I AM AN EXTREMIST

This is the path to success and world-changing excellence.

Excellence is my only standard. Excellent health, excellent fitness, extreme wealth, excellent relationships.

Seldom do extraordinary results come from ordinary efforts.

(I take this philosophy from some good friends who I admire personally and professionally. These people inspire me.)

Clean up as you go along

A principle of life success I prescribe to is “Clean up as you go along”. This is the ultimate way to be more productive.

Saying “I’ll do that later” causes a build-up of tasks, which eventually becomes overwhelming. Doing it now, however, is the most effective way to keep a clear head and space.

A simple example is keeping your home clean… It’s far easier and more productive to clean up your mess as you go along, rather than letting it build-up. You might take slightly longer preparing a snack in the kitchen because you’re cleaning up as you go along, but you’re relieveing yourself of a small unconscious stress which would otherwise play on your mind if you leave a mess behind that you will have to clean up later anyway.

It’s the same with work. Emails, articles or whatever else. Do not differ stuff indefinately… I used to find myself with a backlog of unfinsihed tasks which eventually caused me to ignore some of my duties in favour of less important stuff.  The princple here is – when you have the opportunity to start something and get it done, do it! If you differ it indefinately, it’s likely to cause you more stress than it’s worth.

Some quotes:

• “Screw it, let’s do it” – Richard Branson
• “The wise man does at once what the fool does eventually”

Gratitude journal

Dr John Demartini talked alot about the power of gratitude. And the power of keeping a gratitude journal, or at least thinking about all the stuff that we’re grateful for every day.

What you are grateful for you will get more of.

He reckons he has the longest list of things to be grateful for – because he’s been collecting them for over 30 years!

This is one of the success priniciples also discussed in The Secret .

I’ll start my list now, and will continue hereafter:

I am happy and grateful for:

• being in Joburg today
• that I have a nice place to stay
• that I have a beautiful life in Cape Town too
• that I have friends in both cities
• that I’m driving a beautiful rental car
• that I am working with a great business partner
• that I have inspirational and excellent friends
• that I am a positive person
• that I got into social media, marketing and psychology
• for my cellphone, laptop, ipod and 3g card
• that I can take Dad out for a nice day and make him feel loved
• that I have SO much to be greatful for!
• that I eat out a restaurants whenever I want

That’s just a start. I’m finding the gratitude thing reeally easy from where I am in my life!

The way to win and be positive is to live with an attitude of gratitude

Waking up early works for me!

Getting an early start is awesome. I really enjoy the early morning in Summer.

I wake up at 5:30 am, meditate, have some juice, and then I hit the road for a jog.

By the time 7am comes, I’ve jogged, meditated, washed and changed, eaten breakfast and am ready to pop off a blog post.

Waking up early is one of my success priniciples.

Halo effect of health and fitness

My friend Craig reminded me that when your fitness and health is good, then it has a halo effect on the other aspects of your life such as work and relationships.

I have experienced this to be true. It is, indeed, one of the most important factors of success.

I went for my second jog this morning and I’m really enjoying the feeling already.

“Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded”.  – Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe