One of my favorite mindsets is to always be the hardest worker in the room, now I might not always be that, but that is always what I strive to do. The old saying goes "iron sharpens iron", so by having the mindset being the hardest worker in the room, you should hope others in that space feel the same way and want to be the hardest worker in the room. By doing so you will continue to challenge each other to get better at being better.
From what I have read, washing your hands with antibacterial soap and water is the best prevention from getting sick and spreading cross-contamination. But for most of us, we can't wash our hands are often as we would like to, or is recommended. So this is were sanitizer is a good alternative, if used correctly and the correct ones are being used.
I was one who always lived in the past, I also thought about the "good ol' days" and how things once were. But truth be told those days will never happen again, they are gone. While it might be fun to think back about those times, they are gone. You can't focus on how things once were, as I said they won't happen again. You can try to learn from them and rebuild something similar to what you once had, but it won't be exactly what you had. And why would you want it to be the same? If it was so good what happen to it? Why did you stop having that life? Take off those graduation googles and truly think how you felt during those times, was it really as good as you thought?
I've talked before when times I wouldn't leave my house because I would talk myself out of it, those times I lost a lot business wise and personally. Now when I know something is going on, I do my best to make sure I'm there. When I was at my peak of performing well in life, I would show up for everything, I would never miss a work event, a personal event, nothing. It was burning the candle hot and fast, but when you are used to that kind of lifestyle you have the endurance. Hardly ever would I crash and I never felt overwhelmed. To me it was my norm. Now that things have slowed done, it is hard to get that endurance back, but I still always try go to places and meet up with people when asked.
But we know books are full of useful information, and being part of society I think it is important that we continue to grow as person, and keep our mind running at full capacity, and books do that. Since I'm been able to find a way to enjoy books, and be able to retain what I've learned from these books, I have made this part of my daily routine while driving. Usually anytime I'm driving somewhere I have at least a 20 plus minute drive. So when my commute is 20 plus minutes I will either listen to a podcast or a book. A pro tip is turn the speed up to 2x (or faster if you app has the ability). I have found that I can still fully understand what is being said, and I get a book done twice as fast. It does take some getting used to and I did work my way up by starting at 1 then 1.25, 1.50 and so on.
However this would ware me down, I was going from one extreme to the next, but as I talked about in a blog about small changes, I would do this a few times a week, then my body and mind would be exhausted, and I would have to relapse. Now it has been a few years since this low light happen, and I'm still working back to my old active self where I would be doing something 5 to 7 days a week. Some days I still crash hard, but never two in a row anymore (well hardly two). You have to understand I was used to working a million hours a week, so by where i said I was doing nothing, I was still probably putting in 40+ hours a week, but I was able to do that from the comfort of my home.
If you follow sports at all you have seen over the past year the saga of AB. You have watched this play out and like me you had to be thinking, what is this dude thinking? He's giving up playing for what appears to be a solid organization in the Steelers. Gets traded to Oakland, gets a new contract with the ability to make a ton of cash. Next he is in the spotlight for everything but his game.
Over the years I have learned that looking at the big picture while exciting can be overwhelming trying to get there. We look at certain goals we have and then we see all the work that has to go into it, and now we feel defeated before we begin looking at all the work we have to do to get there. To me that is a loser mindset, and yes I have done it, but as we learn in life we should learn how to overcome poor attitudes like that and figure out ways to achieve our goals.
That is me! If you took a look at my life on the surface, my routines, what I do, what I eat, how I live you would probably come to the opposite conclusion, that I am disciplined. And that would be a correct assessment, but it may not be accurate. I eliminate temptation from my life, so therefor I can be disciplined. So I feel that makes me undisciplined.
