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Happy 40th To Me!
Since I just turned 40 on Friday, I figured I’d share 40 lessons I learned in 40 years. No particular order.
Just to be clear, these are my personal lessons. Hopefully they do help you. Let me know which one resonates with you the most or what you might add!
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Reading is good for the soul.
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Move every day.
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Be present.
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Be thankful. Tell people I love them.
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Always give before I expect to receive.
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Be intentional about thoughts. If not, they can go dark quickly.
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Do solitude.
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Rest for a 24 hour period each week (i.e. Sabbath).
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Go to bed and wake-up the same time every day.
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Develop the skill of goal setting.
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Ask for help if needed (it is).
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Jesus first – Ask God to direct my path each day.
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Relationships trump all else.
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Spend most of my time working in my unique gifts/strengths.
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Everything matters – How you do the little things is how you do everything.
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Save and invest a portion of all I make.
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Have fun/laugh every day.
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Forgive people.
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Let go of the past and move on.
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Be the friend and leader I would want.
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Have a “life team.”
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The right coach is one of the best investments you can make.
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Nothing will beat persistence, perseverance, and consistency.
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Be energetic and passionate.
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Pray.
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Praise people.
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Have grace for others and myself.
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Time is the most valuable thing I have. Pretend I had to pay $10 for every minute. How would I spend it?
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Expect to win.
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Expect to experience problems, failures, and loss.
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Tell and show my kids how much I love and believe in them.
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Love my wife and be willing to lay down my life to serve her.
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See people how they could be rather than as they are.
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Time is fleeting – All successful people have some sense of urgency.
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Work really hard on yourself. It’s worth it.
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Make solitude a habit
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Be 15 minutes early. This is a challenge for me.
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Never write an e-mail while emotionally charged.
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Be long-term minded.
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Don’t ignore sadness, fear, and anger. It will come out one way or another.
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The Dash
Have you heard this concept before?
Basically, it says this. When someone dies, their birth year is engraved on their tomb as well as the year of their death. The only thing separating them is a dash.
That dash represents what they did between those years. This is what matters most.
I’m at a point where when I get together with people my age, much of the talk is centered around investments, houses, and cars.
While those things are all important and certainly have their place, none of them go with us after the dash.
I’ve spent more of my life than I like to admit being concerned with things that have no real lasting value.
It’s sad that many people don’t think about purpose or significance in their lives until their later years.
We don’t get to choose how life works for us (e.g. the rules of life and our circumstances) and we don’t even get to choose being born.
How cool would it be if people started thinking and acting on this truth much sooner?
People who are merely consumed with moving up the totem pole would do much better to live life with a different mindset – one in which they commit to see those around them rise up. People that do this right realize that the impact they make will outlive them.
The perfect example of this is children. I can’t think of too many better gifts to give the world than helping to create children who go on to do great things.
I’m realizing now that how my kids treat each other is much more important than a checking account balance.
Here’s to living a life of service and creating impact that goes beyond us!
YOU Have Control to Transform Your Body
We all have had stuff happen to us.
For some reason when we go through hard times we feel alone. This is why it’s so important to have a good support team around us.
It’s so interesting how much our attitude shapes us. I know this first hand. There have been times when I played the “victim” for far too long. All that did was cause me to feel stuck.
Then there were other times where something bad happened to me and I had a good cry and moved on. I didn’t get stuck in the blame game. When I approached things that way, the “bad” thing seemed to serve more as a springboard.
I’ve worked with hundreds and hundreds of people on their physical and other transformations. I can tell you with absolute certainty that Henry Ford was right on the money.
“Whether you think you can’t or you think you can you’re right.”
-Henry Ford
Perhaps one of the following things has happened to you:
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Someone did something bad to you
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You did something bad to yourself as a result of a decision
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Something bad seemed to happen to you for no reason and seemed unfair
I hear you on all three. Nobody likes to go through any of that.
Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying you weren’t a victim of another person’s action or poor circumstances.
What I am saying is that you don’t have to remain a victim.
You can choose some habits that will help you make some progress.
You CAN do this for your physical or any other (e.g. spiritual, relational, financial) self.
If you need support on the physical side, let me know!
I’m pretty sure whatever you’re dealing with (not to minimize it) has been overcome before and I have no doubt that you can move forward!
Stay Focused,
Billy