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I Have Been to The Gym Almost Everyday For The Past Two Years and It Isn't My Workout Plan That Keeps Me Coming Back

10/31/2019

Changing your workout schedule or workout plan is not going to help you stick with the habit of going to the gym.

Changing Your Mindset Might Very Well Help You Stick To This Habit Though...

The dreaded gym, a daunting task for some, yet a sancuary for others that they can't live without.

Ask someone how they feel about the gym and you will likely get some sort of response on how they hate going there everyday yet they manage to get there a few times a week.

Ask another person and they will tell you that they can't miss a day at the gym, not just because of the physical benefits but all of the things that working out can help us with mentally as well.

If you were to ask me back in middle school and early high school about going to the gym, I would have definitely been in that first boat. Being forced to go run and lift for sports after class was not the ideal way for me to spend my nights.

Especially when I had to do all of that and then still go to practice or have a game every night after the training sessions.

Slowly sports started to dwindle down for me and in order to keep in shape I had to keep up the habit of the gym. I would still go after class when I was dead tired and really just wanted to sleep or hang out with friends.

And as much as I would like to say that all of this consistency in the gym in my early years was the reason that the gym is a sort of "sanctuary" for me now, that is not at all the reason.

Looking back, I realized it wasn't the different training programs I was in or even how often I went to the gym that got me to want to come. It was the mental aspect of the gym that made all the difference for me.

It was a time to destress and learn about myself, to push my mental and physical boundaries, to learn through podcasts and it was just a time for me during my busy and hectic days.

Why Your Current Gym Strategy Isn't Working For You

It's not because you have the "wrong plan."

Maybe you have tried P90x, personal training sessions, group training sessions and even just trying to go on your own with some workout guides you found through a well known source online.

Sure, these likely will get you coming back to the gym, for a while at least, but they don't make most people enjoy the gym, or even want to come back for an extended period of time.

They think that every time they start lacking motivation in the gym they need to switch their schedule or they need to try a new workout program or even they just need to "push through it" and force themselves to go.

The problem with this, especially the latter, is that a lot of people just end up showing up and going through the motions while at the gym.

And while you might be telling yourself you are really pushing yourself, you are sitting on your phone for way too long in between sets, interrupting your gym "flow state" and really not enjoying it.

Plus, do this long enough and you will start to get discouraged because of the lack of results even though you are at the gym all the time.

The Typical "Gym Mindset"

Why this negative mindset is holding you back from the benefits of the gym.

As I touched on before, many people dread going to the gym, and many to a point where it is a constant battle with their mind each day, most of the time with their mind telling them to stay home winning that battle.

They shine a negative light on the gym as something that "has to" get done each day rather than a place they "get to" go to to learn more and challenge themselves.

Mindset is everything when it comes to the gym and having a negative mindset will hold you back if it starts getting in the way of you actually going to the gym and then when you do go, dreading the sets.

Switch that up through specific actions that I will talk about in a minute here and start to see what real benefits the gym has. They exceed FAR beyond the physical benefits that you might have started going there for.

The Benefits of The Gym Extend Far Beyond Our Physical Changes

Don't believe me? Read Below...

This might be hard to wrap your head around at first, you might be thinking "who the heck loves going to the gym for anything other than the physical benefits," but actually almost everyone that has a consistent routine and enjoys the gym goes for more than just the way not helps their body look.

It's not like this is some secret either, ask many of the people you always see there and you will start to hear similar answers on how it makes them feel mentally when they are there and after they leave.

I have found that the gym might be the perfect place to "train" your brain, if you had to pick one thing to do.

You can hit almost every area for mental training that you would want to just by going to the gym.

You can work on your mental endurance by pushing those extra reps when you start to think that you are done. Instead of just doing however many you set out to do and then stopping like everyone else does.

You can start to show yourself that you are "enough" as you start to be able to lift more and when you start to see the progress. This is something so many people struggle with as they enter situations and assume they aren't "enough" to get that girl or do that job or find success in their job.

You can start to get rid of that brain fog in your life when you are present in the gym and not constantly on your phone. Being in the gym and just stressing yourself physically will help you focus solely on that and not everything else going on in your life, helping you clear your mind a little.

And with a clear mind you are going to be able to better remember things, problem solve more effectively and just have clearer thoughts during the day.

Happiness has been a huge one for me after leaving the gym because I show myself that I actually took action on something rather than just thinking about it and happiness comes from the process, it cannot be thought into existence.

Also, listening to a podcast during my gym sessions has been one of the ways that has helped me turn the gym into more of a sanctuary for more than just challenging myself. It gives me a for sure time during my busy day where I can learn through listening to the stories of other people around everything from life to business to mindset and any topic you can think of.

Life is an endless journey of learning.

These are just a handful of the ways that the gym can help us mentally, and for everyone it is different.

Just start to watch for these mental changes when you have a more positive mindset around the gym and you will actually start to notice a difference in your thinking compared to when you were just going to the gym because you "had to" and carried a negative stigma around the gym.

Your Mental "Workout" To Start Experiencing
These Benefits in the Gym

Don't just read about these benefits, lets get you to feel them too by taking real steps forward.

Like I said, I'm not just going to leave you here magically assuming you are going to change your mindset around the gym to start getting these positive experiences.

So, that's what this workout is going to be all about, a few easy things to help you change that mindset around the gym and start to get those mental benefits that I am talking about will help you create a "sanctuary" of sorts in the gym.

Every time a negative thought pops into your head around the gym, simply acknowledge it and switch it to a positive thought. Turn the "have to" into "get to" and do this outloud as well, stop complaining about the gym.
Start listening to a podcast during your gym sessions, find ones you really enjoy and will only listen to at the gym. This will help you become more present and get off of social media during your breaks as you will have something already engaging your mind.
This leads to the next exercise, stay off social media at the gym. We are on social media almost all of the rest of our day, give yourself some time to be present and with your thoughts. This will clear your mind and help you think through problems you might have been struggling with.
Do that extra rep. Right when you think you have hit that number you set for yourself, do one, two, three more. Start building mental endurance and helping you craft a tougher mindset.
Finally, pick a time of day where you are not going to be rushed to get out of there. Maybe wake up early so you have an hour and a half there when you only need 45 minutes. This way you aren't rushed and constantly thinking about having to leave and get to the next meeting.
1. Or do what I used to do and go late at night. This meant I essentially had unlimited time at the gym because it was after I got everything else done for the day. I could listen to podcasts, think and challenge myself without having a strict time constraint.

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The Turning Point Each Day, What Shifts The Momentum of My Productive Days

10/29/2019

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We all have those good days that somehow turn bad. Here is where I have found the turning point is so we can avoid it...

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I know we all have these days, many of us have them often and I know for a fact that I get super discouraged when my day doesn't pan out as I pictured it in my mind.

What days am I talking about? I'm talking about when you wake upon feeling energized, ready to go and start to get a lot of things done and then all of the sudden I catch myself later in the day having gotten nothing productive done, or nothing done to get me closer to my goals.

What happened? Well, let me paint you a picture real quick here...

Here's How The Days Start

(insert annoying alarm clock sound)

It's early in the morning and my alarm goes off, but for once I actually am looking forward to getting up as I am well rested and have big goals for what to get done and learn today.

So, I get started.

I take a nice walk after getting out of bed and kill my morning workout.

I eat a very healthy breakfast, usually some eggs and broccoli and then hit some meditation for ten minutes before jumping into the blog and other work to be done for the day.

The day seems to be going flawlessly for the first few hours and I am grinding out a ton of work as my brain is clear after a nice meditation, walk and a good nights sleep.

I even crank out a little more homework that I had from last night that I needed to get done before heading to class.

The mental discipline is through the roof in the morning, sticking exactly to my plan and not deviating from what I know is the "right decision."

Not eating those cookies right away in the morning and causing brain fog or sleeping too long and causing unneeded stress in my life.

Then One of the Following Happens

Then what happens?

I fall off course just a little.

I eat those cookies, instead of sticking to the meal plan during the day.

Or, I push off working on my goals in place for watching Netflix or YouTube videos.

Or I don't do my homework that night and push it off until the next morning because I just don't feel like doing it.

Or I sit on social media for far too long instead of reading or learning something that day.

Anddddd The Rest of The Day Starts to Look Like This

I start to have the mindset that "oh I already fell off track once, one more time won't hurt," thinking I will still be able to get everything done.

I eat more junk and cause myself to experience brain fog and just get lazy the rest of the day, not getting anything done.

