The Mindset

1. Think about what you can achieve in 10 years, not in a week. We underestimate what we can achieve in a decade, and we overestimate what we can achieve in a day or a week. Shift your focus to what you can achieve over the next decade.
2. Think in terms of who you will become (character), not what you will have (possessions.)
3. Think in terms of process goals, not results goals. A results goal could be to grow my business by 20%. A process goal is to make two more calls per day. A result goal is to lose 10 kilograms. A process goal is to leave two bites unfinished on every plate.
4. Think about changes in your environment, not your willpower. If you want to eat less chocolate, don’t have it in your home. If you want to do more exercise, put your sports gear on as soon as you wake up. If want to use Facebook less, delete the app. High performers don’t have greater willpower, they remove the distractions from their lives.
5. Don’t negotiate with your excuses. As soon as you decide to take any action, your mind will come up with reasons not to do it. Don’t engage in this discussion. Your excuses have access to all of your intelligence and they will win. 
6. Fix the little things, and the big things can take care of themselves. Over the last 3 years, I’ve had a habit of noting down each afternoon my “love/hate” list. I note everything that has added to my enjoyment of life on the left and everything (and everyone) who has detracted from my life on the right. It is often small things that detract. I have acted to remove anything that consistently appears in my “hate” list from my environment. 
7. Think why, who, how… not what, when, how…. In every decision process, the first question is “Why is this important to you?” And we will stay with this question until we truly understand why… before we move to who can help and how to execute. Start with why. Do what is important, not what is convenient.