🟡4 Daily Principles I Live By That Have Changed My Life Forever (Powerful)

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“If you are willing to make the short-term sacrifice, you’ll have the long-term benefit.”

Hard Choices = Easy Life. Easy Choices = Hard Life.

Going to the gym is a hard choice, but it helps me stay fit. Lying on the couch with a bag of Doritos is an easy choice, but it chips away at my vitality.

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Working on my businesses daily is a hard choice, but it helps me make money. Procrastinating is an easy choice, but it would make me broke.

Investing my money is a hard choice, but it helps me build wealth. Spending it on fun stuff is an easy choice, but it would keep me living paycheck to paycheck.

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Hard choices now make for an easy life in the future. Easy choices now make for a hard life in the future.

As entrepreneur and investor Naval Ravikant said, “Like everything in life, if you are willing to make the short-term sacrifice, you’ll have the long-term benefit.”

Make decisions today that your future self will reap the rewards from.

These decisions — going to the gym, eating healthy, working on your goals, reading books — won’t be easy. They require self-discipline and long-term thinking.

But when today’s self makes these hard choices, tomorrow’s self will be much better off.

As Warren Buffett once said, “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

Read also: The three pillars of wealth (rare wisdom)

Focus 100% On What You Can Control

As the ancient Roman emperor and Stoic Marcus Aurelius said, “You have power over your mind — not external events. Realize this and you will have strength.”

Most people focus too much on external events over which they have hardly any control.

They’re obsessed with politics, the economy, the weather, and the opinions of random strangers on the internet.

They waste so much time and headspace arguing about things outside of their (direct) control. It’s a complete distraction.

A waste of time and energy.

Those who make a real change in this world focus on what’s within their control. They focus on improving their thoughts, actions, and habits.

“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” — Epictetus

When you focus on what’s within your direct control, you gain power. You improve. You get better. You actually make a change.

Things within your direct control:

The foods you eat
The media you consume
The books you read
The habits you practice
The actions you take
The words you speak
The goals you pursue
The positivity you share
The more you focus on improving the things you control, the more you’ll upgrade your life — and the more others will get inspired by your actions.

Don’t get distracted by all the things you can’t control.

Don’t let your limited time, energy, and headspace go to waste.

Simplicity > Complexity

Keeping things simple is the ultimate life hack. As Tony Robbins said, “Complexity is the enemy of execution.”

And Richard Branson said:

“Complexity is your enemy.”

These days, with every new goal I set or business idea I come up with, I ask myself ‘What if it was simple?’

This question helps me stay focused on the essentials of a project — and keeps me from making things unnecessarily complex.

The more complex your plan, the less likely you are to succeed.

Keeping things simple is best.

A simple business model is usually most profitable
A simple schedule is usually most effective
A simple diet or workout plan is usually most sustainable
A simple morning routine is usually most productive
A simple investing strategy is usually most profitable
Success in many areas of life isn’t rocket science. It usually boils down to doing the essentials really well.

Yet, keeping things simple turns out to be quite difficult for most people.

As Warren Buffett once said, “There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.”

Stick to the essentials and remove all unnecessary clutter.

Reduce complexity to increase efficiency.

Read also: 10 life shortcuts that actually work (top wisdom)

Failures Are Stepping Stones To Success

School taught us that failure is bad and should be avoided. If you failed a test, everyone involved(teachers and parents) would be disappointed.

This turned many people into being risk-averse. Most people would rather stay in their comfort zone than risk failing at something.

In real life, however, failure is an essential part of growth. Failure is how we get stronger, smarter, and better.

“Go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because that’s where you will find success. On the far side of failure.” — Thomas J. Watson

Each failure teaches an important lesson and makes us wiser.

Each failure is a unique opportunity to grow and get better.

Each failure contains the seeds of future success.

Understand this, and you’ll be more comfortable with failure. You’ll use it as a stepping stone to move forward instead of letting it discourage you.

CONTRIBUTED BY Jari Roomer

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