I miss the gym thinking that I will have more time to do things and then next thing I know, I am two hours deep on a Netflix movie instead.

I keep pushing off homework because I will have time tomorrow, then do nothing productive and cause myself for sure stress for the morning.

I chose YouTube over working or learning about what I am passionate about and next thing you know I am pushing off everything until "tomorrow when I have more time."

But guess what, this same thing happens tomorrow and next thing you know "tomorrow" turns into two weeks later you are finally getting to work on what you want (for a few days at least) and you feel very behind.

Once you have that one action, or a combination of actions, that switch the momentum for our days, it gets choppy from there.

So, stay in control of the day and win the mind game!

Repeat this for years and this is how many people live...

What Kind of Results This Leads To In Life

Countless days/ weeks/ months/ years of inaction.

"Tomorrow" becomes the most common phrase of the week when you are constantly thinking you are somehow going to have more time tomorrow.

Or thinking that you will just get started "tomorrow" because getting started today wasn't going to plan.

The problem is, a lot of us say this every day and then "tomorrow" turns into days, weeks, months or sometimes even years of in-action.

Meaning you aren't getting closer to your goals, you aren't working on what you are passionate about and you aren't excelling in life.

At this point we are just going through the motions and then so many people wonder why other people are so much more "successful" than they are, I wonder why...

Just remember, we are what we do, not just what we think about. Sure, thinking about your goals and planning them out in your mind will make you feel good, but they won't impact your life until you actually start doing them, not just pushing them off every day.

How to Course Correct This Habit

This is almost definitely a factor in why you are struggling in one area or another.

This is going to be one of the easier solutions to hear but open of the harder ones to actually implement as it will take a large amount of mental discipline, I know you guys are up for it though.

Usually around late morning, or maybe lunch time, through the early afternoon and evening are the times when you are going to start to be tested by your mind to start to do something that will switch the momentum for the day.

Maybe those Oreos are calling your name, maybe you haven't been on social media all day and you are itching to see what people are doing, maybe you have been dying to see that next episode on Netflix.

Whatever it may be that is tempting you to head off course of your goals that day, recognize it and force yourself to not get tempted. I never said it was going to be easy because sometimes all you want to do is eat that cookie or watch Netflix.

Right when we do that is when we start to lose the momentum we have created so far during the day and that is when the day starts to go downhill.

Once you make that one deviation, it is easier and easier to make more throughout the day until you realize that you really haven't gotten anything productive done for the day.

And with so many people having this happen right away in the morning when they lose the battle with their mind to get out of bed, no wonder so many people feel like they can't gain any traction.

Recognize when you are starting to get tempted and then force yourself not to, or at least push your deviation off as late into the day as possible.

Pushing that deviation late into the day will be a good starting point if you feel like you just can't go all day without craving that "sweet tooth" or watching Netflix.

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The Ten Second Rule You Can Use to Get Those Ideas Done That You Have Been Pushing Off Forever

10/21/2019

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We all have those creative, business, fitness and other ideas that would help improve our lives. Yet they never seem to get started, here's how to change that.

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The amount of ideas that come into our minds on a day to day basis is astonishing.

Good ideas, bad ideas, ideas that we never knew we were capable of having and all of those in between.

Whether it is related to a business you want to start, a body you are trying to shape in the gym, a new diet you want to try or even just a new skill you want to learn.

We all have them and do you know what else a lot of us have in common?

We all likely never start many of the ideas that we want to.

If you are like me, we have had so many great ideas that just seem to fade away after we keep pushing them off. They never get done and we just keep going through the motions of life.

Imagine if you could actually start getting these ideas acted on though? A simple rule that will help swing momentum in your direction, based around ideas you actually care about, can help you with that.

That's what the "ten second rule" is.

I almost forgot! If you are new to the blog, thanks for stopping by! With MMNTM (mo-men-tum) my goal is to help you level up your mind and mindset with effective "workouts." Much like you would train your body, this is the gym for your mindset, everything from your happiness and mental clarity to mental discipline and productivity. These are the things that have helped me the most and I love sharing them with you daily on yourmmntm.com/blog so be sure to stop out daily!

Now let's get back to what you started reading for.

Here's What You Are About to Learn

Why You Might Not Be Getting Everything You Want to Done Each Day
How You Are Subconsciously Sabotaging Your Results
Why Pushing Off Tasks Until Later Is Not The Move
The Ten Second Rule For Your Brain
Why This Works
What to Avoid When You Start Putting the Ten Second Rule Into Practice

Why You Might Not Be Getting Everything You Want to Done Each Day

You just push it off until later, and later turns into tomorrow.

And then you start to tell yourself this every. single. day. and before you know it, you have been saying "tomorrow it will get done" for a year and you still haven't started (or barely started).

This is exactly why so many people never get that business started, or take action on any of the creative ideas they have.

Even when we are talking about the gym and getting. in shape, it just constantly gets pushed off when we tell ourselves that we are too busy.

I think I told myself this countless times when I was trying to start a blog because of the simple fact that I enjoyed the idea mored than actually doing the work.

When we are pushing ideas off like this, ask yourself why. Do you not want to do the work or do you actually have no time.

I would put money on the answer you just gave yourself, you don't want to do the work and that is why you are avoiding it.

That first step is always the hardest, but once you get the momentum in your direction, it is much easier to take action.

Once you write that first sentence, once you show up at the gym, once you start with a page of studying, once you eat one healthy meal, the next step is much easier than the first.

How You Are Subconsciously Sabotaging Your Results

You might be doing the easy tasks first and staying busy so you don't have to get to the "hard things."

Yes, even if that is not what you want, you might be doing this subconsciously just because it is easier for your brain to stay busy and trick itself that you are being productive. That's kinda messed up isn't it?

Yes, but it doesn't have to stay like that.

Whenever an idea comes to your mind, it is likely going to be hard to get started for the simple fact that it is new and you don't know what you are doing right away.

So, what does our brain do? It keeps that idea in the back of our minds and keeps us thinking that we "will get to it later" as we work away on pointless tasks that really aren't getting us closer to our real goals.

Tasks like checking our email constantly or cleaning the house before you take action for the day. Even reading can be a distraction and considered "easy" because you don't have to try too hard mentally to read, definitely not as hard as you would if you were trying to do something new for the first time.

Why Pushing Off Tasks Until Later Is Not The Move

This is mainly focused on important tasks in your day to day.

I want to preface this by saying that this is talking about pushing off ideas based around something you value and want to get better at in life, not any and all ideas that come to your mind.

If you started to act on every single idea that came to your mind, you would be doing nothing productive during the day, just a bunch of random tasks.

You would be getting a lot done but it would cause you to go nowhere fast, as you would be getting a lot of random goals done that are not at all aligned with something you really care about.

When you start to push things off until "tomorrow" or even just "later" you are showing yourself that it lacks importance in your life, even though that might not be true.

And when something isn't important in your life, you aren't going to spend time taking action on it even if you are thinking about it.

Just think about this in terms of relationships, when you place high value and importance on a significant other, that is all you think about and act on during the day.

That can be the same with your fitness and work as well, you just have to stop pushing the work off so that you aren't subconsciously telling your brain that whatever it is, is not important because you keep pushing it off.

The Ten Second Rule For Your Brain

This might be exactly what you need to try all week.

Boom, a thought pops into your head.

What do most of us do? Push off acting on it until later.

Where does this lead us? To not taking action on it forever it feels like.

What if that changed though? What if you acted on the ideas that are relevant to your goals within the first ten seconds of thinking them?

Acting on them before they have the chance to leave your mind or they have the chance to decrease significance in your brain if you push them off until later.

Imagine all the things you could get done if you acted now instead of later? Im sure you would be 10x further along towards your goals.

It's a simple strategy that many are going to brush off because they are looking for the secret. This is the secret, the work is the secret to your goals and this is how you lower the barrier of entry for working on those big ideas.

Right when you have that idea, think about what the first thing you need to get done for it to play out is and start working on that "first thing."

Why This Works

It works for two reasons.

First, it tells your mind that this is important and this topic is one that you should be focused on.

When you are watching Netflix all day, you are doing the same thing and that's why you keep watching Netflix, or keep eating junk food, because you are acting on those things and telling your mind that those are valuable in your life and they should be focused on.

But you can do the same thing with work, it is just going to take some time to start rewiring your brain to show it what you actually want to be valuing in your life through your actions.

You can't value something if you aren't acting on it.

That leads to the second reason why this works towards helping you get reach your goals.

