Success (my definition) = Making a decision towards a goal that you care deeply about
1. Find Your Path – Know Yourself – Define Your Mountaintop
* Acknowledge the Integrity Gap vs. Medicate the feeling of the Integrity Gap/cognitive dissonance
* Define what Success means to you vs. Follow Society’s Definition of Success
* Find Your Focus vs. Get Distracted by what everyone else focus on
* Do What You Want vs. What Other People Want
* Do what you hold to be right & good vs. What other people think
* Think Your Thoughts vs. Thinking what society wants you to think
* Set your goals vs. Societies, or your peers goals for you
* Stand for something vs. Fall for anything
* Turn off your TV & start educating yourself for real vs. Feeding your mind with images that exploit your weaknesses & fears
* Stop medicating yourself & start living your highest purpose vs. Medicating yourself with stimulants in form of food, addictions, porn, tv, youtube, entertaining series and so on… and as a result, postponing living your highest purpose to some time in the future.
2. Knowing That Growth & Change is in Your Hands
* Study the Neurobiology of Human Potential to Grow & Change/Growth Mindset vs. A Fixed Mindset that sells you the lie that you’re incapable of growth & change
* Knowing that your history doesn’t need to define your future vs. Thinking your history is determining your future
3. Cultivate Intense Focus on What Truly Matters (Your Mountaintop)
* Wake up earlier than you have to & focus on your dream vs. sleep in and let life “happen”
* Stay on the path vs. Get distracted by other things & fall off the path
* Write down your goals every day vs. Forgetting Your Goals
* Have a vision board vs. Have a fuzzy Vision
* Write about your goals every day vs. Forget your goals & loose your focus
4. Take Disciplined Daily Steps Towards Your Mountaintop
* Taking Disciplined action vs. Waiting for Motivation to strike in order to take action
* Design your Environment so your priorities flow easier vs. Having the environment work against you
5. Enjoy the Journey & Travel Well
* Take care of your mind, body & character vs. Sacrificing your mind, body & character
* Get a Mentor vs. Do the Journey alone
* Find People who are like minded vs. Do the journey alone
* Take great care of your health vs. Sacrificing your health
* Neurogenesis vs. Neurodegeneration
* Measure Your Progress vs. Be impatient with your own growth & imbalanced in how you look at your progress (look back how far you’ve gone & track your progress)
* Take breaks vs. Burnout
* Cultivate Presence & meditate daily vs. Let your mind wander & bounce around like crazy
* Exercise daily vs. Be Sedentary
* Quit Sugar vs. Indulge in this highly addictive poison. (you know it’s a highly addictive poison right?)
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DANIEL GALOVAN 