I recently finished Lewis Howes' book The Greatness Mindset: Unlock the Power of Your Mind and Live Your Best Life Today, one the best psychology books I have read, and would encourage you to read it too.
In a nutshell, Lewis Howes talks about how to control your brain (thoughts and emotions) to get the life that you want. He doesn't talk hypothetically but gives clear instructions and exercises to form a meaningful mission and purpose for your life.
My wonderful sister, Neehaal recommended me to check out Lewis Howes after I hit a wall going through a break up.
Lewis has an incredible story of growth, where he has achieved plenty of objective success but what inspired me the most was his journey of emotional development, and the amount of work he has done to get to where he is.
None of his development is an accident. He is intentional about the areas of his life that he wants to change and has a coach for his relationships, health, public speaking, money management and even salsa dancing.
While his book has a lot of good information packed into a few pages, the most memorable part was where he says there are only 3 things important in his life: 1) Health 2) Relationships 3) Business.
These 3 things, which I have dubbed "The Trifecta of Life" is really what it comes down to for most of us.
All 3 are related and doing well in one aspect, can have a positive impact on another. For example, if your business is flourishing, you may have the resources to hire a personal trainer to get in good shape, and hire a therapist to get in better mental shape (health).
Having a good partner (relationships) can encourage you to start that dream business that you can't stop thinking about.
And having great health can mean, you have the energy to grow, maintain and sustain your relationships.
I think a good exercise for us all is to have goals for each of these aspects of our life. Goals give us concrete action steps, which may or may not lead to our desired destination but sometimes get us to an even more suitable one for us.
I would encourage you to write down your goals within these three buckets. Personally, it took me approximately an hour to complete this task, and the result was an enhanced sense of clarity and purpose in my life. While I had a general idea of what my goals were, putting pen to paper really made me to think about everything in a much more deeper way.
If you don't have your own goals, you will always work for someone who does.
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