It gets you taking more action on whatever the thing you want to start or work on is and more action leads to more progress.

Just thinking about starting something doesn't lead to progress, acting on it leads to progress. This is a habit to make yourself act on whatever "it" may be.

What to Avoid When You Start Putting the Ten Second Rule Into Practice

Don't just use this to get "busy tasks" done, use it for the important things on your to-do list.

Start that work on your business you have wanted to start.

Start blogging, vlogging or just posting on social media about something you are passionate about.

Hit the gym and research everything you can on routines and diets that can change your life.

Take those next steps towards doing something valuable in your life, no matter what that might be.

Don't just use this as a "cop out" to keep yourself busy doing the random day to day tasks like cleaning every square inch of your house, just because you "thought about it."

We have to use this strictly for thoughts that help us move the ball forward in whatever area of our life that we are striving to get results in, but haven't been seeing any results yet.

Wow, just like that another day on the blog is in the books! Thanks for all the support and if you enjoyed this or learned anything I just ask one thing: bring a friend back tomorrow! Time to make personal development more "normal" because it is at the foundation of every area of our lives. Stop back with a friend tomorrow-- yourmmntm.com/blog

Now be sure to actually put what you learned to use, don't just read about it and make yourself feel like you are taking action, actually take action!

-Taylor

Negative Thinking Works Too Well, It Is Slowing Down Progress Towards Your Goals

10/20/2019

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Sometimes it's not what you add to your life that makes the biggest impact, sometimes it's what you get rid of.

Crazy how everytime you dread a situation and think something is going to go wrong, it actually goes wrong.

Whether you have a feeling the upcoming test is going to go poorly and that is all you think about or that you are never going to start that business because success is for "other people," so you never end up starting.

It will be no surprise then when I tell you that the negative energy and views we consume, have a much larger impact on our mindset than the positive ones that we consume.

Or when I tell you that our brains naturally gravitate towards the negative sides of life because first off, that is what a lot of us are surrounded by and second, it is just easier to think negatively and play the victim role.

A lot of this stems from our ancestors and how they were focused on avoiding threats in order to stay alive on a day to day basis.

I could rant here on how to start just thinking more positively in order to try and counteract this negative thinking but that simply won't work.

Why? Because we aren't even sure that positive thinking works, only if it is followed by actions do we really start to see the results.

And I know first hand that even if you start positive affirmations it won't help if your negative mindset is strong enough.

We have to tackle eliminating the negative first.

If we simply try to eliminate the negative thoughts from our life, by acknowledging them when they arise and changing them, we can have a much bigger impact on our lives than unsuccessfully trying to add positive thinking.

Picture This...

Every day you wake up and go through the same motions, go to the same job, eat at the same restaurant and see the same people.

You go on vacation once per year and count down the days until this trip every year.

You constantly complain about your situation, how others are just given so much more than you, how others are going more places than you and how others seem to have a "better" life than you.

You see everything from a negative light and never seem to see any results in the work you are doing or even at the gym and you start blaming everything, or everyone, but yourself.

The thought of your mindset affecting where you are in life, never really crosses your mind until it's the last thing you look at as nothing else seems to be working.

And recently nothing else has seemed to change any aspect of your life.

You have been stuck in the same routine, getting the same results and seeing the world from the same negative lens.

And that is why you are reading this article... Welcome to your solution.

"We aren't sure if positive thinking works for sure, but we do know for a fact that negative thinking works" -Trevor Moawad

Negative Thinking and Your Goals

It doesn't help your goals in the slightest.

Wanna know what negative thinking does to your goals?

I'm sure you have experienced it many times when you were trying to reach a goal and how did that work out for you?

Likely not good, the negative thinking won out over action.

This is where negative thinking disables us, it gets us believing what we are thinking is true, rather than just seeing the thought as an objective thing that just came across our mind.

When we start believing these thoughts, we stop taking action because "what is the point of "wasting time" if I never will reach the goal?"

Without action, we have no progress towards anything in life and that is what negative thinking takes away from you.

And you know what? That work, progress and the process is everything when it comes to goals because there really is no end game.

When you get close or reach your first goal, you make a new one, so you are never really satisfied. This is why so man y people who seek happiness from end results find out that it is an empty pursuit.

Don't let negative thinking take the process away from you, time to take back one of the biggest aspects of your life.

It's Not Always What You Add to Your Life

Sometimes it is what you subtract from your life, not just what you add or change.

It is kind of wild actually, all we see online, and I am guilty of this as well, are articles telling us what we should add to our lives.

From little hacks to boost your confidence to daily habits/ routines or even study habits.

What these articles fail to take into consideration though is that some people can't effectively add habits or things to their life without taking a look at, and getting rid of, some negative things in their lives already, such as a mindset.

That is likely why you keep struggling to build habits, and keep reading more habit building articles hoping that you will find "the right one."

Your mind is the foundation of everything in your life, you need a strong base to build off of if you want to build effectively.

Getting Rid of Negative Thinking and Your Mindset

You can't build a strong mindset on a weak foundation.

So, how does getting rid of a negative mindset help you strengthen that foundation so that you can effectively build up other areas of your life?

Well, if you haven't gotten the memo yet, negative thinking plays probably the largest role in the amount of action you are taking towards your goals. If you start to eliminate that you can start to notice more willingness to take action without you mind constantly trying to avoid it.

Oh and weird, when you start taking more action you are naturally going to get closer to your goals, who would have thought?!

What else can eliminating this negative mindset do for us?

Well, for me at least it has been extremely helpful in increasing my confidence level. It is not like I really set out to have this happen, it was just a nice bi-product of working on getting rid of negativity.

This increased confidence has broughten me into many new situations that I would have avoided at all costs before. These situations have allowed me to meet so many new people and bring new opportunities into my life.

You never known when you are going to meet someone that can have a large impact in your life, and if you are avoiding new situations, I would highly recommend you work on this... starting with removing negativity!

Then maybe trying this out next >>

Your "Mental Workout" For Today

How about some actionable tips on actually getting started removing negativity? Enough talk and time for some work.

Since the gym has played a large aspect in my life, even after sports ended in high school for me, I like to give these actionable advice in terms of "workouts" because your brain is a muscle too, you need to get "shredded" up top.

Exercise #1: Stay Off of Your Phone the First and Last Hour of the Day
Reps: 2x per day
Duration: 1 hour when you wake up, 1 hour when you are getting ready to sleep.
Notes: Start and end the day in control, not reacting to anything or consuming negative information right away.

Exercise #2: Stay off of Social Media for A Day
Duration: All day
Notes: If you can do this, see how much it can do for your mindset

Exercise #3: No News This Week
Duration: All Week
Notes: News his one of the most negative sources that you get consumed by everyday, eliminate it temporarily at least. I'm sure nothing that important is going to happen that day.

Exercise #4: Stop Complaining
Duration: Try all week
Notes: This is much harder than it sounds, but that means it will also have a larger impact on that voice inside of your head.

Exercise #5: Catch Yourself When You Say Something Negative or Are About To Say Something Negative
Duration: All Week
Notes: Much like complaining, this will have a much bigger impact than you realize. What you speak into existence helps shape how others see you as well as how you see yourself, control what you are saying more and put some thought into your words.

Yeah, don't let yourself have read this far and not take advantage of this great free resource from the top mental conditioning coach in professional sports, Trevor Moawad.

This podcast can totally change the way you think if it hits you at the right time, figure out if right now is your "right time."

Click here to listen to the Short Story Long Podcast Episode with Trevor, hosted by Chris Drama, founder of Young and Reckless >>

I almost forgot! If you are new to the blog, thanks for stopping by! With MMNTM (mo-men-tum) my goal is to help you level up your mind and mindset with effective "workouts." Much like you would train your body, this is the gym for your mindset, everything from your happiness and mental clarity to mental discipline and productivity. These are the things that have helped me the most and I love sharing them with you daily on yourmmntm.com/blog so be sure to stop out daily!

Now be sure to actually put what you learned to use, don't just read about it and make yourself feel like you are taking action, actually take action!

-Taylor

How We Can Optimize Our Minds As An "Average Joe"

10/20/2019

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No big science terms, or crazy diets or strategies to get your brain working better. Just simple things that we all can do for free everyday and that really work...

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If you are like me, you stumbled upon a few articles at whatever point in time, discussing optimizing your brain and how doing so was going to improve so many areas of your life.

How your relationships would improve, how you would find more happiness, how you would have more confidence, how you would remember more, and how you would be able to problem solve better.

