What do you want to accomplish?

At 42 years old, all the most significant improvements in my life have come from removing something, not adding something. My life has benefitted 10x by removing things compared to adding things.

However you spend your day today, wherever you are, whoever you are with, and whoever you may be missing . . . Merry Christmas from my family to yours. May your spirits be merry and bright, and may you share your light with anyone who could use a little more light in their lives.

The problem with confidence is that you need confidence before you have evidence. Throughout your life, you must do things that test your confidence before you have reliable proof that you will succeed as you expect.

You can give your best effort and come up short. We must acknowledge that out loud, not just theoretically. Even world-class effort cannot guarantee a specific result you want, no matter how hard you try.

Excuses are a game we play to convince other people, not ourselves.

You feed your body every day. If you feed it well, with good things, your body thrives. If you starve it or feed it poorly, your body deteriorates. You and only you decide what you feed your body.

Perfect and complete internal alignment is rare. 

We have established four things over the past week:

Imagine you put on a heavy-duty leather belt and fastened it tight around your waist. The belt has iron rings around the outside so you can clip things onto them.