Saturday Success: a quick superpower, Morgan again & 7 hard truths
Making life & money work for you.
Welcome back to the Saturday Success Series email!
This week we have:
Master Yourself: A superpower you can have today
Master Your Money: Morgan’s Quotes part 2
The Weekly Special: 7 Hard Truths
The goal here is maximum value, so let’s get to it.
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Master Yourself
I know a woman who loves to discuss her Master’s in Psychology. She’ll tell you about it any chance she gets. She’ll also tell you all about how she’s mastered the human mind and nature.
Now, a Master’s is a nice accomplishment, for sure.
Except she is the most un-self aware person I’ve ever met. Completely out of touch with reality and other people.
Incredible.
All that money. All that time spent. And none the wiser for it.
Not being self-aware is simply a refusal to know and accept yourself (by the way accepting yourself doesn’t mean you do nothing to become better).
The superpower, if you didn’t gather it yet…self-awareness.
I credit self-awareness alone with 80% of my success.
Get very honest with yourself. Know your limitations and strengths. It boosts confidence and performance to know who you are at a molecular level.
It’s also something anyone can do. But most people won’t.
The goal is to always get to 2.0, 3.0, etc. You’re an iPhone baby. New generations every year or 2.
Self-awareness is your personal growth base.
Master Your Money
“Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money.” - Morgan Housel
Why would you ever care what someone outside of your household thinks?
If you really care then tell people you’re working the long game. Ask them to check back in 10 years.
If you like to spend to fill a void in yourself- 1, work on that. 2, get addicted to spending money on assets.
Weekly Special
7 Hard Truths, As Told in Percentages
Truth about Fitness
It’s 80% nutrition & 20% exercise.
You cannot outwork a bad diet.
Get your nutrition right and you’ve won most of the battle against obesity and poor health.
Pro tip: focus on fiber and protein from whole food sources.
Truth about Clarity
It’s 60% thinking & 40% reading.
You can read all day every day, but if you never give yourself time to think about it and chew it over- you’ll never get clarity.
What helps with clarity? Gratitude exercises and meditation.
Truth about Growth
It’s 50% discipline & 50% consistency.
There’s an idea I have. A formula you could say. My success formula.
Consistent discipline +Active patience + Perpetual optimism x Unemotional Investing = Unparalleled Success.
The discipline to execute your plan daily. And the consistency to do it for years.
Truth about Investing
It’s 60% good judgment/education & 40% patience.
You need a financial education.
You need to make good decisions.
And then you need to learn how to sit back and chill.
Investing should be considered a long game. As in 10, 15, 20+ years.
Truth about Happiness
It’s 90% mindset & 10% reason/environment.
Happiness really is a choice.
Every person has reasons to be sad or happy. But what you focus on, what you train your mindset for will dictate your actual outcome in regard to your mood.
Truth about Success
It’s 80% smart work & 20% luck.
Work smart, often, and you’ll find success.
Keep your eyes open for good luck too though. I trained myself to be a person that sees opportunity instead of excuses. This leads to a lot of luck.
Truth about Personality
It’s 50% mindset & 50% actions.
Yes, your personality is your thoughts, who you are, etc.
But also, who you are is what you do.
And other people don’t care that much what you think. They care what you do.
Thanks for reading! If you found this valuable, please share with someone who could use it. See you next Saturday!
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