How To Do It All

We all invest time in our personal development for the same reason: We want to be the very best version of ourselves.

But if we're being honest it’s less about being that person and more about what that brings - an unmatched fulfillment that comes from having an incredible and impactful career… Having deep and loving relationships… Having good health and being in incredible shape…

Basically we want to have it all. And we figure the best way to have it all, is by doing it all.

Career success comes from reading books, improving skills, and building a network. Great relationships come from making dedicated time together with date nights, trips, and activities. Good health comes from being disciplined and making good choices.

It can be frustrating to have so many goals but not enough time or energy to deliver on them. Commitments in different areas of your life may seem to compete with each other because there’s only so much to go around. Which is why I want to present a different way to think about it:

If you want to have it all, which comes from doing it all, then you need to just worry about what to do next. 

You’ve probably heard the Bill Gates quote "Most people overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in ten years"... and this is what it’s talking about. We feel like we have to do it all at once, when in truth when you do things one at a time, it comes together much faster than you’d expect.

This is why the concept I practice in my own self improvement is improving “brick by brick”. My core focus every month is to maintain all of the habits, routines, systems, and intentions that I currently have, and then I add focus to one new critical area. I do that for a month, incorporate it into my core maintenance systems, and then pick one new thing to focus on for the next month.

Trust me, I have a long list of things I want to improve in my business and life. But I recognize that if I tried to work on all of it, I’d end up succeeding with none of it. And with how fast time passes these days, a month passes quickly and you’re on to the next. One at a time, brick by brick, that’s how you do it all. You start by doing what’s next.