While all these things are true, and much more, the articles were just kind of bland and boring because they were filled with a ton of science.

Sure, science is good to understand why something works but it gets to a point where there are just too many terms I don't know, and have to look up, that it feels like I'm doing a research paper, not actually learning what I want to learn.

I just wanted to know what worked so that I could try it out for myself, and I wanted a solid place to start that didn't involve going to buy 100 different vitamins or some fancy equipment.

This is going to be where you can start, no crazy science terms, no crazy strategies, just simple and effective ways to start changing the way you think.

Here Is What You Are About to Learn

Why Many People Get "Scared Away" From Optimizing Their Brain
What Optimizing Your Brain Can Do For Your Life
Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life
Easy Habits That Really Work Is The Place to Start
5 Things You Can Actually Start Adding to Your Day

Why Many People Get "Scared Away" From Optimizing
Their Brain

For lack of a better term...

They read a handful of articles and then come to the conclusion that they are "not smart enough" to do this and never take that first step.

This is because a lot of articles throw science terms at us like we have been studying it for the past three years and with a lot of people, this is their first time learning about the subject as the industry is relatively new in terms of social acceptance.

What worse way to introduce someone to the industry of brain optimization and mental growth than to throw a ton of science at them and make them feel stupid.

There is a gap here that needs to be bridged, because when we do this, there is no way anyone goes onto take their first steps towards better thinking as they are simply just too overwhelmed.

Instead, we need to have those simple and effective first steps so you can see that these things actually do work and you actually can improve your mood and thinking, it doesn't have to be like "how it always has been."

What Optimizing Your Brain Can Do For Your Life

It will literally help every aspect of your life.

Maybe your lack of confidence has been holding you back from speaking to that person you are attracted to, so you never get the opportunity to get to know them

Maybe you have been exposed to a lot of negativity in your day to day life through social media, so you have a negative lens on the world and never see the opportunities in front of you.

Maybe this negativity holds you back from taking action on what you care about because you think that you'll never be able to make a difference.

Maybe you have the subconscious belief that you are not enough and this holds you back from taking any sort of action in life.

Maybe you have horrible brain fog and can't seem to stay focused on the task at hand for more than a minute or two. Maybe this leads to a poor memory and your grades at school and learning overall just suffers.

Whatever the case may be, with your mind being the foundation to all of your life, you are able to flip the script in these situations when you start to optimize your thinking.

Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life

Optimizing your brain will do wonders for your mindset.

Your mindset is the foundation to every aspect of your life, just think about it, your thoughts are controlling the actions you take and how you look at each situation in life. If you just change the way you think you can change how you see and act in life and that can be a total game changer.

When you start to build a better foundation in your life, you have a better footing to build off of (not surprisingly) and now you can start actually making real change.

You can start seeing the world from a different perspective and clear up your mind a little bit to actually see the opportunities that lie right in front of you.

Even if you don't change your life much, other than your mindset, you will start to see things from a new light that can compel you to make real change in your life, start taking action and change your outcomes.

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Easy Habits That Really Work Is The Place to Start

Then you can explore what you want to learn more about as you start immersing yourself more.

Diving head first into a ton of crazy habits like a total diet revamp or blood work or just all the stuff you can hear about when it comes to "biohacking," as brain optimization is commonly called, is not the answer.

It just overwhelms us and then with so many options that make it seem like there is a high barrier to entry or that it will be expensive (such as some $80 a month pills and supplements), we end up taking no action.

Instead, I thought that maybe if I gave some great tips that are essentially free and easy to do, yet are still effective, then maybe you could see that this really does work.

Then from there, dive more into slowly adding other habits or doing other things that can optimize your brain.

You just need a place to start and a place that shows you this isn't some "hippie sh*t" that this actually works and you need to get on board if you want, what I like to call, an "unfair advantage" in life.

MMNTM Can Help You Simplify Mindset Training

For normal people looking for more than normal results in their life.

You Have To Start With Your Brain.

That Changes Your Mindset, Your Mindset Changes Your Actions and Your Actions Change Your Results.

Yes, it can work in any area of your life... you name it and this will help. From quality of work to family life to better relationships and even better grades in school.

My goal with MMNTM is to give you this place to start that I have been talking about, with low barriers to entry and actions that are simple to start implementing, so that you can see that this stuff really works.

And what better way to do so that than through education and then what I consider to be "mental workouts," which are going to be workout programs for your mind, much like taking your mind to the gym, that are easy to do and don't take up too much of your day.

Training your mind has one of the best ROIs in terms of your time investment as you will start to think and feel 10x better.

All I ask is for you to bring one friend to the blog tomorrow (yourmmntm.com/blog) if you are finding this valuable.

And now let's get to the good stuff.

Take A Simple Walk

The amount of mental clarity, ideas and just happiness that I have gotten from just taking a simple walk everyday is insane.

Try listening to a podcast such as the Tim Ferriss Show, Show Story Long or The School of Greatness and you can learn at the same time as you are walking, it's a win-win.

When. you get outside and increase the UV rays you are getting, combined with movement and just fresh air, your mind is going to start freeing up all those thoughts you have been hoarding and just start living in the moment.

This is going to be especially effective if you are trapped in an office all day and never really get outside as you go from your car to the office, back to your car and then into your house.

This is a real game changer if you are really just looking to add one thing to your day.

Try a 45 minute walk, ideally in the morning or at sunset so that you aren't taking up important hours during the middle of the day. I like to walk in the morning as it sets the tone for the rest of my day.

Drink More Water

Your brain is made up of almost 75% water, so how do you expect it to function properly if you are just drinking coffee and flavored drinks all day?

Try adding a simple gallon of water to your day, it seems too simple so a lot of you are going to skip it, don't be that guy.

Clean Up Your Diet

There is no way you can avoid brain fog when all you are feeding yourself is sugar, carbs and then drinking a ton on the weekend (as many of us that are still in college do).

And you may get to the point where you don't realize that you are not thinking properly because you are just so used to feeling and thinking how you currently are.

That is the problem with "brain fog," many people don't even realize they have it because "this is how it always has been."

Cut as much sugar and unneeded fast acting carbs, that spike your blood sugar levels, out of your diet as much as you can and focus on protein and slow burning carbs. Also try to cut alcohol out completely because it just isn't worth the days of slowed thinking after just one night out.

Journal Twice Per Day

Once in the morning, once at night.

Just get all your thoughts and ideas out so that you don't have them taking up space in your mind when you don't need them to be.

Also focus on writing down what you are grateful for everyday, and why, and then at night write about what you are glad you experienced that day.

This will start to get rid of negative thinking in your life and just make you feel better overall throughout the day and with whatever you end up experiencing.

Meditate (No It Isn't Hippie Sh*t)

Long gone are the days where meditation is just for some hippies who want to go sit on a rock or by the oceans going "ummmmmmmmmm, ummmmmmmmmm."

Meditation has become almost mainstream now as many of the top CEOs and people across all walks of life are doing it.

For the simple fact that it actually works to help you live more in the present and clear your mind.

Maybe you have tried meditation before and just couldn't get yourself to focus, and that was the case for myself as well. I found that a simple guided meditation (which are free on YouTube) are a great place to start as they guide you through your thinking rather than just leaving you to your own thoughts.

Try a 10-15 minutes meditation in the morning and then at night as well!

BONUS: A Few Other Things You Should Try

Take a cold shower, it is free and one of the most mentally challenging things you will do each day. You focus on nothing but the cold water and it really helps clear your mind and get you more comfortable doing uncomfortable things.

Just add a few minutes of cold water at the end of your warm shower to start!

Next, get rid of negative influences in your life, you might even free up some more time for yourself as well.

Whether we realize it or not, a lot of the content we are consuming on a daily basis, especially the news, is full of negativity because that is what people react to and when people react, they can get more views for their ads.

Especially on social media, it is usually a ton of people just complaining or even just you looking at other people's lives and comparing it to your own and then feeling bad about yourself.

Reduce these negative influences in your day to day and start switching them out with some podcasts in topics that you are interested in.

This is a huge game changer as it can really change the way you look at the world. It can help remove that negative lens you are possibly looking through at the moment.

Need That Confidence Boost? Here's Today's Mind "Hack" For You

10/17/2019

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Self confidence is an "unfair advantage" in your life, here's how to increase your confidence...

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I have struggled with confidence for literally as long as I could remember.

School presentations might have been the death of me.

Forget trying to date anyone as I just never had the self-confidence that I was good enough, there was always someone better.

