Are you as disciplined as you’d like to be?
No?
Do you want to toughen up?
Have that twinkle in your eye that says: “Life, if you punch me in the face, you know I’ll just grit my teeth and fight back even harder.”
Oh you do? Sure, who wouldn’t.
That’s why I spent all of last week pondering how to help you do just that, and create a framework for it.
Here’s what I came up with.
Have you ever done a personality test? When I got the results of my Myers-Briggs last year I had an epiphany. INFJ all the way. Of course, I’m an introvert! Are you an introvert as well?
Unfortunately, the excitement over my new insight wore off quickly and was replaced with worry: Does that mean I suck at networking? How can I ever be successful if I’m not a people person? Will all my friends abandon me if I embrace my introvert personality?
If you’re an introvert like me, you probably feel bad about yourself quite often, because you think your personality is holding you back in life. But over the course of the last 9 months I found plenty of reasons that that’s not true. I discovered 7 ways how you can embrace your introverted personality and feel great about it, here they are.
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Look, I get it. It’s hard to get out of bed in the morning. There are plenty of excuses not to, but I’m sorry, “I just lack motivation these days” isn’t one of them.
So here’s what I’ll do:
Deal? Deal.
Learning I was an INFJ (the personality type—introverted intuitive feeling judging) was one of the biggest lessons I learned about myself last year. As the Greek saying goes: Know thyself. I found being aware of my personality type (and the specific traits that come with it) made a huge difference in terms of how I approached life, work, and relationships.
Did you recently find out you’re an INFJ, too? Or have you known all along? Either way, chances are that your very rare and special personality type will get you far in life.
Here are 16 reasons why INFJs are very likely to go on to be highly successful people.
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You have to stop it. Seriously. You just might kill yourself doing it. I almost did.
This was my view when it happened:
Here’s what SHOULD have been my view:
But it was too late. I felt it. The right front tire went over the white line. The car started vibrating as the tire hit the grass.
Are you on the list already? The one with the Nobel Peace Prize recipients I mean. No? Then you might wanna keep reading.
Our star today is one of only 103 people in history who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, worth $40 million, and the most powerful man on the planet. At least he was for a while. I’m talking about…Barack Obama, of course.
What’s the man’s secret? Where does he come up with all the willpower? Is it his Hawaiian heritage? His sleep schedule? The suit? Yes. It’s the suit.
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You need to stop using the snooze button. Every time you hit it you are telling yourself “I do not want to get up, because I do not want to start this day. I dread the hours that lie ahead of me”.
That’s not a good thing to tell yourself.
But before implementing a lot of other tips, I think you need something to be excited about.
That’s the best way to not need a snooze button.
You need something that makes you want to get up.
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What’s the difference between these two pictures? Hint: It’s the same guy.
His name is Hal Elrod, and in the picture on the left, he is dead. But the picture of the jumping, happy guy on the right was taken way later. So what’s the story? If I gave Hal 3 words to sum it all up, I know exactly what they would be:
The Miracle Morning.
You know waking up early is a great habit, right? You’ve heard it dozens of times: all successful people get up early.
Tim Cook (4:30 am), Benjamin Franklin (5:00 am), Michelle Obama (4:30 am), Warren Buffett (6:45), the list goes on and on.
But what turned into a nightmare for Bill Murray in Groundhog Day – waking up at 6 am sharp every day that is – seems like a distant dream for you.
(it’s Groundhog Day – again)
What if I told you that there were only 2 steps you have to get right, in order to wake up early every day?
Even more so, that neither of them has anything to do with your morning.
You’d be shocked, right? You’d probably tell me: You’re crazy Nik, and I don’t believe you.
