Subject: Get your life together 1
Location: Orlando, Florida
Are you tired of living a life that sucks? Not because of someone else's standards. Not because you read it in some book or YouTube video. You just know deep within, that you are not even close to being your best.
Maybe it's a job that kills the life inside of you, friends that hold you back, a body that's terribly out of shape.
Maybe, it's all three and more.
I don't know how else to ask it. Does your life suck? Have you given up on the possibility that life could be absolutely awesome?
I'm not here to sell you on something. I wrote this article for those that have had their 'enough moment'.
If you haven't, then this probably won't do much for you. Might be a nice mental masturbation but that's it.
The 'enough' moment: when you realize that you truly have had 'enough' of how things are. A very low moment of desperation.
Astronauts have always attempted to answer the question "is there life out there?".
I think the better question is if there is life down here?
Look around. People are asleep. Everyone is doing, doing, doing and doing. It's time to wake up.
Some people that read this article will dismiss everything, and scream "blasphemy".
Let them.
For the ones that truly seek, will find.
The Snake
They will read between the lines and the truth will jump out and attack them with it's venom. This time they won't fight it while it enters the bloodstream. When it finally reaches the heart, they shed a tear and die. They die in order to be reborn. They shed their skin in order to start anew.
1. What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Whatever you have been doing up until now got you to this point. It obviously is not working.
If you are not where you truly desire to be, then you must reinvent yourself.
It will require developing your inner-killer, accepting massive change, eliminating bad habits while creating new ones.
Every single person in the entire world that has reached the pinnacle of success in their craft went through this, multiple times.
Like the snake from above, you must shed your old skin knowing full well that a snake that doesn't shed, dies.
You must shed and eliminate everything about you that is not serving you.
Throw away half of your clothes, and shoes. Throw away all of your 'stuff' and you know exactly what I mean by 'stuff'.
The things you bought, and don't use and lie around wasting space.
Every thought, habit and action that is not serving the person you want to become must be expelled from your Empire.
Every habit that is destroying your potential.
Every addiction and impulse that you have.
You must take this old version of yourself, thank it for it's time and grow up. In order to get your life together, you must be absolutely ruthless in this manner.
Action step: What must you stop doing in order to become the person you were always meant to be?
2. Decide the What Not the How
Write a complete description of the type of person you dream of becoming.
- What do others feel when they are around you?
- How do you feel as you go through your day-to-day?
- What characteristics and traits define you?
- How does your body look?
- What clothes are you wearing?
Are you passionate, disciplined and committed? Are you charismatic and charming?
Decide the what. This is where people fuck up. They start thinking HOW before they decide WHAT. The how does not fucking matter.
If you know HOW to achieve your goal, then your goal is too small.
Action step: What does your ideal version of yourself look like? Be as specific as possible.
3. Understand What You Are Up Against
There is an evil force in every single person. This force's mission in life is to sabotage you and destroy your potential.
It will use your weaknesses against you.
Steven Pressfield calls it 'Resistance' , Phil Stutz and Barry Michels call it 'Part X', Napoleon Hill calls it 'the Devil'.
For us, it's simply the Enemy.
Every single day is a battle against this Enemy that wants to X out our potential.
If your life is in the gutter right now, you under invasion from this Enemy.
If you look at the sky and see despair, you are under attack.
The Enemy changes the way you see the world. It fills it with fear and self-doubt.
In order to pull yourself out, you must Declare War Within.
Every single day you must plant your flag onto your soul. This is my territory. I will fight untill I die to defeat my Enemy.
Action step: Every time you notice a bad habit, a negative thought, a lack of energy, realize that this is the Enemy invading your life. Label it to yourself "this is the Enemy", over time you will create a separation from this, and be able to take the right action.
4. It's 1000% your fault
Nathaniel Brandon, author of the six pillars of self-esteem has an incredible quote:
"No-one is coming".
No one is coming to save you. To work for you. To face your fears. To give you a pat on the back. It is 1000% your fault that you are in this current situation. It is also your fault when you get yourself out of it.
If you truly take complete responsibility in your life, it will be painful.
However, once you leap over that barrier of pain, you realize that there are two sides to the coin.
While you are responsible for how shit your life is now, you are also responsible for changing it and improving it.
Action step: go on a two hour walk and go through every part of your life. Take responsibility for how every single thing is going no matter how painful it is.
5. Don't Listen to Anybody
You must pull yourself out of this gutter. Not only will you become a fully self-reliant human being. You will develop the self respect and confidence that will take you on a straight path to your dream.
This article and three part series is a tiny light.
A tiny light that while inspiring you won't do much in the long run.
In order to defeat Resistance every day for the rest of your life, you must develop an inner-resilience and belief in yourself and what you are capable of creating.
The mind will accept anything we tell it to.
However, the gut is what you must listen to and take action on.
We always know the answer of what to do next even if it's just one step forward.
Action step: rely only on yourself throughout this process. Don't let others know what you are doing. Develop self belief and the confidence that will come once you pick yourself back up.
This is the philosophy section of the three part series dedicated to those who are fed up with their life right now.
Go on a walk and think about these topics. Next week I will write the strategies and tactics section that will give you a clear blueprint of what you must do to create new empowering habits and a new image of yourself.
"You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now." -- Joan Baez
With that, I wish you the best.
Click here for part 2 and click here for part 3 of the 'How To Get Your Life Together' series.
-Daniel
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