5 Habits That Will Change Your Life Forever
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And this leads me to the second proven way. Some of you have heard of the great speaker and role model and inspiration that is David Goggins. And he talks about developing a calloused mind. The reason he wakes up at 4 a.m.

He's just training his body just like when he's training in the gym and on his hands he develops calluses from all the pull-ups that he's done where he's hit the world record. In the same way, I want my mind to know you may have a tactical advantage over me. You may know me inside out. You may try and conquer my weaknesses, but guess what?

I'm going to callous myself to that. I'm going to develop such a powerful routine that I'm going to stick to every single day because there are so many flaws and things I need to change about myself that I'm going to be immune to your tactics, immune to my weaknesses. So develop a callous mind. Imagine that you are hardening yourself up

At 4am you wake up, it's dark outside. There is nobody else on your street awake. It's cold, it's damp, it's boring, it's not fun. But you know what? I'm the first one up. But you know what? While you were sleeping, I was doing work.

and I didn't feel like it but already by the time 8am rolls in and I'm not saying you have to wake up at 4am no you don't but whatever time it is for you that works best for you you're gonna look around and realise it's 9 o'clock and I've done so much already my day has been won and if you start strong you have a much better chance of finishing strong don't leave these things to the last minute

Try and be up when the sun is up. Number three, put first things first. To live a more balanced life, you have to recognize that not doing everything that comes along, it's okay. There's no need to overextend yourself.

All it takes is realizing that it's all right to say no when necessary and then focus on your highest priorities. You're in charge. You're the creator. Being proactive is about choice. Habit three happens day in and day out, moment by moment. It deals with many of the questions addressed in the field of time management.

But that's not what it's all about. Habit three is about life management as well. Your purpose, values, roles, and priorities. What are first things to you? And this brings me to point number four. Unreal expectations of real life. Understand that what we are getting when we look at people's feeds, when we look at people's lives...

We're getting a perfect filtered version of somebody else's life but not the messy behind the scenes because not everybody is sharing vulnerably and authentically but also realize that there are many accounts on social media that their company's looking to make a profit, their company's looking to get paid off of your views and likes.

And so when you judge your own life against the friend in your class or the colleague at work, how is that making you feel? Become more aware of how you talk to yourself, how you react when you're feeding your mind and your heart with all of these things.

And the final tip, set up a non-negotiable agreement. Call your friend and tell them, if I don't do my assignment by next week, I'll give you £100. This is known as a commitment device because if you commit to nothing, you are going to be distracted by everything.

It's called hyperbolic discounting. It's a fancy way of saying we overvalue the short run relative to the long run. So if I give you two similar rewards, you will show a preference for the one that you can have now rather than later. Let me give you some practical examples. It's obvious. Do you sit and watch TV? Or do you go out for a run in the cold? Do you grab the fruit salad or the cheesecake like everyone else for dessert?

All of you know what's good right now isn't necessarily good in the long run. And commitment devices like the non-negotiable agreement, they change this up.

So that choosing what feels good in the short run, not doing the task you need to, not studying, it gets more costly. And in addition, you have to set a concrete goal instead of saying, I'm going to lose some weight this year. I'm going to do some more studying this year. You have to say something like, I will spend two hours every day after school in the library focusing on my maths module that I'm weak on.

You get what you focus on in life and if you don't know what you need to focus on, if you don't commit to something, you are doomed to fail and be distracted. Take it serious. Remind yourself why you're doing this, why does this even matter?

Put yourself in environments that factor in your failure where you know you're not going to feel like it but you're at the library anyway, you're at your study session anyway. Change your state. Go for a warm shower or bath. Go for a walk. Do whatever you need to. Think negatively about the consequences of your behavior. And the final thing is set up a non-negotiable agreement.

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