10 Small Habits That Have A Huge Return On Life

positive habits

Over the years, I’ve adopted many different “positive” habits. To me, a habit is positive when it improves the quality of my life. A lot has been written about forming habits.

How hard is? How long does it take? What’s the best way to break habits? How do we adopt new habits?

My experience is that everyone can adopt any habit they want. There’s only one condition though: You need a good reason to make a change.

And in 99% of cases, the reason to change comes from personal suffering, sadness, and hurt. At some point, you can’t stand your current behavior anymore.

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If You Are Reading This, You Are Already Ahead

dont get ahead of yourself

I recently spoke with one of my students about her challenge to find a new job. She’s trying to get ahead.

And she invests a lot of time in her own education. After speaking to her, I was convinced she would be an asset to any company that hired her.

However, she didn’t feel the same certainty as I did.

“But what if everybody else is trying the same strategies to get a job?”

Like many people who invest a lot in their education, she assumed that literally every single other person on planet earth is doing the same. And that her chances to land a great job diminished because of that. 

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How To Be Productive When Your Life Is In Chaos

chaos and order

In a perfect world, everything is steady. You can make plans that actually come true 100% of the time. You can anticipate things in advance.

But as you and I both know, that’s not how life works.

In real life, a single random (and unexpected) event can suddenly screw up all your plans, goals, and good intentions to make a change. Think of…

  • A family member who passes away.
  • Getting pregnant.
  • Getting into a car accident.
  • A calamity at work that causes bankruptcy.
  • Falling in love.

Unplanned events can disrupt everything. I’ve experienced that several times in my life. And there’s nothing you can do to prevent unexpected events.

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Did You Fail At Something? Good—Do Something Else

Do you have plans, goals, ideals, or outcomes that you want to achieve? And do you get frustrated when things don’t go according to plan?

If so, I want to share a simple, yet powerful idea with you in this article.

I learned this from Jocko Willink’s book Discipline Equals Freedom. The idea is very simple. Jocko believes that complaining when things go wrong is useless.

He says:

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