If you want to live the good life, self-mastery over one's self is going to get you there. Once I started working on yourself by becoming physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually stronger, that's when you’ll be able to start seeing real growth in your life. Once you establish this dominion over yourself, then you’re free to live your best life. 

Also, when you can't control yourself, how can you have influence on others? They won't take you seriously if you can't take care of yourself. There is nothing worse that having an incompetent person in charge of you and you should be a competent person yourself so you're not being a hypocrite. If you fail but are trying to be better, that's much better than failing because you didn't even try. So get working on yourself and enjoy the benefits of self-mastery.

Journal Prompts

1. What is the best way for you to gain dominion over yourself?
2. How will you know when you have dominion over yourself?