3 SIMPLE IDEAS FOR BETTER SLEEP

1. Close Your Mouth

2. Set the Alarm

3. Digital Curfew

The Key is Consistency

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Tim Ferriss, author of "The 4-Hour Workweek", said, "Win the morning. Win the day." 

Well, if you want to win the morning, you have to win a good night's sleep.

And... if you want a good night's sleep, you have to win the evening before.

Put another way... "Your Best Day Starts @8pm."

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Some people call it coincidence. Other call it divine intervention. Yet others label it a miracle.

I'll let you decide. Here are the broad strokes.

I'd been in a job for 8 months, working as a youth pastor. I walked into the office on a Monday morning. The pastor called me into his office, handed me a check for $1,000 and told me my services were no longer needed. I had the morning to clear out my office and that was it.

We were renting a house for $250/month, so I had 4 months rent.

My wife was working part time bringing in about $80/week. So we had money for food.

That was it.

We had options, short term and long term.

I looked at my wife and said to her in all earnestness, "Do we really believe and trust in God completely or not?"

We prayed together, made a decision together, and 4 months later (do the math) moved to another state with a new job for me, new direction for my wife and the rest, they say, is history.

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Everything is changing.  There are some things in your life you want to keep doing and there are other things that need to be adjusted, replaced or eliminated. We're talking about creating good routines and habits in your life and I know what get’s measured gets done.  

"What Gets Measured Gets Done" is a phrase I first heard this first from Michael Hyatt.  

Route 66 Theory... According to a 2009 study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, it takes 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit. The study also concluded that, on average, it takes 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic. What you want is a behavior to become automatic.  

A Target Keeps You Focused...  "The Patriot," a movie starring Mel Gibson… Oldest son is arrested and taken away by the British army. He goes after them with his two younger sons. He’s been teaching them how to shoot a musket. 

Rule of thumb when aiming. “Aim small, miss small.”  “Aim small, miss small” means that when you're aiming at a target, rather than aiming at the whole target, you should aim at a small section of the target. This way, if you miss, instead of not hitting the target, you just miss the small part of the target you were aiming for.  

Milestones Keep You Moving... I solo-hiked the Bear Lake to Grand Lake trail 3 years ago. The first 4.2 miles are all uphill. I couldn’t wait to get to the flat-top. I also decided not to stop for any reason un til I got there. It took me 4 hours.  “I can’t do 66 days. I could do 14 days."  

Accountability Keeps You Honest... I have decided to be accountable to you, and my good friend Jamey. He’ll hold me to it. I’ll show you my checklist on the weekly LIVE. The easiest person to lie to is yourself, all alone, with no consequences.  

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Seeing this world through God’s eyes matters.      

Seeing this world as it could be matters.      

Believing you can contribute matters.      

DISCLAIMER (Kinda)... I feel like this is the worst LIVE audio I've posted. I almost didn't post it, yet here it is. Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly, especially if you believe in personal development.

Every morning, when you look in the mirror, what do you see? 

* Confidence or Confusion

STOP asking yourself, “How do other people see me?"

How you see you will have a greater effect on your life and future than anything else.  

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HOW TO GET OVER A TERRIBLE DAY

STOP AND BREATHE . . .

1st… Define “Terrible”

2nd… Break Down the Pieces

3rd… Become Solution-Oriented

4th… Put the List in Order

5th… Take Action… one item at a time

“THIS TERRIBLE DAY WON’T DEFINE ME!"

JUST TAKE ACTION… ON JUST ONE THING…

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Last Saturday, in the NCAA men's basketball semi-final matchup between undefeated Gonzaga and UCLA, in overtime, Jalen Suggs of Gonzaga shoots a nearly half-court shot as time runs out. It banks off the glass and in...FOR THE WIN!

It's being called one of the greatest college basketball games of all time.

Analyst Skip Bayless disagrees and said this via twitter.

Skip Bayless has since been massively roasted for uttering such a statement.

This begs the question, "Was Jalen Suggs lucky?"

Let me ask you, "Would YOU rather be lucky or good?”

Being good prepares you to be lucky.

"Luck comes to the prepared mind… how any hours of basketball has that boy played? Yes, it was a lucky shot, but it came after hours of preparation to be in the right place at the right time to have the opportunity to take the shot. He also had the gumption to try.”

LUCKY IS AN EXCUSE NOT TO BE GOOD.

GOOD IS THE BEST REASON FOR REPEATED LUCK.

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I know a person who lives up north that started their own game show. Well, kinda. This person just started applying the 3 absolutes necessary any game show/reality TV show needs in order to be successful.

By the way, who's driving your car?

When I read these lies, I could relate to most all of them. I'm been saying them to myself since childhood. 

Clearly, someone taught these to me. 

In the book "Limitless" by Jim Kwik, these 7 lies are confronted and can be replaced by new beliefs.   

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