The goal is an outcome.
Habits are the input.
You don’t need to get fit; you need to train regularly.
You don’t need more money; you need better financial habits.
You don’t need more peace; you need better meditation habits.
Every action you take won’t get you there, but it does cast a vote in the right direction.
The goal comes and goes but who you become and who you are, stays with you.
What if instead of having a goal to run a marathon, your goal is to become a runner? Instead of creating a business, your goal is to become an entrepreneur? Instead of having a great relationship, your goal is to be a great partner? Etc.
Then you’re not pursuing an outcome, you’re acting in a way consistent with who you are, you’re showing up.
If we make the habits the goal, the outcome takes care of itself.
The cost of good habits is in the present, the cost of bad habits is in the future.
Perhaps we’re better to have standards of behaviour, rather than outcome goals.
Master yourself. Play the long game. Make being the person you want to be gratifying in and of itself.
The journey is everything, there is no destination.
Pondering life and the environment, I came to a realisation.
The natural order of things is to revert to equilibrium.
I like to do breathwork meditations while lying down in the sauna.
Capital allocation is a huge part of success in business.
We recently flew up to Wellington with my daughter, Flossie, to look at a pony that might be perfect for her next season.
Is an important measure of a parent's success that your kids love hanging out with you?
The other day, we dropped off Zara for her first day of high school in the morning and attended a friend’s child’s funeral in the afternoon.