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The Discipline Download: 11 Essential Habits
EP. 70 The Discipline Download: 11 Essential Habits
Join us in this insightful episode where we explore the power of daily routines and how they drive personal success. Our discussions uncover the critical habits that have kept us locked in, focused, and truly effective. Starting with the importance of planning your day the night before, we emphasize setting an intentional tone for the day ahead.
This episode dives deep into the reasons why having a purpose can motivate you every morning, as well as how physical activity contributes to mental wellness. We introduce practical tips on hydration and fueling your body right to maintain energy throughout the day, exploring the connection between physical health and mental clarity.
Additionally, we discuss how mindset plays into our routines and why actively feeding our brains is essential. Reflecting on our habits and adjusting them as necessary can be the key to sustainable growth. As we share personal stories and insights into our daily lives, we aim to inspire you to take charge of your own routines, making them simple yet impactful.
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But if I don't work out, I'm just not, I'm off, not a good human, you know, easily agitated, you know the whole thing. I'm sure, like anyone who gets in that routine, feels the same way, Like you're just missing something. And so for me, the physical activity working out, getting a good sweat in, like that is the way that I set myself up for success, and that's both physically and mentally. It just gets me in the right headspace to go after the day. What's up everybody? Welcome back to the Go All In podcast. I'm Braxton Cave.
Speaker 2:I'm Jake Fine, and today we're going to go over, we're going to break down some things that keep us locked in, disciplined and on and on track. Basically, it's the power of routine. So we're gonna go over what 11 habits that we follow every single day and evening, and obviously his are gonna be different than mine. Um, first hold on before I dig in. Obviously we have new scenery here we're in a new spot new vibes.
Speaker 2:So, um, we're still tweaking a little of the lighting here, but this is a new spot we're doing the podcast at, so it's a little different scenery for you, so I wanted to get that out the way.
Speaker 1:But jake is the the ultimate lighting guy. I don't know anything.
Speaker 2:I think it looks great so far it's, I'll get there we'll change the mojo up a little bit. Yeah, there's going to be added stuff. We threw the helmet in here for now A little decor. There's going to be added stuff. Every episode will probably know something different.
Speaker 3:Now they have to watch.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Be like where's Waldo. What's different?
Speaker 2:And if you figure it out you get something.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you get a prize, you get a sweatshirt.
Speaker 2:Yeah, anyway, you had 11 habits that you know. Power, the routine that I do, like the night before I usually I plan my routine the night before. I plan my day out. I plan, like, the outfits I'm going to wear for the gym, what I wear for the day, for work. I mean, it's pretty much the same thing you were taught to do by your parents when you're in school. I feel like success starts before the day even begins, and every night I take about 15 to 20 minutes, plan my day out, what I have. I even look at what workout I'm going to do for the day and then, um, yeah, just, my day at work is pretty much the same thing. It's the same routine. But, yeah, that's the first thing I do in the evening, and then, um, when I get up in the morning, I usually go into like hydrating myself. So, but we'll dig into that. What do you do for your number?
Speaker 1:Well, I mean you're, you're way more detailed.
Speaker 2:I'm very detailed, yeah, I mean I'm usually you're going to notice that.
Speaker 1:I mean, I'm usually digging through the dryer, whatever you know, hopefully, natalie, I usually throw my clothes in the wash after I work out. Natalie dries and does the rest of it. So I'm usually digging through and trying to find workout clothes in the mornings, but to me it starts the night before. Before I go to bed. Every night I'm looking at my calendar, seeing what I have on the agenda for that day, making sure that I'm writing things down in my notebook that I need to accomplish the next day. And then for me it's the mindset of forward thinking, backwards planning. So when I know what my first meeting is of the day, I kind of work my way back from there. So obviously I'm going to get up at five, I'm going to get my workout in, be with Natalie and the kids get ready for the school day. But then I know that there's a certain time that's a cutoff for me and so as long as I know that the night before, I can always step into that next morning setting myself up for success.
