The #1 Most Important Lesson From 2200+ Episodes

Whether you’re brand new to my work or have been with me for a while, let’s take a trip down memory lane. I’ve had the great honor of keeping up with Self Improvement Daily for over 7 years, resulting in over 2200 episodes to date. The impossible question I get all the time is, What’s the #1 most important lesson or idea you’ve shared on the podcast?

I’ve thought a lot about it, and here’s my answer: 

What happens in life isn’t random… It’s by design. And it’s within your power to take ownership of the design of your life so that you get more of what you want.

In my opinion this connects a lot of key concepts, so let’s break it down.

First, everything we do in our self-improvement is in service of us getting what we want. Efforts to improve your life are worthless if you don’t know what you’re hoping to achieve, or what outcomes you want to create. That’s why everything about our growth should be reverse-engineered from our goals, which is simply just what we want to achieve in life.

Also, it captures the self-efficacy piece. The intro for the podcast for years was “Take ownership of your personal development one tip at a time” because there’s nothing that will change your life more than taking full, radical responsibility for everything. If you view yourself as the one responsible for it, then you can do something about it. If not, then it’s out of your control and you get whatever you get. 

And last, the most underrepresented component of personal development is improving your life’s design. Your life-design is a product of your environment, which is constantly influencing you in known and unknown ways. It’s the guiding force that shapes the choices you make, the actions you take, and ultimately the results you get… And it does that without you even realizing it.

There are a few main things people know they need to be doing better to have the healthy habits, highly productive days, and strong relationships that they want out of life - Being inconsistent, wasting time, lacking discipline, being overstretched due to poor time management, not having clarity, not being focused - And it’s causing many people to underachieve, and fall short of the big ambitions they have for themselves and what they can do in the world. 

But here’s the thing: These aren’t character flaws… There’s nothing wrong with you if you’re undisciplined, unfocused, and unmotivated… They’re the symptoms of having a poorly designed life and an unsupportive environment. 

So when you take ownership of the design of your life, and adjust it so that it begins to shape the future you see for yourself, that’s how you get what you want. 

If you want to overhaul your life-design so that good habits come easier and you have highly-focused, productive days that generate traction in your life and business… You need to install a new foundational life operating system. Your life-systems make up your life-design.

That’s exactly what you do in the 21 Day Super Habits Challenge. This is where I’ve taken all of the most effective ideas from past podcast episodes and countless life-changing books and walk you step-by-step through a 3 week process that takes 10 minutes a day to do.

If you’re ready to start being the most high-performing, unstoppable version of yourself that takes your life and career to the next level, register for the Challenge and let’s get to work!