, in that funk of a bad habit, OWN them and make amends then move on… Guilt and Regret will kill you so turn the page. You are the author of the book of your life.

Give your Obstacles Credit. Don’t deny your fears. Find the courage to find the courage to overcome them. Be brave, have courage and trust that with that you will get stronger and more respectful of yourself and that which you fear.

Checkout to Check In. Put yourself in a place to receive clarity. Schedule that time. Have the courage to act on what you know to be true. Make it who you are and live it.