Every Single Day

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. — Yogi Berra

If you thought Part 3: Passion was difficult, Part 4 is going to hurt. I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. — John D. Rockefeller

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. — Paulo Coelho You know the old saying, but it digs deep when you learn what you’re truly hiding from. You can run, but you can’t hide from: Your dreams, Your passion, Yourself. Just to play fair, here are things you can easily run and hide from: What others want (and/or expect) from y...

Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right. — Phil McGraw How many decisions do we make on a daily basis? What if we subtracted just one? But we did it Every Single Day? That would be 30 fewer decisions per month, 365 fewer per year. Think of the extra time, energy, and focus you will have. Not would have but will have.   Did you catch that? You just made one deci...

I wake up very early in the morning. I like to start in the dark, and I never work at night, because my brain is evaporated by 4 P.M. — Alice Sebold If you haven’t woken up to this productivity tip, you’re asleep at the wheel.   (That’s a little productivity humor from a morning person. The rib-tickling comedy will grow on you. Keep reading.)

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. — Zig Ziglar You can’t force inspiration. But you can force motivation which can lead to inspiration. You can push or you can be pulled. I pretty much forced my son into a four-day intensive basketball camp. “You’ll like it, I promise,” I told him, knowing how much he loves basketball. He...

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks. — Yo-Yo Ma You do it even when you don’t think it’s helping. You do it when you are pretty certain it’s a complete waste of time. You do it when no one is watching, when no one cares, and you’re not even sure if you still care. But you do. So you do it. I’m co...

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. – Henry Miller Remember the rocket? Scary, right? If you’re concerned that you’re going to head off into the wrong trajectory, just stop that thinking right now. Feel better? It’s much more important to take action, take a step, make the leap.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. — Oprah Winfrey Of the sections of this book, Passion is either the easiest or the hardest.   It’s the easiest if it’s crystal clear what your passion is. It’s also fairly easy if you have no idea: because you can figure it out.   It’s the hardest if you think you know, but you’re doubting.   Either way, it is terribly...

We’re about to enter the choppy waters of Part 3: Passion. There’s just one more chapter first, I promise. It’s the perfect ending to the Procrastination section: “No, I’m not ready yet! Just one more thing!”   You often hear the heart-torturing stories of someone who has come back from the depths of hell to rise up and go above and beyond where they started.

You spend months thinking about doing something and then you finally do it and it takes only minutes? Loose screw in door hinge? Yeah, you won’t have those anymore.

If you’re going through hell, keep going. — Winston Churchill In keeping with the Casual Conversation style of this book, I’m going to occasionally let you in on some of the behind the scenes workings of the machine.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. – Joan of Arc

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. — Wayne Gretsky If you don’t water the plants until tomorrow, they’ll survive.   If you don’t feed the dog until the weekend, he’ll probably live. He’ll even wag his tail and love you next week (if he survived the weekend of course).   If you don’t take a stab at giving your dream a...

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success. — Eckhart Tolle I see this book as a conversation. A relaxed, usually calm conversation between you and me. Between the me of the past, present, and future and the you of the past, present, and future. Yeah, that’s going to be six...

ESD: Jeff Haws talks with Bradley Charbonneau about Morning Habits, 20Books London, and how the world will be a better place. Basically, I want people to realize the secret, the power of this. — Bradley Charbonneau As I re-listen to this, there’s so much good and value coming out of Jeff Haws. I hope you enjoy the episode.  If it were easy to write a book, everybody would write a damn book. — Jeff...

What do you believe is possible? What do you believe is impossible? What do you believe is possible for you? What do you believe is impossible for you?   The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination. — Tommy Lasorda Do you believe that your dream, your passion, your goal, your whatever-you-want-to-call it, is possible or impossible?   I no longer see possibl...

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. — Henry Ford

The only requirement you need to read, finish, and act on what this book has to offer is that you’re open to it. You’re open to new ideas, new perspectives, directions, and methods. Maybe you’re open to a new mindset, a new way of thinking, new habits, new challenges, and new failures.  

The problem is that most of us live in Day Zero. What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.? where we start from. — T. S. Eliot I wanted to number this part of the book Part 0. But the book formatting software wouldn’t let me. That’s because zero doesn’t exist for most people. It hasn’t really started yet. Nothing begins...

Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy. — Bernie Siegel There were two pills on the original cover of this book. I’m a big believer in the power of the placebo, which is the power of the mind. My point with the pills on the cover is to make it seem like I have a “prescript...

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” — JOEL A. BARKER

prologue: a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel precaution: a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results procrastinate: to defer action; delay; to put off till another day or time; Normally at the beginning of a book, there’s a prologue. Nope, not here. “Precaution” is much more appropriate. Procrastination is going to have to wait until Part...