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50 Ways Happier, Healthier, And More Successful People Live On Their Own Terms
Thomas Monson
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Read 1 book per week
Ordinary people seek entertainment. Extraordinary people seek education and learning.
Taking even 15–30 minutes every day (especially during the morning) to read uplifting and instructive information changes you. It puts you in the zone to perform at your highest.
Do something that terrifies you
But you don’t have to constantly be battling your fears. You only need to be courageous for 20 seconds at a time.
If you courageously confront fear for 20 seconds every single day, before you know it, you’ll be in a different socio-economic and social situation.
Do something kind for others
Taking the time to help other people is one of the greatest joys in life. Helping others opens you up to new sides of yourself.
It helps you connect deeper with those you help and humanity in general.
Remove all non-essentials
Most of the possessions you own, you don’t use. Most of the clothes in your closet, you don’t wear. Get rid of them.
It will boost your motivation and give you clarity and welcome a new form of energy into your life. You can use that energy in more useful and productive ways.
Stop obsessing about the outcome
When setting goals, your locus of control should target what you can control.
Do what is right, let the consequence follow.
Defining happiness and success
Define what wealth and happiness mean to you, in your own terms.
If we don’t, society will for us — and we will always fall short. We’ll always be left wanting. We’ll always be stuck comparing ourselves and competing with other people.
Maximum 3 items on your to-do list
Have no more than 3 items on your to-do list each day.
Instead of doing a million things poorly, the goal becomes to do a few things incredibly — or better yet, to do one thing better than anyone else in the world.
Healthy life changes
- Stop consuming refined sugar. It is worse for our brains than it is for our waistlines.
- Fast from all food and caloric beverages 24 hours once per week.
- Go to bed early and rise early. Make sure you get 7+ hours of sleep each night.
- Consume 30 grams of protein within the first 30 minutes of waking up.
- Drink 64–100 ounces of water per day.
Rituals for happiness
- Make your bed first thing in the morning.
- Write in your journal for 5 minutes per day.
- Make a bucket list and actively knock items off.
- Fast from the internet 24 hours once per week.
- Stop consuming the news or reading the newspaper.
- Check your email and social media at least 60–90 minutes after you wake up.
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For most, extended warranties are bad investments, because we never use the coverage they pay for.
For a warranty to be worth it,
- Something needs to fail that is covered.
- We need to use the warranty during the repairs.
- The cost of the repairs should exceed the price we paid for the warranty.
A better approach
Instead of buying warranties, consider setting up your own warranty coverage by putting the money aside in an interest-bearing savings account. Then you have full control over the money and can re-purpose those funds.
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