Speaker 1:Let's jump into number two here, and that's starting your day with purpose.
Speaker 1:For me, you got one of the biggest things that you have to realize is we'll get you out of bed every morning and I think a note I took down here was that if you haven't figured that out yet, I think it's time to do some of that mental, the hard work of figuring out what that is. For me, that's so easy it's my family. I was just having a conversation with a guy at the gym this morning and I was kind of busting on him and telling him that he needed to lift heavier way. I said your son's chasing you and you know, that's one of the things that really motivates me having, you know, two younger boys, like dad always wants to be the guy and so, um, you know, my purpose in life is to provide, you know, an incredible life for my family and be able to allow them, you know, the experiences that they'll remember for a lifetime. And that's that's my why, that's my purpose, that's my, that's what gets me out of bed every single morning.
Speaker 2:Well, first things first. Mine is don't hit the snooze button. When I first my alarm goes off. I mean, I've been getting up at 3, 3, 15, naturally, for 17 plus years because the RV and my body's so, you know, immune to it. I don't even need the alarm sometimes. So that's like the main thing. First thing don't hit snooze. You know I get up knowing exactly what I need to do. Whether it's a workout, which that's when I usually work out, it's first thing in the morning before I go into work and I remind myself why I'm doing it. And you know, with my brand, that I'm building. That's another thing, you know I got to set a standard because you wear the right shirt today.
Speaker 1:For that, yes.
Speaker 2:I did. That's from Ben Newman, by the way. Yeah, if you know, if I don't have a purpose behind the actions that I'm taking with my brand and what I'm doing, there's no point in, you know, promoting my brand that I'm not even taking action from. You know, living the standard from it, so that's like the big thing that I focus on. And, uh, I feel like if you, you live with that standard and you want to better yourself every single day, it's like dude, I mean, there's no stopping anybody. You know, if you have that mindset and just keep going, I just don't see how people can be complacent, you know, and um, but yeah, that's my purpose first thing. When I get up every day, it's like that's the first thing I want. How can I better myself? How can I better my brand? And um, yeah, that's every single day, that's what I think about.
Speaker 2:But um, which leads nicely into number three yeah, I mean moving your body first thing in the morning. Um, first thing, obviously, when I I get out of bed, I just go straight to the kitchen. I mean, obviously I let Sophie out first cause she's right beside me, she's a morning morning dog. First thing she goes out I'll make my nature's Gatorade. I've posted this before.
Speaker 2:Bryce Harper's also, you know, shared this a lot on Tik TOK and on his page. And basically I mean, if you guys want the recipe, I have it, just DM me and I can send it over to you. But it's pretty easy. It's just coconut water. You squeeze some lemon into it, add some salt, you can add honey to it, which I haven't done that yet, but it's. I feel like it's a lot better I I also add a salt packet too sometimes before I work out, but it's like I feel like it's better than having a cup of coffee, um, but yeah, first things hydrate. You know, at least 16 ounces of water and um, right before I go to the gym, that's get that movement going yeah, I mean it's for me same thing.
Speaker 1:same. To me it's taking care of number one right, taking care of yourself. You know a lot of people go back and forth on the whole physical health, mental health and for me, as long as I'm doing the physical, the mental follows with that.
Speaker 1:And I mean Natalie can elaborate on this, you know, sometime when she comes on the podcast. But if I don't work out, I'm just not, I'm off. Not a good human, easily agitated the whole thing. I'm sure anyone who gets in that routine feels the same way. You're just missing something. So for me, the physical activity, working out, getting a good sweat in, that is the way that I set myself up for success and that's both physically and mentally. It just gets me in the right headspace to go after the day.
