Thread by @BowTiedElephant

☀️☀️☀️ 10 WAYS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE TODAY! ☀️☀️☀️

Every year the world is going to get tougher, but you’re smart enough to put in the work

If you continue to challenge yourself mentally and physically, the punches that life throws your way will seem like a cake walk

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1. GET RID OF BAD INFORMATION

In the age of the internet this is probably the number one skill we can all improve upon

Obtain good information

> Do not take advice from people with zero real life experience
> Do not take advice from people who had an easier life than you
> Do not take advice from people who complain

It will be difficult to hit all 3 items on the list but that is the point

You wouldn’t allow an accountant to perform plastic surgery on you

And you wouldn’t take “game” advice from a guy who is clearly a 9.5/10 on the looks scale

Life just doesn’t work that way

No matter how well someone sells you on his opinion, he or she doesn’t have the right to an opinion unless they have accomplished something

If you’re not a millionaire or a billionaire you certainly DON'T have the right to give advice on what you would do with a million dollars or a billion dollars

GET IT FIRST then state what you have actually done with the money.

“How can you criticize someone who is better than you at X?
Life 101: if they are better than you, you’re opinion doesn’t matter”
- @BowTiedBull

2. SMILE IN THE MORNING 😀😍😆

Yep you’re laughing at the screen right now

"These guys are turning into hippies!"
Nope. We’re dead serious

If you wake up in the morning you probably feel a bit bad, the alarm clock is annoying and you simply are not in a good state of mind

Before you do anything,
Walk to the bathroom and smile for a full minute (60 second straight!) and place the palm of your hand on your head

After looking in the mirror for 1 minute you’ll immediately notice two changes

1) you’re in a better mood
2) you’re suddenly awake

As much as we humans like to believe we are in control of our emotions, physical changes will absolutely impact your mood

You should also TALK TO YOURSELF every day

“The next time you wake up and walk to work start singing out loud”
- @BowTiedBull

3. READ DAILY

No matter what you do, you should have a regimen where you spend 30 minutes to 1 hour reading everyday

Not every other day, not 360 days out of the year

365 days out of 365 days

If you are not reading something that

> helps you earn more
> become healthier or
> in some way improve your life

you’ve wasted the ENTIRE DAY

“Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.” — Charlie Munger

“read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge builds up, like compound interest.” – Warren Buffet

4. REMOVE AN UNHEALTHY HABIT

While we believe in themes instead of goals, let's at least remove one nasty habit today

Find a simple daily habit you can remove. Maybe you have an addiction to redbull, chocolate, chips or fast food

Cut one of the habits out and do it today without looking back

“Health over Wealth” – @BowTiedBull

5. NO MORE NEGATIVE FRIENDS

At the end of the day, negative people are a waste of your time

Complain Complain Complain and no actions to fix anything

Yes life can suck, yes you’re going to have horrible awful things happen to you... but? There is nothing you can do about it

You have 2 choices in life

> fix the situation or
> leave the situation

If the person you are speaking to is doing neither, they are losers
We know, you’re thinking that is harsh!

Well it is the truth

You cannot:

> control what people wear on a daily basis
> force someone to lose weight
> force someone to do anything

because it is beyond your control

Do what you can do to fix your own life and help others fix their life

Control the controlables. The rest is noise.

“The first person to complain can withstand the least amount of pain”
- @BowTiedBull

6. UPGRADE ONE OUTFIT 🕴️

We will always be minimalists but that doesn't mean you have to dress like a homeless man

You can have flash without spending a lot of cash

Take one item in your wardrobe that looks hideous (we all have a few shirts/pants that should have been retired in the 90s) and throw it away forever

Spend some time and pick out a new outfit to wear

The rule of thumb is this, you should PHYSICALLY FEEL DIFFERENT when you put it on

If you wake up in the morning and change into your new outfit and don’t feel some ~~bounce to the ounce~~ then it is not the right outfit

“The room should improve when you walk in, because you’re better dressed than the rest”
- @BowTiedBull

7. REVAMP YOUR RESUME

Even if you’re not in the finance industry, if you have not updated your resume in the last 12 months, it has no value anymore

Don’t sit around waiting for opportunity to knock on your door

How important is a resume?

Well if a good resume hits an interviewer during the initial screening period (phone calls) they might even call you and schedule an interview that week

How do we know? **We’ve done this before**

“Did you get that job because you did well in the interview?
No you got that job because you sent out hundreds of resumes”
- @BowTiedBull

8. PICK A NEW HOBBY

Even if you are 30, 35, 40, 50, 60 or even 70!

It is time to add a new hobby to your life
Do not live a life of slow death

As we get older we will certainly develop preferences (favorite wine, favorite food, favorite restaurant etc.)

The trap is you’re not expanding your horizons

Are you going to die from the new hobby?
No? Then it’s a good one to pick

A new hobby for a full year means you’re going to learn something about the subject and even more importantly you’ll learn something about yourself

You may even like it

“If you’re not expanding your comfort zone, you’re dying”
- @BowTiedBull

9. BECOME A KID

This is probably as cheesy as point number three if you don’t read the whole paragraph

Turn back the clock

When you were 5 or 6 years old you had so much energy your family had to reign you in. Why? You were happy to be alive

If you want to have the same energy as a 5 year old child you should be happier than a 5 year old child

Kids don’t want to go to sleep because they are happy running around and having fun

You will never meet an unhappy person who wakes up and works towards the things he truly wants

This is no different than being a kid

They wake up and say "this is what I want" and
they do what they can to get it

“Why bother sleeping in when you can make your dreams a reality”
- @BowTiedBull

10. BEFRIEND AN ENEMY

Yep. No matter what you do or who you are, you’re going to get haters, trolls, losers, weirdos, idiots, and straight up psychos who dislike you

Instead take one person, someone who does have a lot going for them and turn them around

Make them like you

For those that can read between the lines, this is called sales and or game

This will do 2 big things for you. it will

> Teach you to never spend your time trying to bring someone down and
> It will improve your interpersonal skills. You may end up liking the guy as well

“You gain nothing by bringing someone down.
Even if you succeed you’re creating a mindset of negativity and anger.
You lose either way"
- @BowTiedBull

FIN!

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