Especially in business or just hobbies in general, I could never find that confidence to step outside of my comfort zone and my results suffered drastically.

I always just thought that I was playing a losing game, that is until I started to read more about my mind. I'm not sure what book flipped the switch, maybe it was the Third Circle Theory, maybe it was How to Win Friends and Influence People or maybe it was listening to podcasts such as Impact Theory, Short Story Long and The MFCEO Project...

Whatever it was that flipped the switch into realizing that I really could change my confidence and mindset, I am forever grateful.

I have realized all of the powerful things that confidence can do in my life and figured out how to actually start bringing in new opportunities in life thanks to my confidence.

Plus, I have made stepping out of my comfort zone a huge part of my life as I am constantly visiting new countries to see how I can grow and develop in a culture that is so much different than my own.

Hopefully I can help you flip that switch as well and get started changing your outcomes in terms of relationships, business and just life in general.

Confidence is the key and this is a great way to build it, in one simple "hack."

A Quick Overview

The Misconception With Confidence
Why You Might Be Reading This Article
What Confidence Can Add to Your Life
Your Mindset With/ Without Self Confidence
Start HELPING Others, It Does Wonder's For Your Confidence

The Misconception With Confidence

People get confidence confused with ego...

Right off the bat here, a lot of us have negative perceptions of what we believe confidence to be.

We see those guys that think they are all that, walking around our college campuses or at work you see the cocky motherf**ker that thinks he knows everything.

What do you think then?

"I'm glad I'm not that guy" and if you are seeing those acts as acts of confidence rather than acts based around their EGO, then you start to harness a negative perception on what it means to be confident.

Confidence is being comfortable in your skin and knowing what you know based on previous situations, while always being ready to learn.

It is being able to carry yourself in situations where you aren't as comfortable but you have faith in yourself that you can endure.

Wanna know what confidence is not?

It is not that cocky, ego filled person that thinks the world revolves around them. Sure, they might have confidence, but that is not the sole definition of confidence.

Why You Might Be Reading This Article

We all struggle with this at some point or another, confidence needs to constantly be worked on.

Maybe you stumbled upon this article on Medium or Reddit, but most likely you have been searching for a while now on how to build that confidence but just haven't found the right solution yet.

Even if you did happen to find this on Medium or Reddit, something compelled you to click on this article.

Something compelled us all to click on this article, me as well back in the days of high school when my confidence was less than ideal. And something compelled me again to work on it recently and write this article. It is a constant process.

Maybe you just can't find the confidence to talk to that girl you have been wanting to ask out.

Or maybe you just can't find the confidence to step outside of your comnfort zone.

Or to work on something you are passionate about.

Good thing you found this article, this is going to be ONE GREAT PIECE OF ADVICE that can help you change your mindset and increase that confidence.

Don't worry, you won't get bogged down with a million options on how to increase confidence like some articles do, I am giving you ONE actionable choice, take advantage of it!

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What Confidence Can Add to Your Life

A hell of a lot more than you think.

Confidence is more than just a one time thing that a lot of us think it is. It is more than just that one moment we need it to ask that person on a date or the one time we need it for a presentation.

Confidence is a way that you carry yourself and a mindset that can bring you to levels that you never though possible.

You can start be to more comfortable in your own skin, being who you are. Confidence doesn't mean having to act like someone you aren't, it can help you amplify who you actually are.

It helps you carry yourself into conversations and uncomfortable situations that you might not be used to and helps you learn or even meet new people.

It helps you take actions that you previously weren't taking.

When you start to take these actions, you start attracting opportunities that you never would have previously, such as business opportunities or just opportunities to meet people.

You never know when the person you are meeting could end up being your significant other, your best friend, or someone that changes you life!

The most important thing: Increasing your confidence will help you realize that you ARE ENOUGH.

No longer is success or good relationships "for other people." You will start to realize you can have all these things as well, there is nothing special about these other people.

Realizing I was enough was huge for me because I was subconsciously holding myself back. Even though I was doing the work, I was always doing not enough work or just slacking because deep down I always though these things were for other people only, that is NOT THE CASE AT ALL.

Your Mindset With/ Without Self Confidence

A world of difference once you start working on it.

Imagine instead of hiding in the corner or avoiding walking by that person you are attracted to, you can walk by them, make eye contact and make a conversation.

Imagine instead of going straight to your desk at work, you can start to interact with more people. Maybe that leads to you getting new projects to work on or others starting to see your strengths and asking for your help with problems, showing you are valuable to the company.

Imagine taking that first step in starting your business because you realize that you are enough and that you actually can reach those goals. Instead of just reading and learning, avoiding taking those first steps because you don't want to fail.

Imagine being able to clearly articulate your thoughts and goals, without getting nervous about what others are thinking or stumbling through your sentences.

Confidence plays a part in almost every area of your life, you owe it to yourself to work on it for once.

Start HELPING Others, It Does Wonder's For Your
Confidence

And why this works...

And you wanted to know what this "hack" was for your confidence, here it is:

Help others solve their problems, be there for them, help them benefit their lives in one way or another. It doesn't matter if you know them or not or if you are best friends with them or not, just give value and your confidence will be the payment to you.

It seems like a lot of people are out here trying to get someone from everyone and constantly getting shut down because you haven't done anything for them. No wonder we are facing major confidence problems, when all we are trying to do is ask for things and then never getting them, there's no better way to constantly lose confidence.

Instead, what if you started to help others expecting nothing in return? To get to see the powerful relationships you create, the people you can help and prove ton yourself that you are enough because you just benefitted this persons life in a positive way.

If you do it once, you can do it twice, then three times and it will be exponential from there.

What does this look like in your life?

Helping that friend that you have been constantly blowing off because you are too "busy."
Maybe you run a business, instead of constantly trying to sell, maybe take some time each day to focus on a problem your target market has and help them solve it.
Maybe your significant other has something they are working on that you could help with.
Maybe you could cook dinner to take some stress off of your roommates or boyfriend/ girlfriend.

There are literally a million ways to help people, find what was you can implement into your life.

Your Business Isn't Growing and It's Not Because You Don't Know the "Secret Strategy." This is Why.

10/14/2019

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Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life.

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Everyone likes the idea of owning a business or working for themselves because of all the "free time" they will get and the ability to be their own boss.

Yet, they try to start something and it never ends up going anywhere even though it seems like they are "working" 24/7.

They are reading the books they thinkn they "need" to read, getting mentors and "taking action," yet they never seem to actually get the ball rolling.

Then, they discount starting a business and explain to others, that they told about their business, how it "just wasn't for them."

Is that really the case though?

This might have been the answer to their solution the whole time, but they were too "busy" to realize it.

Crap, I almost forgot! If you are new to the blog, thanks for stopping by! With MMNTM (mo-men-tum) my goal is to help you level up your mind and mindset with effective "workouts." Much like you would train your body, this is the gym for your mindset, everything from your happiness and mental clarity to mental discipline and productivity. These are the things that have helped me the most and I love sharing them with you daily on yourmmntm.com/blog so be sure to stop out daily!

Now let's get back to what you started reading for.

A Glimpse At What You're About to Learn

"A Day in The Life of TOO MANY PEOPLE"
What You Might Be Doing Too Much of
Why Your Mind Might Be The Cause of This
What You Need to Focus on Instead
First Step: Take Control of Your Morning
A Mental "Workout" for Doing MORE

" A Day in the Life of TOO MANY PEOPLE"

They wake up early so that they can spend two hours doing their morning routine and then they go to the gym.

After the gym they maybe get a few hours of work done before heading to lunch and running some errands.

After that, back to work for another handful of hours before they decide that they need to read. A lot of people end up reading for hours, as it makes them feel like they are productive, and then maybe get back to work or maybe they don't.

They repeat this for years at a time and wonder why they never see any sort of results in their business.

They will tell you all about all the books and articles they are reading during the day, all the podcasts they are listening to on their walks and the gym and then act like that is how they are going to get closer to their goals.

Learning is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, but there gets to be a point where it starts to interfere with your action because it makes you think that you are busy and productive, when in reality you are going nowhere fast.

Feeling "busy" and actually being productive are two different things that people never take the time to figure out, and it has a large part to do with the foundation of the mind that they have created over the years.

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What You Might Be Doing Too Much of

And what you aren't doing enough of...

If you aren't seeing the results that you are looking for in business, you might be spending too much time "acting busy" and "playing business" and not enough time taking real action.