Speaker 1:Number four here hydrate and fuel your body. You just touched on that. For me, again, going back to forward thinking, backwards planning, you know Sunday for Natalie and I is meal prep day, um, you know we, we typically get three to four days prepped out, um, and then we'll have to do something midweek just to one to try and keep the food fresh. But two, I mean it's a lot of food to prep out, you know, for the both of us, and so you know we do that. Hydration's key you know we've been on the Element train for a long time, so you know doing the electrolyte packets from from element have been crucial for us, you know, whether it's through the workouts or, you know, avoiding any type of illness I mean it's it's played a huge role I'm gonna throw another one at you.
Speaker 2:Look at water boy. We do water boy packets, we do both. I feel like element is like top tier. But um, one of the guys from the hrt clinic mentioned water boy to me and we got that and I was like, wow, these taste amazing. Like strawberry what strawberry lemonade. Yeah, phenomenal. Yeah. So I, if you guys want to switch, switch it up. I know you guys probably have a subscription, but if you want to change it up one time, try them out. I highly recommend them.
Speaker 2:Those are the two we usually can go with. But, yeah, hydration is key and I feel like a lot of people they, you know, oh, salt's bad.
Speaker 3:Salt's bad for you.
Speaker 2:No, it is not, and you know it's like we're all taught. You know drinking just straight water.
Speaker 1:You got to understand that's flushing everything, all your minerals, everything out of your body. Especially like I go through, I do quite a bit of intermittent fasting and so that's a very quick way to dehydrate yourself and so that plays a huge role. And then again the amount of water we drink in a day like water we all know water can get pretty boring, yeah and uh makes it kind of hard to choke it down. I think once you add a little something to it it makes it a lot a lot easier agreed.
Speaker 2:I mean, they have all those flavors. What was it? The meal flavor? You know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3:The.
Speaker 2:Mios. Yeah they have that and I've never done them before. I just love water.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I'm just so used to it, I do. But going into mindset work, feeding your brain, I've been going back and forth. Sometimes I end my night reading but I've been doing it in the morning. Sometimes I end my night reading but I've been doing it in the morning, and basically it's when I have extra time I'm like, okay, I'm going to read my 10 pages for 75 hard, and some mornings I start doing it in the morning. I like doing that. It's nice, switching up a little bit. But it's also nice to do in the evening too, because it unwinds you down in bed and keeps you away from your you know your phone and um. But yeah, feeding your brain, um is you gotta it's. It's a muscle as well. You gotta train that thing. And um.
Speaker 2:I like to uh some days on. I on my phone and play it through my speakers in my in my car and listen to, like Motiversity, you know Motivational, I'll send you some. Sometimes I usually listen to that on the way to work. Or I'll listen to our podcasts or, um, andy's podcast on the way to work. But yeah, I mean, you got to feed the brain, man, that's. You can't leave that, leave that out yeah, I mean, I used to.
Speaker 1:So I used to only listen to music in the car and then now, like, if natalie and I are driving together or if the kids are with me, we play music. You know, the kids love music and sing along, and but if I'm riding solo, like I don't, I'm not listening to music. You know, I have on an ebook, a podcast, youtube. Um, you know something to constantly be learning and I also love the idea of just it's.
Speaker 1:It gives you the ability to habit stack right. So you're you're able to do more than one thing you know for yourself at once and, um, you know. The other key thing I think plays into this, because we're, because we all have some sort of addiction to social media. If you go to your Explore page, what's it showing? Yep, is it uplifting stuff that's feeding you new information and things that are making you better? Is it goofy stuff?
Speaker 1:I can add to this To me, like again, social media can be a blessing and a curse. Yep, you can. You have your head right in your hands, the ability to learn so much, but it also can turn into scrolling and you know crazy stuff too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I can add to that Um, cause I recently, uh, like cleared my whole explore page and basically started just going through like stuff that I want to see, like content creation. Um, entrepreneurs, you know talking their stuff, and then you know motivation. That's like basically my feed and like some baseball stuff and like hitting drills and stuff like that for her kid. But yeah, that's like main explore page and that I do. It's like you, you control your instagram. You can control whatever you want, and I mean instagram you can learn quite a bit. You know it's just like tiktok as well. You can control what you see and what you learn off of that too.
