My drug of choice hasn't been alcohol, narcotics, or the like - it has been approval. All throughout my life, I have had a craving for the approval and acceptance of others. Maybe you can relate? If you look back over your life, there are probably things that you have been chasing in order to gain the approval of others. The truth is, you don't need the approval of anyone to do what you're called to do.

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You are who you believe yourself to be. Everyone wants to know the secrets - the truth is, they don't exist. Your belief in yourself is the number one thing you should be concerned with. How you think about yourself determines who you become.

There is a way to view your life from an empowering perspective, no matter the circumstances. You do not need good circumstances to win the game if you know why you're playing. All you need is control over your perspective, and you will always have the choice to have that.

How many entrepreneurs do you know who are good at business, but they suck at life? Probably too many. You get what you put in, you reap what you sow, and you can't expect to yield a return that is greater than the investment without understanding the timeline of success.

What's the why behind your goals? When you fall into the trap of comparison, you will 100% lose sight of the reason you even started playing the game. Learn to love the process and you will win every time.

Crisis will reveal what you do not deal with yourself. The people who have built a measure of success but they didn't earn and never dealt with the issues that lie deep within. Those things ALWAYS come out in crisis. Don't be these people - invest today and reap a harvest in due time.

Instead of viewing the things that you do not like in your life as problems, begin to view them as refineries. How is this going to refine me? A diamond is refined by the pressure - look at your life as a collection of refining moments and it will change the way you think.

Ego is one of the most destructive ingredients of the human psychology - the antithesis to growth. How many times have you done the right thing for the wrong reason? When you do, you won't reap the full benefit that you will from doing the right thing for the right reason. As a leader, you're responsible for your reasons.

So many entrepreneurs, business owners, CEOs, and leaders are spending their mental stamina thinking and pondering things that are completely outside of their control. They have no influence over these things and therefore waste precious mental bandwidth thinking about them. Spend more time thinking about the things you do have control over and you will win the day every time.

If you are going to lose your focus over the little things, you don't stand a chance. You're not going to grow past your limited level of thinking. The little things make the infrastructure for the big things. Get your house in order, level up your thinking, and let's grow.