12 guidelines that will increase the effectiveness of your days.
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For many years now, I have pulled together a list of life rules or guidelines to help me each day.
I have 12 of them that I update every year
They are systems I lean on and key reminders for me.
Here are my 2021 guidelines for good days
1) Find space and time each day to meditate, breathe, and say thank you for my life.
2) Avoid confrontations – look for ways around – by stepping back or asking good questions, a good question can always defuse a misunderstanding.
3) Find room each day to move – from walks to full workouts; each day needs a release of energy to create more energy.
4) Everything that happens to you, Good or Bad, is your personal responsibility, 100%, there is no other way.
5) Look for, follow, and find momentum in your life. Action creates more action, follow that flow.
6) Protect your growth mindset (live in gratitude). Every situation provides you with a chance to grow, learn, and adapt.
7) Read, learn, and grow each day. Just don't leave your growing to life experience, find good sources of knowledge to consume daily.
8) Talking with yourself in a journal can improve your day. Even if it just a sentence, write something down daily.
9) You don’t always need your phone to be on or with you. Disconnect daily; your brain will thank you.
10) Always look for ways to give back and share, all boats rise from the incoming tide.
11) Live from the heart – think with the head but trust your gut. Listen to your intuition; you can tap into this more by following rules 1, 3, 7 and 8
12) Protect your morning routine, evening routine, and your sleep. Sleep is your number one asset; protect it and your energy by having strong routines before and after it.
If you liked those 12 guidelines you would enjoy my journal guide.
Kick start your days with a thoughtful journal question
9 reasons why you fail and self-sabotage yourself without even realizing it.
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A quote to frame the 9 reasons we will explore:
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."
― Maya Angelou
1) Not Trying
You fail not because of lack of knowledge or talent but because you didn't try
Sitting on the sidelines watching is a reason you fail
You may also lack persistence, giving up too quickly, expecting results in days/weeks, not months/years