Speaker 2:But yeah, I recently did that and there it there's positives and there's negatives, because the negative thing I've noticed is your views go down. So I'm trying to figure that part out too. But that's another thing to. I could go into that all day about that. But, um, I mean going to um number six here, you're non-negotiable your work block, um, do you have like a set time in the evening, do you don't? You don't look at your phone. That's the thing about mine. I, I have to, and that's why I set like times, like, okay, I need to get this posted, cause you can see what times to post for post for you know, like for my brand and like for personal page, but do you have like a set time to you?
Speaker 1:so it's, it's different, I mean I, so I set up time blocks within my work schedule because otherwise I'll just go back to backs all day long and I never get an opportunity to get in, actually get anything done. Yeah, I need to, and so for the longest time, you know, I fell into the trap of like just filling my calendar from the start of the day to the finish, you know, with meetings and one-on-one and all these things right because you just feel like, well, if my calendar is packed, then I'm obviously doing something you know doing accomplishing things, not the case.
Speaker 1:And so every day I have at least two time blocks in there. Just depending on what's going on, it could be an hour, it could be two hours just to get stuff done. As far as and that's just my in my work time, when I get home you know I talked about this before like Natalie's really good about being on me, about, you know, from the time I walk in the door to the time we get the kids in bed, put the phone away, yep, and again, the, the Garmin's been helpful for me for that, uh, being able to, you know, get updates or if something's going on, if there is a 911, obviously I can go get my phone, um, but taking the time to prioritize family and put the phone away has been, you know, so that you know two to three hour time block of intentional family time is is a big deal around here I know you could chime in about this, about your like your non-negotiable work block.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because you're the same as him I'm very.
Speaker 3:When I work I put like the night before I always look at my calendar and put my meetings and I I usually fill the first two hours of the day of what I need to do. So like from eight to ten. But I usually block out because I'm I'm really the only one on east coast time. Everyone's mostly Central time. So I usually block out 8 to 10 to just knock out a bunch of stuff, because I know when everyone starts getting on, meetings start and whatnot. So that two hours is pretty much my time. But I do everything in two-hour blocks. I have my to-do list and then I fill in.
Speaker 3:Sometimes things don't get done. I have my to-do list and then I fill in. Sometimes things don't get done, I have to move it. But instead of being overwhelming of everything I need to do, I do that two-hour block. I'm very good at it at work. Sometimes work overpowers it. They just schedule over it. But I know I need to do better at home. There was a while where I did just put my phone away, but I gotta work on that the phone gets you, it will, it does it's.
Speaker 2:I mean it's a distraction, but I mean, with what I'm doing, I, you know that's. I set myself times. I'm like, okay, do this for a little bit and you make your videos and then you, you know, save them and so on and then do some editing, you know, but it's just so much screen time, it's unreal, you know. But yeah, non-negotiable work block I just I try to unwind, you know, by eight o'clock and just plan my day that then, and then hopefully be in bed by you know nine, ten o'clock, which very rarely does happen. Um, but yeah, that's, it's so hard to that. I think this is like one of the toughest things in the routine is this um, but going into what number?
Speaker 2:seven, number seven 100%. No plan B going all in. I mean no backup plan, no half effort. Operate like there's no other option but success. You find a way to make it happen. If you're going to give yourself an out, you'll take it every time. Burn the boats and fully commit.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean people. People ask have been asking me this my whole life. Like Bragg said, you not gotten a scholarship to Notre Dame to play football, what would you have done? I'm like that wasn't an option.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yep, you know, not necessarily Notre Dame, but like getting a football scholarship and playing was not an that was the only thing in my mind that I was going to do. And then, same thing. Once I got to Notre Dame, it was like, brax, what if you wouldn't have made it to the NFL? Like, never thought about it, like I in the back of my mind, yes, did I know I was getting a degree from the university of Notre Dame and that I would figure it out. Yeah, but that was exactly it. I, I'll figure it out and it's no different now. And what I do for work, it's. You know, there's been times where you you start looking at these other things and it's all it is is a distraction you know, I like the visual of you take a lion, put two pieces of meat on each side of them.