When you spend all your time trying to find the right habits, trying to learn as much as you can and then going to Starbucks and sitting with your MacBook while doing no work in order to look important, you are doing it all wrong.

All these things, except the Starbucks part, are very important but not as important as actually taking action. Why? Because if you aren't taking action, you are not getting any closer to your goals, it doesn't matter if you feel like your are or not, you aren't.

Utilize podcasts while you are at the gym and make sure you are reading and learning something every day. But don't let it get to the point where that is all you are doing, this is called "playing business."

These are the people that like the idea of starting a business, tell everyone about it and then never actually take real action to get there, they just make it look like they are.

Ask yourself if this is really what you want.

Why Your Mind Might Be The Cause of This

Our mind gravitates towards what is easy, which is not taking action for a lot of us.

If you have been around the blog long enough, you know that I like to say that your mind and mindset is at the foundation to everything in your life, because it holds true EVERY time.

How does it hold true in taking action in your business though? That seems like it is either something we are doing or something we aren't doing.

Well, that is true but if we dive even deeper, we can see that it comes from what we have conditioned our minds to think like.

Most people have always been looking for the easy way to do things and after years of doing this, you start to train your mind to see the easy things as things to gravitate towards and the "hard things" in life as things to avoid at all costs.

Even if this isn't your intention, if you have been taking the easy route in school and cheating on everything, not really learning, or at the gym, just lifting the same weights and not really challenging yourself, this will translate to your business as well.

Why wouldn't it?

Your mind is going to naturally look for the easiest thing to do, that still makes you feel like you are "productive" and that is going to be learning about business.

So, you spend countless hours buying courses, reading and listening to podcasts like it is your full time job, yet you never seem to get anywhere.

I'd say that it is time to start changing the way you think so that you can change your life.

What You Need to Focus on Instead

More doing, less staying "busy."

It's probably obvious by now, but if you like a good ol' step by step, the next step in your life is going to be start training your mind to do the hard things, not avoid them at all costs.

This doesn't mean that you are going to stop learning, because that is not good either, you are just going to prioritize your days differently.

If you aren't taking any real action because you are too busy staying busy, you likely aren't prioritizing your days.

You are just doing things when you feel like it and honestly when do you ever feel like doing something hard? Never, and that is why those things almost never get done.

I am going to give you a little mind workout to show you how to train yourself to start doing the hard things, but first let me explain the power of taking control of your morning.

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First Step: Take Control of Your Morning

Start the day off in control, get the momentum rolling.

So, what does it matter if we do something in the morning or in the afternoon, as long as it gets done?

Yeah, that is what you have been telling yourself, most likely, and how has that worked out so far? Not ideal if you are reading this.

After my morning routine, I always find it most beneficial to get the hardest things done during the day, for two reasons.

First, when you do something in the morning, you make sure that they get done and not pushed off until "tomorrow" everyday, like we usually do with anything hard that we don't feel like doing.

This also sets the tone for the rest of the day, giving you momentum as well as clearing your mind so that you don't have this hard thing gloaming over you that has to get done all day.

I'd say that is a win-win, and I believe most people would agree with me.

Start taking back control of your morning, yes that is likely going to mean waking up earlier but it is going to be 100% worth it.

A Mental "Workout" for Doing MORE

Almost every day I will bring you these "workouts" at the end of the articles to actually help you take action and change your mindset.

Why?

Because that is one of the major things I see missing in personal development, the actionable advice. Everyone has ideas and theories that are "up in the clouds," yet they never come down to Earth and give us some real ways to change.

And that is what MMNTM is for, to help you actually change in a unique and fun way, it's like taking your mind to the gym every day at yourmmntm.com/blog

So, these are going to be workouts specifically to train your mind to do the things that are hard and not just what is easy and comfortable to do, it is going to be hard for a reason, as any workout should be.

Exercise #1: Take a Cold Shower
Duration: 5 minutes
Notes: Possibly the hardest thing that you will do all day, mentally and physically.

Exercise #2: Make Your Bed
Notes: I know it seems pointless and you don't want to because nobody will see it, but that is exactly why you are doing these exercises.

Exercise #3: Sprint Intervals
Reps: 1x per day
Duration: 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, as long as you can.
Notes: This makes sure you can't just say you went on a run, yet never challenged yourself, this will make the run anything but easy.

Exercise #4: 1 Day Fast
Duration: All day
Notes: Yes, fast as in "not eating." It's hard, you will think about food all day, but it is challenging and has many other benefits such as increased focus and mental clarity as well as helping to reduce inflammation in the body.

Looking For One Habit To Add That Will Help Your Business? This is It...

10/13/2019

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The hardest and most impactful habit you can add to your mental "toolbox."

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As a business owner, or even just someone who is trying to excel within their job at a company, you know the importance of taking control of your days.

And what lies at the foundation of your days? Our habits.

They subconsciously govern us from the time we wake up to the time we go to bed and this is the reason that many people don't get done as much as they would like to during the day.

They have engrained into their mind habits such as getting distracted on social media every few minutes or even just keeping themselves busy during the day so they feel productive, while not getting any real work done.

As we get older and older, our habits become either a blessing or a curse as we are fighting for time in every area of our life.

We are likely to have the most free time we ever will at this point in our lives, especially if we are in college, just out of college or even still in our 20's.

Might as well take advantage of that and learn a habit that you will thank yourself for as early as tomorrow!

A Glimpse At What You're Going to Learn:

Why You Are Reading So Many Articles To Change Your Habits
Start Honoring The Commitments You Make To Yourself
What Does This Include?
What Everyone Else Does When They Make Commitments To Themselves
How This Will Start to Change Your Business and Work
How Is This Going to Improve Your Mindset?
Why This is The Habit You Should Start Building Now

Why You Are Reading So Many Articles To Change Your Habits

I would put money on this not being the first post you have read.

I'm sure this might not even be the 10th post you read on habits, it is a weird spiral to be stuck in because reading about habits can make us feel like we are being productive as we are looking for that "perfect habit" to add to your life. When in reality we are no closer to our goal of improving our life than we were when we started reading.

But, you never find that perfect habit and waste months of time reading when you could have actually taken some action and built the mental discipline to stick with a habit through all of this time.

Props to you for even reading these types of articles as many people just accept where they are at, when life doesn't go their way, and essentially just end up going through the motions of life, never really accomplishing anything.

Whether you just aren't seeing the results you want in your job, aren't getting those sales in your business, aren't spending enough time creating what you want to be creating or whatever it may be.

I hope this can help you actually start creating a new habit, if you have been looking for that "one perfect habit" this might be it.

Start Honoring The Commitments You Make To Yourself

And why this is the habit you should start with...

What, were you expecting, an easier habit? Maybe like "journal in the morning" and your business will start to thrive? Not one that is actually mentally challenging?

Well, nothing worth having is easy and no habit worth creating is that easy either.

This is a very mentally challenging habit because even though we ,make commitments to ourselves everyday on what we are going to get done, a lot of the time we think of an excuse on why it can't get done. Well now you don't get those excuses.

Now you actually have to flip the switch in your mind every time you want to make an excuse and not do something that you told yourself you were going to do that day, and actually do that thing.

It might be the most mentally challenging thing you will take on this month and that is alright, it is a life long habit that if you can master you are going to be sooooo much further along in the game of life than many other people.

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What Does This Include?

This can literally encompass anything you tell yourself that you are going to do on a daily basis and then never do.

Maybe you told yourself that you were going to eat no sugar this week and then by noon on Tuesday, someone brought in cake and you had some and told yourself "next time I won't."

Maybe you said you would go to the gym today and it got to be pretty late at work and you told yourself tomorrow you will for sure go, but the same thing happens.

Maybe you said you were going to work on that side project that you have been putting off for months because of the extra work, even though you really care about the topic, but you never did that either.

Or you even said you were going to spend more time with your significant other but you ended up watching Netflix instead.

We do all these things and then wonder why we are not getting the same results as others people are or wonder why we are struggling with confidence.

Well, maybe it's because you never do what you say you are going to or tell people you are going to, why would you have confidence if you can't even keep a commitment to yourself?

What Everyone Else Does When They Make Commitments To Themselves

This is how you start to stand out...

They do exactly what I was talking about above.

"Oh I guess I'll do it tomorrow"

"I promise myself next time I won't do _____."

"This can't happen again."

And you know what? They don't do it tomorrow, they definitely do whatever they were going to avoid next time and it almost always happens again.

Why?

Because our minds are wired to do what is easier and just falling back into the bad habit of not honoring your word is easier than actually putting in the work and honoring your word.

