This year has been very turbulent for me in the sense of the way I'm aligning my life towards being the best version of myself to become the CEO of my life.

We all have ideas of having our own business, being successful and lots of other thoughts about living the good life, sometimes forgetting that we have to apply some extraordinary tools (in books, blogs, mentors, coaches) that can actually help us jump start our lives and getting back on track to start executing specific tasks or activities that will take us closer to our objectives and goals.

Remember what Einstein said:
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Do you really think repeating what you did last year is going to change your results, remember what Einstein said! That's why I put the quote in the first place, open your eyes and start changing your routines and expect different results.

Forget about being perfect and change that for being consistent over the course of the following 18 months, if you really want to start living the good life, get a calendar and jump to 18 months from now, write down where you want to be, and reverse engineer your way back to the current date and add these activities to your calendar:

  1. Become a morning person, waking up early gives you a head start and avoid pressing snooze.
  2. Create objectives and goals, assign a time frame, remember you have 18 months to get there.
  3. If it's serious and important put it on your calendar.
  4. Learn new skills if necessary, push yourself harder.
  5. Finish what you start, make a habit out of it and you will change your results.
  6. Read your way to success opening and finishing the books that will get you to the next level.
  7. If something isn't giving you the results you are looking for, change what you do and experiment your way to the results you want.
  8. Timebox your activities and commit to your schedules and routines.
  9. Work at something you really enjoy, imagine being very good at something you're really bad at. Wake up call!
  10. Master your finances and invest part of your income in yourself to activate the growth mindset. Start saving money to make small investments. 
  11. Share some quality time with people that are important to you and share your experiences with them, you can get some valuable feedback to make some adjustments to continue your journey.
When you get into the cycle of becoming a better version of yourself you just can't stop the learning process and sharing knowledge with friends and family.

Peter Drucker, one of the most influential authority in management said:
"Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes."

After reading that quote start reading more books about the people that already have what you want and reverse engineer what they did to have what most people want so you can learn from their experiences. Remember what Warren Buffet said: "It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes." 

I wanted to share these thoughts on how to first become the CEO of your life and start living the good life before jumping into anything without being prepared for what comes next.

A successful CEO has the responsibility of running a profitable company but also needs to have the vision of where to find new business opportunities. Apply this to your life and start improving in the different areas that need attention to allow you to get to the next level. Remember you need to balance everything out in your finances, health, relationships, and skills to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that you create. Turn off your autopilot and start living the life you want!

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Best Regards,

Constantino Floros


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