Speaker 1:Right, like where do you go? Right, it's focus on one thing at a time and devour that and then move on to the next thing. And for me it's just like I don't operate like that. You know, natalie, that's one thing that you know Natalie has to temper me on is like the go all in mindset of like when I commit to something, like that's it for good or for bad, like that's it, that's it for good or for bad? Like that's it, um, and if it doesn't work out, then I'll, I'll pivot and figure it out after that. But to sit there and, you know, go half in on one thing and half in on another is not going to get me anywhere.
Speaker 2:When it's all said and done, so that's with anybody and you said it already. You know pivot If something, if you have to do something else in, and yeah, obviously you do pivot.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean you learn, you pivot, you grow and you continue on. I mean there's no other option, I've done it numerous times.
Speaker 2:you know, yeah, I mean, it goes right into number eight. You know building reflection adjustments. You know, at some point in my day I take a step back. You know I've done this man, I've done this a couple times. I've actually had. You know, we said in the past episode that you know the test days and taking that step back and evaluating and taking a deep breath, and usually during my outdoor ruck is and usually when I have this, you know a reflection, a reflection time and what I think about. You know what went good for the day, what I need to work on, and you know going from there and I feel like you know if you're just grinding without checking in, you're missing opportunities to improve.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:You know, growth comes from adjustments, not just effort.
Speaker 1:So I mean you look at to me this is a two-part the reflection piece and then the adjustment piece. I think the adjustment piece is something that I do really well. The pivot right you learn, you fail, you pivot, you move on, you just continue that cycle. The reflection piece is probably my weakest. You learn, you fail, you pivot, you move on, you just continue that cycle.
Speaker 1:The reflection piece is probably my weakest. You know I talked about this before. Natalie reminds me often of like you have to take a step back and reflect on the things that you have accomplished and I just I'm not, I'm not good at that. So having a partner who does a good job of reminding me of that is very helpful. But me myself, like that's where I struggle the most, especially, like you know, with our journal we're we're using right Doing the weekly reflection. It's like I dread doing that.
Speaker 1:I hate it because I'm like the week's over, like I'm on let's keep going, and whatever adjustments I had to make during that week, I've already made them, and so I struggle with doing the look back.
Speaker 2:I'm kind of with you. You know, like with the journaling part too, it's like that is like the hard thing to do, like I know she's done it, it I've tried to do it, you know, it's just it's very hard for me to do, just to write out, you know, just anything. Um.
Speaker 1:But yeah, I I'm with you on that you know what's crazy is like, uh, so I've, like, we've, I've told you before like I I've kept a journal for a long time, but I find I still, to this day, find myself like questioning what I write in it, cause I'm like, oh my God, like what, if someone, what if someone finds this, you know, like they find the crazy stuff that's in my head, you know, and it was. It shouldn't be that way.
Speaker 2:Right. I think it's that part of like like your diary care like what other people?
Speaker 1:think about you. Yeah, you know they. You know people say all the time like you shouldn't care what other people think, like there's certain things, I really don't care what other people think but at the end of the day, we're all looking for like recognition yeah and approval from certain people, and so I think there's just something about that when it comes to journaling, that makes it tough.
Speaker 3:Don't think, just do that's right right.
Speaker 2:Yes, okay, correct. Where are you referencing that from Maverick? Yes, not Top Gun. 2. No, maverick, I just want to Gun 2. No.
Speaker 3:Maverick, I just want to a little thing. I'm very opposite. I'm not good at pivoting, I'm good at reflecting.
Speaker 2:Teach me.
