#Things to consider
- The secret ingredient is your philosophy. It’s not the hows that do it, it’s how you do the hows.
- There is a natural progression to everything in life: plant, cultivate, harvest.
- Each morning, write down three things you’re grateful for. Find new things every day. That trains your brain to search for the positive.
- Journal for two minutes a day about one positive experience you had in the last day.
- Meditate daily.
- Do a random act of kindness over the course of each day.
- Exercise for fifteen minutes daily. Simple cardio has a powerful antidepressant impact.
- Your simple daily disciplines will define who you are. Simple productive actions, repeated consistently over time.
- Improvement lies in the small everyday actions you do repeatedly.
- Understand that time is your friend and your everyday actions will compound over time.
#Simple daily disciplines
The things that takes you toward success are really simple. They’re so simple that it’s easy to overlook them, because when you look at them they seem insignificant. Things like taking a few dollars out of every paycheck, put it into savings, and leave it there. Or do a few minutes of exercise every day. Or reading ten pages of an inspiring, life-changing book every day. These “little virtues” or “success habits” are your simple daily disciplines. They are simple productive actions, repeated consistently over time.
#Greatness is always in the moment of the decision
It may seem like you’re only choosing how to spend the next hour, not the next forty years. But in every moment you are choosing how you’ll spend the next forty years. Your simple daily disciplines define the person you’re becoming. Greatness is in the moment of the decision. Remember that your actions don’t move in a straight line, they always curve. So understand that time is your friend. In every choice you make, every course of action you take: Time is your ally.