THIS Improved My Life So Much
[0:00:00] Now, this first one's gonna sound a little
bit weird, but stay with me.
I schedule fun in my calendar.
Going kayaking with my kids, going to a movie with my wife, meeting up with a friend at
Starbucks.
Being a pretty career-driven guy, I found over the last few years I became less and
less fun to be around.
In fact, I found I was spending less and less time with the people that matter most to me.
So I noticed I never seem to miss an appointment in my calendar.
Well, flipping that and using it to my advantage, I started scheduling personal fun events with
other people that I wanted to see.
Seriously, gents, it sounds simple, but this has been life-changing.
And in today's video, I'm going to share with you a number of tips that I've learned over
the years that I wish I would have started sooner.
You ready?
Let's do this.
Now, this next one, I stole it from Pescaojo over at Reddit.
And he calls this the Triple 30.
For me, the Triple 30 works wonders.
Every day, I spend 30 minutes cleaning chores, 30 minutes exercising, and 30 minutes on self-improvement.
I get home from work, knock out the Triple 30 in an hour and a half.
And man, the sloth after that feels so good and so earned.
What's 1.5 hours?
Nothing in your day.
Now, if you're thinking that's a bit too much, okay, dial it back.
I know, for me, I simply play a song on Alexa.
Maybe Kate Bush's Running Up that Hill.
And I try to clean up and pick up as much as I can in that 4 minutes, 5 minutes.
I usually throw on another song, another '80s, The Flame by Cheap Trick.
Amazing song.
But I'm listening to that stuff and just, you know, I enjoy myself doing something that's
useful in the family.
When it comes to running, I go out there.
It's something that I choose to do because I love running.
I've ran since a kid.
I was in track and cross country.
And throwing in my headphones listening to music really helps.
And when it comes to self-development, for me, it doesn't need to be full-on reading
a book.
Sometimes I'm just listening to a book or spending time with my wife having coffee.
Seriously, gents, you could make this the Triple 3.
3 minutes, 3 minutes, 3 minute.
Less than 10 minutes.
Just do one push-up.
I had a friend that started doing this.
He's like "You know, I'm gonna keep doing a few more."
That's a lot more than doing nothing.
But the thing is once you get started, you find that you're gonna keep going.
And guys, that's the key, is to get started.
Next up, water bottles.
Seven to be exact.
At least that's how many I counted.
I have two here in the office.
I have one in my bedroom.
I have two in my kitchen, one lying around the house that I just ran by as I was coming
over here.
Point being is I have water bottles all over the place because I found that I wasn't drinking
enough water because I was making up the excuse I don't know where my bottle is.
It's not convenient.
It's not easy.
When I've got them lying around, it is so simple just to grab one and to swig a glass
because it has, you know, the cap on it.
I'm not worried about anything being in there.
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Really quick, I wanna share with you some footage of my son at a track meet.
They're getting set, ready, and boom.
They're off.
Come on, Sash, good start.
Yeah.
Go, go, go, ooh!
Come, Sash.
Faster, faster.
Come on, you can do it.
Come on, Sash.
Come on, let's do— Oh!
Come on, Sash.
Yes!
Oh!
Now, gents, I'm a competitive guy.
And there was a time that if I didn't get first, if I didn't get the place that I thought
I deserved, I would—
[0:05:00] Yeah, it just really put me into a funk.
Having a son though, especially one that competes in an ultracompetitive race, the 100-meter
dash, I've had to come to terms and help him understand winning isn't everything.
Specifically, the point I wanna make and the one I wish I would have taken to heart a lot
sooner is it's about preparation.
It's about the work that you do before the race.
You have very little control over your competition.
Almost no control over how your body is going to react in the training, but it's about you
putting in the effort.
It's about you growing as a person.
The way I've tried to tell my son is I love you and you've already won because I see the
way that he trains, that he puts in.
And unfortunately, my son has suffered injuries.
He's had setbacks.
He's had a number of things that just simply haven't gone his way.
A back injury that really took him out of training, out of being able to run in his
full speed.
At the same time, I look at, you know, the effort he puts into it.
And to me, that's what matters, especially in life, because you guys know life is not
one race.
Life is a series of races.
It's showing up every day and putting in the best ever, doing what you can with what you
were given.
And by the way, he did not make it to state this year.
He made it to sectionals, but he's identified the race, the 400-meter that he's really good
at.
And he's already training and getting ready for it.