Speaker 3:I don't like change. I don't like pivoting is very like it has to take something major for me to be like no. It has to take something major for me to be like no and to kind of go back with the commitment. I was taught I had to try something. If I was going to sign up, I had to do it for one full year, no matter what. If I hated it too bad, you have to. You committed so at least a year. One time there was something. I was on a dance team but I wanted to. I did theater as well and I literally had to have a presentation to my parents on why I had to quit the dance team so I could do the play. It worked well. I got the lead in the play, but that was one of those like. It was a big, long discussion. It wasn't a very easy decision. So that's how I was brought up. But the reflection part when I get to a pivot or get to a crossroads, I have to look back and go wow, I started.
Speaker 3:I've been the Red Robin, the character I've come from there and I've been a vp, you know, looking at different things of like I was an intern here. You know just the different things I've done in life of I can't believe I did that. And here I am today, and so I like to look at those things and reflect, and so when I'm like I feel like I've done nothing, well, you've come a long way from being the bird at red Robin, so you know, anything is possible. Um, but yeah, the the pivot's very hard for me, so we can all learn from each other.
Speaker 1:For sure, yeah. So we talked. We talked a little bit about morning routine. What For sure, yeah? So we talked a little bit about morning routine. What about evening wind down routine? What's that look?
Speaker 2:like for you, that's number nine. I do my ruck at night. I like ending pretty close before bedtime, doing that in the evening. Sometimes I'll do it a little bit earlier, because if I know I have to make some videos or edit some clips or anything like that, I try to do that in the evening. Um, sometimes I'll do it a little bit earlier and then, cause, if I know I have to make some videos or edit some clips or anything like that, I try to do that in the evening as well. Um, but yeah, that's usually what I do in my evenings.
Speaker 2:And then, you know, I'll plan my next day and then I'll slowly start unwinding and getting ready for bed, and then then I'll slowly start unwinding and getting ready for bed, and then usually, like I said before, I usually end the night. You know, reading, reading. And then, yeah, man, I mean staring at a book for a little bit my eyes get heavy real quick. That's the thing. Another thing about reading, man, I just I have to read it a few times too, but yeah, in the evening that slowly calms me and relaxes me when I'm reading, and then, dude, I'm out after that, you know, but yeah, that's usually how my evening is.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, for me it looks like you know, getting home, putting the phone away, we do dinner as a family. Putting the phone away, we do dinner as a family. The kids right now are in a phase where they love playing either soccer or football downstairs at our house, so we'll usually get after doing that for a little bit and then our bedtime routine with them, and then after that it just kind of depends on where the day's at. It could be going out to do a ruck, it could be doing more work. No-transcript. Same thing, though either reading or. That's also a time like that's my time where I'm usually on my phone again, whether it's emails or social media or responding to the 50 text messages that I hadn't responded to, which I'm bad at that. So if I owe you a text back, I'll get to you. I promise it's coming.
Speaker 1:But, yeah, I mean it's all just part of the wind down. That's become part of just the routine and to me, even when I'm doing emails on my phone or on the computer, like that's like chill time for me. That is winding down, decompressing. I spend all day long with people, talking with people, mentoring people, so getting that time and I'm a highly extroverted person, so you know that maybe 30-minute window of just having me time is enough for me, and then when my head hits the pillow it's 10 seconds I'm out.
Speaker 2:And it's less than that for Natalie. You're not talking to Natalie, keeping her awake.
Speaker 1:No, she's yelled at me enough times to not do that anymore.
Speaker 2:I feel like if you're constantly overstimulated, you're not recovering and without recovery, you burn out. And I think winding down is a huge, huge thing to include and incorporate, because I mean these right here, these also, they just they take, they, they control you, you know so, but I mean what you do, putting them away right when you get home, is, I is the best thing to do. So, um, we're going right into number 10, be flexible but consistent. You know, life happens, things will come up, you know, but it doesn't mean you throw your whole routine out the window. You know, you've talked you talked about earlier about pivoting. Um, I'll stay adaptable while keeping non-negotiables in your place. You know, the goal isn't perfection, is consistency over time.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, I like, uh, I like the the mindset of Ben, but don't break your place. You know, the goal isn't perfection, it's consistency over time. So, yeah, I like, uh, I like the the mindset of ben, but don't break yeah um, you know, you become too rigid in your habits and your routines. It can drive you absolutely insane and I've been there.
