30 days: Change your habits, Change your life

“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which
never happened.”
Keep in mind: it doesn’t matter how much you worry, it will
change neither the past, nor the future!
Also, worrying usually
doesn’t make things any better, does it? Instead, it will drag you
down and you will lose the present moment. Can you already grasp
what a waste of time and energy worrying is or shall I give you
another example? This example is from Robin Sharma’s book “Who
Will Cry When You Die?” A Manager who did one of the exercises
Robin suggests at his seminars identified the following: 54% of his
worries were about things that would probably never happen; 26%
were related to past actions that couldn’t be changed; 8% were
related to other people’s opinions which he didn’t even care about;

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4% were personal health questions that he had already resolved.
Only 8% referred to questions that needed his attention.
Identifying his problems and dropping the ones he couldn’t do
anything about or which were just draining energy, the man
eliminated 92% of the worries that had tortured him so much.
Action step:
Make a list of your worries.
Which ones are related to the past?
Which ones are related to the future?
Which ones are outside your control?
Which ones can you actually do something about?

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84
Use your travel time wisely
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
—WILLIAM PENN
How much time are you spending every day in the car or public
transport on your way to work? Statistics say it’s between 60 and 90
minutes per working day! That means, in a month we are taking
between 20 to 30 hours. Who says, “I don’t have enough time ?” We
just found you another 20 to 30 hours to read (when on a bus or
train), or listen to audio books in your car. What if you really spent
that time listening to empowering CDs, mp3s or reading inspirational
books instead of listening to the negative news on the radio or
reading about it in the newspaper?
Questions:
Are you ready to try it out?
When will you start?
Do it for two weeks and let me know how your life changed.

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85
Spend more time with your family
Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.
—MICHAEL J. FOX
Walt Disney once said, “A man should never neglect his family for
business.” Yet I have to dedicate an extra chapter to this one.