Even if they do take the time and create some discipline to actually keep their word, are they doing it for an extended period of time or are they doing it every area of their life?

I don't think so, and this is where massive opportunities lie in work and life for those of us who can create this habit.

How This Will Start to Change Your Business and Work

HUGEEEE changes coming your way.

So, what exactly is this going to do for your business and/ or the work you are doing?

Well, when you actually start to hold the commitments you make to yourself, you are going to be getting way more done in terms of what you need to do, and want to, in your business and same goes for any work.

While you might have spent hours doing nothing or scrolling through social media while at work previously, now you don't have that option because we are holding commitments to ourselves.

Naturally, this is going to lead to more effective work getting done because you always promise yourself that you are going to get that "harder" work done, when in reality you just do what keeps you busy and "productive."

Now we can actually get that hard stuff done in our work day and that is going to be a game changer.

Yes, something like this is simple in concept, but when you actually start to execute on it, it is a whole different ball game.

It is a game that is well worth playing though, so don't pass it up. Face this challenge head on, build this habit and it might be the best thing you have done for your work all year.

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How Is This Going to Improve Your Mindset?

In more ways than you think.

This has everything to do with your mindset, starting out with your confidence.

We miss a lot of opportunities because we lack confidence, whether it's the opportunity to meet someone or take on a new project or hear a new idea. When we aren't confident, we do what is easy and go open our phone to avoid the situation all together.

Want to know the biggest benefit of this habit? An increase of confidence.

When you actually start following through on the things that you told yourself you were going to do, you start showing yourself that you actually are enough. You are enough to reach your goals and you are in full control of doing so.

This is a powerful thing to add to that toolbox we call our minds as you can start attacking every situation, ready to learn, and not avoiding the situation because you don't think you are good enough to be there or think that only other people get success.

Another thing that this habit builds is more than a little bit of mental endurance.

When you start honoring every commitment you make to yourself and not just the ones you feel like honoring, and doing it for an extended period of time, you are going to build up the ability to do hard things for an extended period of time without getting as easily distracted.

This is your mental endurance and it is something a lot of us lack because it is not something we naturally have unless we have practiced doing mentally hard things for an extended period of time.

Why This is The Habit You Should Start Building Now

You really shouldn't give yourself another option if you are serious about your results at work and in business.

Why not any of the other ones you have been reading about?

Well, if you are serious about results, there really is no better habit to start building than this one because it is one we all struggle with and can make there biggest impact (as you have read about above).

Sure, some of the other habits you read about might make you feel better, but if you are specifically looking to build confidence and start seeing results in what you do rather than just going through the motions, you need to get on this.

Plus, once you build this as a foundation in your mindset, it will be easier to keep other habits as you will have the discipline to stick through the hard things for an extended period of time.

This should be a no brainer and the only habit you should consider starting today.

Don't try to create like three habits at once either, start with one and work on that for a while (ideally a month or two). If you try to do too much at once, you are not going to have any of the habits stick or be effective.

Andddd just like that another day on the blog is in the books! Thanks for all the support and if you enjoyed this or learned anything I just ask one thing: bring a friend back tomorrow! Time to make personal development more "normal" because it is at the foundation of every area of our lives. Stop back with a friend tomorrow-- yourmmntm.com/blog

Now be sure to actually put what you learned to use, don't just read about it and make yourself feel like you are taking action, actually take action!

-Taylor

Will Social Media Ever Make You Happy?

10/12/2019

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If are using social media more than an hour a day, this is for you...

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Why are you really on social media all day?

Is it bringing you that much happiness or will it ever bring you that much happiness?

Or are you just bored and trying to pass time because you don't know what else to do?

So many people sit on social media for hours on end and it is slowly killing their happiness, let me show you why that is...

A Quick Glimpse At What You Are About to Learn

Why Do We Spend So Much Time on Social Media?
What Spending So Much Time on Social Media Does to Your Mindset
What Could You Be Using This Time For Instead
Why This is Going to Do So Much More For Your Happiness
BONUS: Other Ways to Increase Your Happiness Today

Why Do We Spend So Much Time on Social Media?

Honestly, you are probably just bored and that is an easy way to pass time.

Simple answer here is that we are bored.

But it goes much deeper than that.

What are we trying to avoid when we are sitting on social media? We are trying to avoid doing anything that is hard because it is damn easy to pass time sitting on social media.

It is much harder to find a side project to work on or even just take up a new skill or learn something than it is to sit on social media. Even though we know that the latter is much better for us, we still sit on social media.

Unless you have been working on your mind and mindset already, our brains naturally gravitate towards what is easiest to do, a simple distraction while we pass the time, and that is exactly what social media is.

We get the dopamine rush in our brain from every like and comment we get or every picture we see and that keeps us coming back.

Eventually though, you need to consume more and more content in order to get that same dopamine rush and that is when we start to spend an insane amount of time on social media instead off doing any real work.

We trick our minds into thinking social media is making us happy but in reality all it is doing is giving us a simple distraction and dopamine rush that mimics the short term effects of happiness.

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What Spending So Much Time on Social Media Does to Your Mindset

Nothing good, not at all.

While you might believe you are finding some sort of happiness through social media it is actually doing a few things to your mind that are not ideal.

First, you are comparing your life to the lives of others, pretty much all day, and this just makes you sad that you aren't doing the "cool things" or seeing the cool places or have the cool things that they do.

When in reality, these are just glimpses of people's lives, they are only sharing the absolute best parts, nothing else.

This wrecks your happiness and usually just leaves us in a spiral of feeling bad for ourselves.

Also, the amount of negative content that you consume on social media each day starts to engrain itself into your subconscious mind.

People respond strongly to negative articles, articles that make them sad and articles that make them angry, so that is exactly what a lot of people post.

Why?

Because that is what gets the views and more views equates to more money, it is simple as that.

When this negativity starts to engrain itself in our subconscious mind, we start to see the world in a slightly negative light, and start to speak more negatively as well. This leads to more complaining and less opportunities and happiness as nobody wants to be around people like that.

Or if they do want to be around someone like that, they are likely very negative themselves.

What Could You Be Using This Time For Instead

Soooo many more better things to be doing that could relieve your boredom.

Instead of wishing all this time on social media would contribute to a little more of our happiness, we could focus on more of what is actually going to improve our happiness.

Wanna know what that is?

Doing the hard shit, the exact opposite of what social media is.

Social media is easy to scroll through and easy to consume, nothing worth having comes easy though.

The process to reaching your goals, that is where you start finding happiness.

When you show yourself that you can honor the commitment that you have made for yourself and that you have the discipline to follow through on your goals, that is when you start to build confidence and happiness.

Unlike what many people think, sitting around and drinking on a beach is not going to make you happy, it is doing the hard stuff that you have been pushing off forever.

Get off social media for a few hours a day and suddenly you have all this extra time to focus on what you "never had time to do."

Why This is Going to Do So Much More For Your Happiness

Because happiness lies in the process, not end results.

When you let go of the idea that all your happiness lies in the end result, you open up the road to real happiness and results.

We don't get started on our goals because we think that it is just going to be hard work and we won't be happy until we reach our result, and if we never reach that result we won't be happy and we wasted a lot of time.

Instead, we enjoy some "fake happiness" from social media and Netflix and then just go through the motions in everyday life.

It is time to let go of the thoughts that happiness is only after you reach a goal.

It is the process that changes your mind and changes your mood. You start to believe in yourself more, find more confidence and show yourself that you are enough to achieve whatever it is that you want to.

This is where you start to increase your happiness and find more excitement in your day to day life.

BONUS: Other Ways to Increase Your Happiness Today

Almost every day I will bring you these "workouts" at the end of the articles to actually help you take action and change your mindset.

Why?

Because that is one of the major things I see missing in personal development, the actionable advice. Everyone has ideas and theories that are "up in the clouds," yet they never come down to Earth and give us some real ways to change.

And that is what MMNTM is for, to help you actually change in a unique and fun way, it's like taking your mind to the gym every day at yourmmntm.com/blog

Other than just getting off of social media, here is some mental workouts for AFTER you commit to cutting down social media useage and start to work on your mind.

Exercise #1: Make Your Bed and Take a Cold Shower Every Morning
Reps: 1x per day
Dyration: 3-5 minute cold shower.
Notes: Do the hard shit everyday, build that discipline so that you have the discipline to work on more important thing.

Exercise #2: Walk
Reps: 1x per day
Duration: 45 Minutes
Notes: Get outside, it's the best thing you can do for your mind.