Speaker 1:It drives me insane, it drives natalie insane, um, and so for me, this it's a big focal point. You know what? Because, especially when it comes to like diet, nutrition, workout, like it can almost become, you know, religious and when things don't go to plan, like it'll irk me, make me feel a certain way and and it just throws things off, it makes, you know, the time being around me unpleasant. So I've really tried to focus on just learning to always be able to find joy, no matter what the situation is. That's a really hard thing to do, yep, um, but you know, I, at the end of the day, I don't want that to be something that my kids remember, and you know, I think happiness is what we're all pursuing.
Speaker 1:And so letting yourself get sideways over, you know something silly is, you know, missing a meal like it's not gonna it's not gonna kill you yeah if you're consistent like you're right back on the next day, so just figuring it out, you know yeah, I mean, it's gotten so bad to the point where, like, the family sits down for dinner and my daughter's made comments like dad, why don't you, why don't you eat what we eat?
Speaker 1:and that's kind of a hard thing to explain to an eight-year-old, but they see it and so I've gotten better at you know, and my wife cooks really healthy food, but it's like if it didn't fit perfectly into my macros, then I was was just going to make my own thing. So I've gotten better with that.
Speaker 2:They see everything Mm-hmm. Well, final, the last one Keep it simple and sustainable. At the end of the day, if your routine isn't simple, you won't stick with it. I don't overcomplicate mine at all and you probably don't do yours either. I focus on what truly moves the needle, makes me better every day, makes me feel good day after day. But you know, like we just said, there's some things that happen during the day that don't go as planned. But you know, like we just said, there's some things that happen during the day that don't go as planned. You have to pivot and figure it out, but don't overcomplicate it. That's the number one thing I can say, because if you do, you're just going to mentally drain yourself and you're not going to want to do it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, I've kind of tried to live by the quote of there's beauty in simplicity, and so many people will go through, they'll listen to this podcast and be like, oh my gosh, those 11 things. Where do I even start? And I think it's just that. You have to start somewhere. And then, once you lock in one habit, you add another one, and that may take you a year, who knows.
Speaker 1:I was just having a conversation with an individual the other day where they were talking about how they're their own worst enemy because they feel like they have so far to go, and I'm like it's true, you do have a long way to go, but it starts by taking the first step and it typically takes longer than what you think it's going to. But if you continue to show up every single day doing one simple thing over time right, compound interest it's going to make a big difference in the end.
Speaker 2:People are impatient. That's why they want it now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then other people will take it the other way, where they'll completely flood their calendars and their day and try and do a million different things and all these crazy morning routines and it becomes overwhelming. And so my advice there was don don't confuse movement with progress. Yeah, just because you're doing all these things doesn't mean that you're taking any steps closer to where you want to be, because they may not be the right things that work for you. So keep it simple.
Speaker 2:That's it. That's it. Don't overcomplicate it, but that's it. That's 11 Habits, um to keep you locked in and on track for for life, basically, um. But, like we said, these are what work for us, that's what works for braxton. So, basically, if you don't have a routine, you can figure it out, you know, one at a time, and stack them from there um let's recap these one more time here for you guys.
Speaker 1:So number one is planning a routine the night before. Two is start your day with purpose. Three is move your body first thing in the morning. Four is hydrate and fuel your body. Five is mindset work. Feed your brain. Six is create non-negotiable work blocks. Six is create non-negotiable work blocks. Seven commit 100. No plan b. A is build, build in reflection and adjustments. Nine stick to an evening wind down routine. 10 be flexible but consistent. And 11 keep it simple and sustainable.
Speaker 2:And that is it Before we go. If this episode helped, you guys, let us know, share it, tag us and yeah, let's keep pushing forward, but until the next time we're out of here, We'll see you.
