We all desire happiness and freedom.

It's the core component that drives why we seek abundance in health, wealth, fulfilling relationships, and prosperity. Yet, you will never achieve it unless your head is in the right place, with beliefs that serve you instead of harming you.

I wish I had known these lessons and applied them sooner. So, I intend to deliver wisdom to those serious about leveling up and progressing to the best version of themselves.

Time is depreciating, so let’s dive in.

Your Only Competition Is You

If you’re focused on competing with others, you’ve lost.

Look at some of the top companies in the world, like Apple, Amazon, and Disney. They aren’t focused on competition. The companies that aren’t as successful compete with them.

But the top dogs dominate. And that’s what I want you to do.

You don’t want to compete with others. Instead, you want to compete with yourself. The goal is to look in the mirror and be better than you were yesterday.

That's your only focus: Progress.

 Progress ensures growth, improvement, and, ultimately, happiness.

I believe it’s one of the keys to a happy life.

Focus on getting better and dominate at that.

Get Your Money Right

Here’s the formula I wish I had followed when I was younger: Earn, save, invest, and then spend.

It’s a simple strategy to help you grow your money. I’m no financial guru by any means. However, I’ve made enough mistakes with money to know some rules and have identified financial red flags that you should avoid.

It’s easy for most of us to impulse buy. I’m pretty sure that if spending were a martial art, I’d have an eighth-degree black belt in that discipline.

Practice delayed gratification. Save 15%, and invest another 15% into growing yourself or your business.

If this means no spending money is left over and you can’t go to bars or clubs, then you don’t go.

If you do what’s easy now, your life will be hard. But if you do what’s hard now, then, later on down the road, your life will be easy.

Avoid Negativity

Life is too short to be putting up with negativity.

If you can evade it, do it. If you can cut toxicity out, do so.

We let deceivers like guilt trick us into thinking we should put up with being treated terribly because of the previous history in some of our relationships. Why?

My friends, we get one life. Spend it seeking joy. Cultivate relationships that soothe your soul and support you.

If anyone, or anything, doesn’t make you feel good, simply phase it out of your life.

If You Don’t Go After Your Dreams, You’ll Never Have Them

This principle is something my fellow “manifesters” need to understand.

Rereading The Secret isn’t enough. Vision boards won’t cut it, either. And no matter how often you repeat your affirmations, that alone will not make your wishes come true.

Now, I’m not saying to stop doing those things, especially if they make you feel good!

I want you to focus less on the Law of Attraction and subscribe more to the Law of Action.

If you look at the word “attraction,” you’ll find the secret within it. Look at it again: Attraction.

Action is the secret, and it’s built right into the word.

A fisherman visualizing an abundance of fish is great. But the fish won’t migrate out of the ocean into his living room. He must physically take the action of fishing.

Get your thoughts and feelings right, but please make sure you’re taking massive amounts of action.

See Failure as a Lesson

I wish someone had told me sooner the truth concerning failure.

Screenshot the following sentence and tattoo it on your brain:

Failure is a part of the process of success.

It isn’t a “bump in the road.” It’s a part of the road. It is the road. It’s an essential component of the journey.

We have to fail. Failure is feedback. It provides instant clarification on where we need to grow and improve.

It is not who you are. It is not a label for identity unless you make it that.

Failure is your coach and your best friend on the journey to your dreams and achieving the life you desire. It is not something to fear or to be avoided.

Embrace failure. Say “thank you” to it, and you’ll grow faster.

Our Habits Decide our Future