12 Rules to Live By

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Craig Ballantyne of The $100K Transformation Contest. The one thing I admire about people who have strong nutrition beliefs is their dogmatic behavior. For example, a vegetarian, under no circumstances, will ever eat meat. There is no, “well, everyone else is having a burger, so just this once, I will too.” That’s not how it works. Not when a vegetarian has a strong personal philosophy that they never, ever, ever eat meat. And that strong personal philosophy guides them to guilt-free behavior that is congruent with their goals. I’ve also taught my fat loss clients to develop their own personal philosophy – essentially a set of rules that dictate decisions, and I’ve also created my own rules that determine how I live my life so that I reduce guilt, stress, and wasted emotional energy. Now the purpose of this email is not to say that my personal philosophies are wrong or right. Instead, they are simply here to encourage you to adopt your own rules for the sake of living a better, more productive stress free life. 
You may have your own rules in your head, but I encourage you to put them in writing. And you can adopt a set of rules for every aspect of your life, from health to financial to family and business. Craigs 12 Rules These are the 12 rules I live by: I go to bed and get up at the same time 7 days per week (9 p.m. and 5 a.m.) I do not deviate from this schedule unless it is due to an important (and ...
Source: Zen Habits - Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tags: Happiness Health & Fitness Source Type: blogs