So I really think that this is the race that he can own.
And even if he doesn't, the fact 10 months out that he's already training, working, trying
to get into the right mindset, and preparing himself, this is the type of training that
is gonna help propel him to success in life.
So, these next two, simple, practical, but they make a world of a difference for your
oral hygiene.
Guys, a floss pick.
For the longest time, I did not floss my teeth because I hated, you know, the floss that
you have to hold and get my finger.
Yeah, just was bad.
I know dentists out there will say "Okay, the floss pick isn't as good as straight-up
floss", but I find that because it's so simple to use and because— It just works.
And I use them and I absolutely love the floss pick.
In addition, let's talk about the electric toothbrush.
This crushes manual toothbrushes.
It's the oscillations.
It is just so much easier and you get better form.
Guys, yes, it costs more than a regular toothbrush, but this right here is gonna save you tons
of money and pain when you go to the dentist and you're able to pass with flying colors
versus, yeah, him having to do some work.
Seriously, gents, this tip is real.
Don't sleep on it.
Now, this next one may be not practical for everybody.
But if you own your business, if you're a manager, if you can help other people that
work for you be able to do this, guys, try to be within walking distance of work, within
biking distance of work.
This is so much nicer.
Me, I'm a thousand meters away.
I just ride the bike over here.
It is just beautiful.
Sometimes I take the long route because a thousand meters isn't enough.
To be able to walk to work, guys, you just are not caught in that soul-sucking traffic.
Anyone that suffered through this, you guys out in LA, I feel for you.
Now, another thing is I like to have a specific place where I can work.
So I do have my office.
Some of you guys that can work from home— And if you're a manager, if you've got people
that you can allow to work from home even 1 to 2 days a week, this can transform people's
lives.
That being said, if you are working from home, have a section, have an area, even if it's
a small section of your table that this is the work area and try to kind of quarter it
off.
If you've got a room that's awesome, if you can turn a spare bedroom into a work area—
I know for me when I lived in a 2-bedroom apartment in Ukraine with six other people,
my wife, my son, her parents, her grandmother, it was something I had a little area in the
hallway that was mine.
But if you can do that, you can section off work and you don't have to spend a whole lot
of time commuting, yeah, it is so nice.
Now, this next one some of you guys may disagree with, but I think stop using drugs and alcohol.
And I know, you know, marijuana is legal in a lot of places and alcohol is legal throughout
the United States, but I found that quitting and not using any of that stuff, first up,
saved me a lot of money.
Next up, I just feel great in the morning.
There are some things I'm still kind of addicted to.
Coffee.
Really enjoy that, although I'm looking to stop that for 30 days.
Sugar.
I still like sugar.
But alcohol, no drugs, I mean, it just really makes it easier to go through life when you're
not numbing yourself.
And I know that, you know, some people they really enjoy their drinks, they love going
out socially to have drinks, you really enjoy 420, whatever it may be, can you actually
step away from it for a month, for 2 months, for 6 months?
Just do you have the willpower?
Do you have the ability?
Because if you don't, then maybe it is something that you wanna consider, you know, breaking
up that relationship, finding a way to be able to come independent of it.
This next one, very simple, very practical, but removing all social media apps from your
phone or at least hiding them.
There are a couple (Instagram, Facebook) that I still have on my phone, but I've actually—
they're hidden from the screen.
I've got to type them in.
I've got to search for them.
They are not right there screaming at me.
And all notifications are turned off.
It's a very simple thing, but you do it once.
You spend 5 minutes deleting, hiding those and all of a sudden— I actually had to do
this also with my crypto accounts because I found I was checking them 7 to 8 times a
day.
I mean, just be honest with yourself.
[0:10:00] See where you're actually spending your time.
And again, I didn't erase my crypto accounts.
I just simply hid them.
And I found, okay, now I'm only checking them, you know, once every couple days, which is
a lot better and is great on your nerves.
And a special note on Twitter, that one I think anyone can safely delete.
Seriously, is there anything good happening on Twitter?
Now, gents, if you enjoyed today's video, you're gonna love this one.
7 things I regret not doing in my 20s.
Totally different stuff.
Very similar video though.
But I had a lot of fun with this one.
If you enjoyed today's video, you are gonna love this one.
I made it a while back, so it's a little bit of an oldie video.
Well, 2021 video.
That's kind of old, right?
Guys, click on it.
Check it out.
Solid video.
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