Exercise #3: Workout
Reps: 1x per day
Duration: 30-45 minutes
Notes: Get the heart rate up and do something that is actually hard, you will feel much better.

Exercuse #4: Journal
Reps: 2x per day
Notes: Write down what you are grateful for each and every morning and then what you were grateful for that happened in the evening.

How to Optimize Your Work Day Without Adding Any New "Tools"

10/10/2019

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No more extra apps, "strategies" or systems, just a clear and effective way to get more done.

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I could sit here and tell you that there is this new app and that if you add it to the other 100 productivity apps on your phone, this one is going to make the difference.

And then you would go, add that app and a week later you would forget about it and be right back to where you were before: stressed at work with a shit ton to do.

That is usually how the story goes, and I am guessing if you are reading this that you have had something similar happen to you, as we all have.

The thing with adding all of these new apps is that we forget about them after a while, sure they are nice right off the bat but eventually you really don't need them as much as you thought you would, so you forget about it.

Wanna know one thing that you can change and actually see lasting benefits though? Your mind.

We have to use our mind everyday and you can definitely tell when you are feeling better or off depending on the day. I would be willing to put money on the fact that when you feel these "off days," because off stress or whatever it may be, your work suffers and you don't get jack shit done during the day, you just kept yourself busy for 8 hours so you could go home.

It is time for a change, don't you say?

Here's What You Can Look Forward To:

Why You Are Reading This Post
Why Another App or Strategy Isn't Your Solution
What Too Many Apps Do to Our Work
Clearing Your Mind Might Be Your Solution
Why Your Work Suffers When Your Mind Isn't Where It Could Be
How Your Work and Productivity Will Improve When Your Change Your Mind
Let's Get Started, A Free Mental "Workout"

Why You Are Reading This Post

Are you a little stressed out at work?

You're stressed, we all are.

Long work days, or even days at school, filled with an insane amount of things that we need to be doing as well as things that we should be doing.

Our minds are jam packed and we are just looking for a way to get some more done, or at least not feel like we are gonna explode everyday that we wake up because of everything that we have to do.

Our sanity and mental well being should not be put on the back burner for our work. And actually when we put it first and foremost it will benefit our work much more than we think it will, it definitely won't waste the limited time that you already have.

You are reading this article because you are sick of feeling like there is never enough time in the day to get what you need to done and an app just isn't going to solve that problem for you.

Why Another App or Strategy Isn't Your Solution

How many have you tried at this point?

Sure, another app might help you organize all of your to do lists a little better or automatically post to your social media account or insert some numbers into whatever program you are running, but there are so many things that we have to do on a daily basis that an app just can't do for us.

Things that require us to think and use the knowledge we have worked so hard to acquire, and still are constantly acquiring.

Honestly, when you try to use an app to get these types of tasks done, you are just adding an unneeded step to your day and causing yourself more work and more stress because now you have to remember to type notes into an app before you take action on actually solving the problem.

Weird right, an app that is claiming to increase productivity can actually be causing you more work?

Yes, it has happened to me plenty of times before realizing that I was spending more time trying to figure out what to write down in my apps to make me feel productive than actually taking action and being productive.

What Too Many Apps Do to Our Work

They Add Extra Stress and Barely Increase Productivity.

Like I said, these apps just increase the amount of steps that it takes to get some things done.

Sure, they are helpful to a certain extent, like we have to have a plan and know what needs to get done but there becomes a fine line between helpful and just plain wasting our valuable time.

Or even worse, if we spend too much time focusing on "how productive we are," we never actually take the time to get real work done, work that will actually help us reach goals and not just do things that make us feel like we are productive so we can tell everyone else about it.

The beauty about actually being productive is that you don't need to tell everyone about it.

If you catch yourself striking up conversations about these great productivity apps a little too often, try to take a step back and figure out what it is you are really getting done to achieve your goals.

The answer may shock you.

You may be spending 10 hours a day "working" yet only a handful of those hours are spent doing things that will help you get closer to your goals, imagine if you could flip those numbers around.

Clearing Your Mind Might Be Your Solution

Better thoughts, more focus and better problem solving sounds pretty nice...

Guess what else all of these apps and extra work adds to your life? Extra stress because now you have to remember what all you have to do before you can actually get work done.

We don't need more stress and clutter in our minds, that is what is causing the lack of productivity in the first place so it seems kind of counterproductive to add more stress to your mind.

Stress is essentially the leading factor that impacts our work because when you are stressed, you don't process things through your mind as effectively, leaving you with a million things going around in your mind all day long.

Then, you attempt to try and go to bed but you just have too many things going on in your mind to sleep or when you finally do fall asleep you wake up still tired because you didn't get deep sleep as you mind was still very active.

So, the day continues and you add more stress because you have to start another project for your boss and now you are not thinking clearly because you didn't sleep well.

When you aren't thinking clearly you aren't going to be able think through problems, keep your train of thought or even come up with any solid ideas. That sounds like a problem doesn't it?

It is essentially a downward spiral each week as the stress builds up and that is something that you really don't want to take a part in.

No wonder so many people dread going to work.

This is exactly why clearing your mind and more importantly, taking control of your mind to build as foundation for your life, is so important so that you can avoid situations like these and keep a more level mind.

Why Your Work Suffers When Your Mind Isn't Where It Could Be

Your work might be scattered and your thinking might be even more scattered.

I would say that when you can't think through problems effectively, are constantly getting distracted or losing you train of thought and your mind is thinking about a million things at once, that there is no way this is good for your work.

If you can't stay focused on one thing at a time and really give all of your thought to it, reaching a flow state as some call it (when you are completely consumed by that activity), then you really just aren't going to have effective work.

You are going to jump from one task to another and when you are trying to solve a problem you are not going to be able to recall the previous experiences you have had as effectively or even the knowledge you have around the subject.

This leads to average work and lack of promotions, not surprisingly.

When your mind is not running as optimal as it could be, you are sure to be affected by it.

The scary thing is, is that many people don't even recognize when this is happening.

They just assume this is how they are supposed to feel or that they have always felt this way so they know no different.

Essentially these people have rarely felt what it is like to think at their best, and if they have it was a rare "amazing day." How about we start adding more amazing days to your life and letting you actually see what your mind is capable of? Sounds fun, right?

How Your Work and Productivity Will Improve When Your Change Your Mind

Just trust me...

Change your mind, change your life. Start living by that and you will be golden.

When you attack each day with a more level head, not extremely stressed but knowing what you need to get done, you are going to be able to have much better focus.

Plus, when you start clearing your mind and getting those random things out of your mind, only taking up space with essential values, ideas and tasks, you are going to be so much more productive as you aren't stopping work every 0.2 seconds to check your phone, work on something else or think different thoughts.

You owe it to yourself to invest some time into your mind as it pays the best return of any investment that you will ever make.

Feel better, think clearer and work better.

Let's Get Started, A Free Mental "Workout"

Almost every day I will bring you these "workouts" at the end of the articles to actually help you take action and change your mindset.

Why?

Because that is one of the major things I see missing in personal development, the actionable advice. Everyone has ideas and theories that are "up in the clouds," yet they never come down to Earth and give us some real ways to change.

And that is what MMNTM is for, to help you actually change in a unique and fun way, it's like taking your mind to the gym every day at yourmmntm.com/blog

Exercise #1: Journal
Reps: 2x per day (once in the morning and once at night)
Notes: Get your thoughts out in the morning and at night so you aren't keeping them up top all day.

Excerse #2: Plan your day the night before
Notes: This helps prevent morning stress so that you can wake up knowing what needs to happen rather than stressing about remembering everything in the morning.

Exercise #3: Take a walk
Duration: 45 minutes
Notes: There is really no better way to clear your mind to get outside and just move. Throw in a podcast or some music or just let your mind wander.

Exercise #4: Do a simple meditation
Duration: 10 minutes
Notes: You don't have to meditate for hours to be effective, a quick guided meditation from YouTube can make all of the difference.

Exercise #5: Control what you eat
Notes: As simple as cutting back on sugar, unneeded carbs and processed foods. Or if you are really adventurous and are seeking great results, try an intermittent fast or a day/two fast.

Exercise #6: DRINK MORE WATER
Notes: A gallon a day the healthy way:) Your brain is made up of mostly water, so keep hydrated.

All of these are free and that gives you no excuse not to get started. Simple ways to get started clearing your mind and reducing that brain fog so you can see how you really should be thinking.

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