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We can learn a lot from conquerors. They physically conquered a lot of land and people in order to get what they want. We don't have to accomplish things as hard. Now we mostly need to just master ourselves.  Genghis Khan Book Alexander The Great Book

We were made to live life together in tribes. Our biggest fear is being ostracised from the tribe. Accountability is one of the best ways to change for this very reason. 

If you want to reach your full potential you need to run as far from entitlement as you possibly can. Being entitled will get you no where! When you humble yourself and understand that nothing is for sure, the real work begins. 

Passion can be sneaky and you have to give it time to develop. Too many people quit when they are so close to finding their thing. 

There is something that makes it hard to build good habits. That is the lack of craving they come with. If you craved working out like you did donuts it would be easy to stay in shape. 

Most people never stop to think through what things they have bought into because their parents told them to. You need to think through it all and let go of what ideas are no long serving you. 

You can't pour into others what you don't have in yourself! The more you pour into yourself the easier and the more tools you will have to help others with. 

All your failures are just short term setbacks. If you know where you're going and you are determined to get there, nothing can stop you. 

Stretching is one of the most underrated ways to take care of yourself. Simply putting 10  minutes of stretching in everyday will change your mental and physical health.  

You need to practice deliberate practice if you want to improve any skill. 

If you can bounce back when you fail on a habit you can bounce back in any scenario in life. 

When you have a fixed mindset you will always have a ceiling on your abilities. When you have a growth mindset you removing the ceiling because you always believe you can learn, improve and get better. 

You only get to taste greatness when you show up daily and do the little things that most people don't think are important. 

Becoming an Olympian never would have happened had I not believed in the power of habit. 

Decision fatigue is why top CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg where the same things daily. Decision fatigue is when you have made so many choices that you can't make anymore. Routines help to eliminate this problem...

I take the time to tell my story. I recently was writing about how I was first introduced to the idea of habit building. 

The only way your habits can be improved is if you are first aware of them.

There is nothing wrong with being an amateur or teaching amateurs but you have to know that they are looking for different things. If you feel you are working towards mastery, you need to change your mindset when it comes to feedback.  

There are no short cuts or easy routes to success. You have to take the stairs and you're going to take the long way to get there and that is ok. You have to be ready to endure and keep pushing until you win. If you let your guard down too early someone will scoop what you have built. 

You live life to the level of standards you set. If you want to get more then you need to set higher standards for yourself.