Falling Off the Waggon

One of the best books I’ve read this year that has really had a positive impact on my life comes from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s autobiography – Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story. In the book, Arnold is constantly reminding the reader that there are no shortcuts in life and if you want to be the best, you have to put in the hard yards to get there.

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Focus and Flow

While the invention of computers and smartphones have fundamentally changed our lives for the better by making almost everything we do easier, they come with the added side effect of easily enabling us to become highly distracted.

I work from my laptop each day in an office all by myself without ever having a boss looking over my shoulder. Some may say that this is the dream but for me it can be absolute torture – especially knowing that I could be working on my own business by just opening another tab in Chrome.

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It’s 5 am. My alarm is ringing and I’ll be sure to hit the snooze button another 3-4 times before getting up and doing it all over again.

The Weekday Routine

At some point a few years ago my days just seemed to blend in from one to the next. There was nothing different. Sure, the date and weather may be different. But pretty much everything else is fundamentally the same.

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Chugging Beers

For some reason unbeknownst to me, we come out of school with a certificate saying “You’re ready… now go tackle the world”.

This may be just fine for some. But for most, it can be an incredibly daunting and scary time in our lives.

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