Everybody knows these things, but most of us aren’t willing to apply them. We’re self-justifiers to the core.

1) Find a consistent rhythm. Try to go to sleep and wake up at around the same time every day.

2) Pray and Meditate. Find a place to put all those random thoughts that seem to find you once your head hits the pillow.

3) Exercise every day. Seek to finish each day physically exhausted.

Everybody knows these things, but most of us aren’t willing to apply them. We’re self-justifiers to the core. “This instance is unique.” “My situation is special.” “That doesn’t work for me.”

Don’t believe the stories that you want to keep telling yourself.

It could be about something as simple as sleep, or as complex as marriage. Most of the time, it’s not more information that we need. We have, in our phones, a collection of all the information ever compiled, and we’re still failing. We just need to put to use some of that information in a strategic manner.

Part of my job as a coach is to vet the information and present the most relevant stuff to the person I’m coaching. And then hold them accountable to doing what they’ve said they want to do.