Better You

You're Learning

You pick up a book from time to time, better yet everyday. You realize what Warren Buffet meant when he said, “The more you learn, the more you can potentially learn.”

Maybe you don’t know where your learning will take you, but you’re doing your best to acquire knowledge and develop skills. I didn’t know reading 75 books in a year would help me write two of my own, start a side business, become a better person, and give a talk in front of 1,000 people, but learning indirectly helped me do all of the above.

You’re Healthy

You understand you can’t have real success of any kind without your health. What’s a million dollars worth if you aren’t healthy enough to enjoy it?

You’re getting enough sleep. You’re exercising and eating right because you want your engine running smoothly to allow you to tackle new goals. If you have your health, you’ve given yourself room to let other things fall into place.

You Know How to Follow Directions

You’re done being hard-headed. When you find yourself around people smarter than you, you actually listen to them.

Listening and following directions is a skill many people don’t have.

Many people make excuses, proclaim how special their situation is, and try to reinvent the wheel when it’s unnecessary.

If you’ve developed the skill of listening and implementing directions, you have a superpower relative to the rest of the population.

You Know Your Financial Picture

You have to have a crystal clear picture of your finances, even if they aren’t good. If they aren’t good, ignoring them only compounds the problem. You’re at the point where you realize the decisions you make now will affect you years down the line.

Knowing is the first step. The second is finding ways to either earn more or save more. Choose the former. Become more valuable.

You’re Done Making Excuses For Yourself

You realize you do have some legitimate beef with your circumstances and could make valid excuses, but you won’t. Because you realize making excuses and complaining don’t…do anything. They’re not strategies.

If you’ve said to yourself, “Ok. This is where I’m at now. What am I going to do about it?” you’re ready.

You Allow Yourself to Screw Up

You no longer seek to be perfect. If you skip a workout, morning routine, or task on your to-do list, you don’t freak out and call it quits altogether. If you have the ability to forgive yourself when you mess up and move on quickly, you’ll be free to be more ambitious, because you’re not scared to death of mistakes like many.

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