How to Be Better at Almost Everything by Pat Flynn

Author:Pat Flynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946885692
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Published: 2018-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

Walk ten thousand steps a day.

Each day, do without something you “need” (hint: phone, TV, etc.).

Make your bed.

Do the most difficult/important thing of the day first.

Keep a gratitude journal.

Recommended Additional Reading

Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual (Jocko Willink).

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FOCUS

If there’s anything I’ve noticed about life, it’s that most of us probably think too much and that most of the thinking we do isn’t superabundantly helpful. In fact, it would seem that most of our thoughts are jealous, clingy, eerily narcissistic, or otherwise focused on things that aren’t that important, like what we would say if we ever got the chance to meet Richard Nixon, whether we missed the boat on getting orthodontia, or whatever.

Thinking is a skill—and one we’ll soon get into—but not thinking is also a skill, and that’s called “focus.” Others might refer to this as meditation, but meditation is more of a technique used to develop the skill.

Focus can be used to make ourselves smart and to stop from going insane. It’s a powerful skill and one that is left curiously undeveloped in most people. With focus, we can concentrate on what matters and not give into our concupiscible appetites as much. We can say no to sin. Father Arul would be proud. (Father Arul is a priest friend of mind. Short guy, mostly bald, Indian. Maybe you know him?) Because with focus we can sit our butts in the seat and not get up for anything. Focus is the skill that lets us do the work once we’ve got the discipline to show.

Here’s the biggest differences between winners and losers in life: The winners know how to keep their butts situated when it’s time to write or get their butts in the gym when it’s time to train. The losers procrastinate. They get distracted. They stop before the job is done. And that’s it. Now, part of that is discipline; the other part is focus.

Because, here’s the thing (and I don’t know how else to put this): there are enemies out there trying to do everything they can to stop us from succeeding, demonic forces (I’m convinced) that delight in our undoing and that we absolutely must battle against if we want to survive. Sound serious? Well, it’s true. Author Steven Pressfield calls this universal negative force “resistance.” And maybe I’m a bit old-school, but I just think of this bastard as the Devil. Now, we can see that most public school systems have gotten away from offering instruction on demonology, and personally I find that just a little irresponsible. Because I very much believe the Devil is out there, buzzing around with his big, leathery wings, or, occasionally, walking on his buttocks like Red Guy from I Am Weasel, doing everything he can to either scam, torment, or destroy us. And he’ll use whatever he can to do it, too, though mostly he’ll work through secondary means, using such sly instruments as complacency, self-doubt, and, as we know, the DMV. These are just a few among his beloved pets.

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