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Introduction to Continuous Learning – The Proper Care and Feeding of Your Brain
Remember the three pillars of a good life? Health is your foundation, wealth gives you freedom, and wisdom gives you the insight to know what really matters. We've talked at length about health and wealth, so it's about time we talk about wisdom. Wisdom is a bit...
Stuff Happens – How to Handle Adversity
I was talking to a friend who recently completed a half marathon. He told me about how he had been training for several months to get ready. On the appointed day, he woke up at 4 AM, drove to a nearby city, loaded buses. The many buses took him (and the 2000 some...
The Law of the Harvest
Ever meet a farmer who takes shortcuts in his work? Neither have I. The farmer knows that nature doesn't do shortcuts. You clear the land, till the earth, and plant the seeds. You fertilize, weed, and water day-after-day. You do your work and let time and nature do...
How to Become Financially Fit: From (sub)Zero to Hero in 4 Steps
You've decided to invest in yourself daily, which includes working on your health, wealth, and wisdom. If you're new here, go back and review the overall goal of The First Habit, which is to create a daily practice of investing in yourself. It's time to make...
Finding the Right Work-Life Balance: Are You Working to Live Or Living To Work?
Making incremental progress on your financial life is part of a daily practice that I call The First Habit, which is a daily investment in your health, wealth, and wisdom. We've reviewed a morning routine that guarantees you get the most important things done--it's...
Money Can’t Buy Me Love (But It Can Buy Me Time)
Sometimes an equation is the best way to express an idea. For example, take Einstein's famous equation: It's arguably the most famous equation in the world. In a very elegant and concise way, it ties together three seemingly unrelated elements of nature--energy,...
Understanding Your Relationship With Money
The First Habit is a daily investment in yourself. When you invest daily in your health, wealth, and wisdom, you will see a remarkable return on investment over time. We've spent the last several weeks talking about the benefits of daily investment in health and...
When Willpower Is Not Enough – 7 Strategies To Build Strong Habits
A daily investment in yourself is The First Habit. If you take care of what's most important first, then the rest takes care of itself. Recall the three pillars that are the foundation of a good life: health (foundation), wealth (freedom to do), and wisdom...
High Intensity Interval Training: A Bonafide Fountain of Youth
Regular readers will recall that along with wealth and wisdom, health is one of the three pillars of a good life. How you feel is the foundation for all you do. When you feel good and have lots of energy, you are free to be awesome. A good fitness...
A Silver Bullet for Getting Fit
Silver bullets are great. They have magical powers. When nothing else works, you can count on a silver bullet to get it done. They get right to the heart. In my last post, I talked about how your body is a machine, and it has to be challenged. I talked about all...