I covered this in depth in today’s LIVE STREAM but wanted to pass along a few resources of where to start in modifying behavior (daily habits). You’ll have to watch the call to get the skinny on my reasons why I don’t like the typical “5 steps to…” but I did want to pass along a few helpful resources I have used.
I scoured my book shelves and literally could only find these two books on habits. It Starts with Why is fantastic and will get you thinking about why you do what you do - in business and in life.
Atomic Habits is on my shelf because I bought it to see what all the hype was about. I read the first chapter, poked my eyeballs out and said “if this is earth shattering reading on how to create daily habits for most people - we’re fucked as a civilization!”
Adjusting habits is about what it is you want from your life. Figure that out and the habits will fall into place, with only refining necessary.
The single most influential mentor in this regard is Jordan Peterson. Use his personality assessment at: https://www.understandmyself.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIje-W0dzb-gIVqA2tBh2P4gEXEAAYAiAAEgL59fD_BwE
Then follow it up with the self authoring suite:
https://www.selfauthoring.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImv2f6dzb-gIVKQ7nCh1fkQM6EAAYASAAEgKTevD_BwE
As I mentioned in the call, this sort of self work has a logical progression and should be done in small steps over a lifetime. In my new website, we are compiling a library of sorts for you to explore, with all the things I read and study in every different area for making a better life. From nutrition to literature to philosophy, my website will have all the links. Most importantly, it will be laid out in “tiers” to help you figure out where you should start. Super exciting project but one that requires massive time and effort so it will be early 2023 before it launches.
Hope you find this helpful!
E.
Your happiness is not a gift given to you by others.
Create a mantra for your life. If you aren't writing your story, someone else is writing it for you.
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Hello my friends!
I'm finishing up the transition away from Locals onto Substack and wanted to be sure each of you have made the necessary adjustments to your accounts. For those of you who have remaining months left on your paid support here, I have comped you the balance over at Substack.
This will be the final week I post content here.
I will resume the live recordings over there, starting with our first call on Friday, March 3rd at 9am/12pm. Invitations to join the Zoom calls will go out on Substack. Mark your calendars!
Also, be sure to download the Substack App! I love the app and find it so helpful in organizing content I want to read later by keeping it on my dashboard.
See you on the other side!
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One of the biggest challenges in writing my book is not being able to share any of it along the way. Given my narcissistic need for constant approval and attention, not having any feedback is killing me. Even negative attention is better than no attention at all (which explains a lot of my behavior in life), so not only am I missing the praise but I also miss my haters.
I need to break out of this cave. Thanks to Chuck Palahniuk who writes Spoiler Alert on Substack, but you would know as the author of Fight Club, I got the idea to share some excerpts and things that won’t make the final edit. This will give us both what we need. I get some attention and you get some thought provoking words to make you think (and possibly laugh, cry or both.)
Today’s snippet is from the first draft of a chapter titled, Remove Your Kindergarten Name Tag. I am currently on my third revision and we can all be thankful for this. As I walk my readers through the dark hallways of my earliest years, and attempt ...
Wanted to pass this short video along. We think of health in very limited ways. Faith, nature, love, communality, shared human experience…all prove to be just as necessary, if not more so, than going to the gym.
I’ve always viewed and taught health from this perspective. It is my belief the lack of these essential elements is as big an issue in our culture as poor diet and lack of movement.
The takeaway-we can do better🙏🏼
