Hong Le

When you exercise, your body releases chemicals called endorphins. Endorphins are chemicals that help to relieve pain or stress, and boost happiness. Endorphins also trigger a positive feeling in the body, similar to that of morphine.

Regular exercise has been proven to:

• Reduce stress
• Ward off anxiety and feelings of depression
• Boost self-esteem
• Improve sleep

Exercise also has these added health benefits:

• It strengthens your heart.
• It increases energy levels.
• It lowers blood pressure.
• It strengthens and builds bones.
• It helps reduce body fat.
• It makes you look fit and healthy.

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David Goggins says there are the “the uncommon amongst the uncommon,” and they tend to think differently: “Their minds are wired in a way that they don’t just want to be great at something. They want to be the absolute best that’s ever done it.”

Even when they do become the best, they’re not satisfied. They never think they’ve made it. Instead, they tell themselves that, no matter what, what they’ve done isn’t enough.

It’s not about getting there. It’s about what you achieve every single day.

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• Limit your options.
• Draw a hard line between good and bad choices.
• Listen to the gut feeling.
• Think of your time as money.
• Know that decisiveness grows with each decision.
• Remember that indecision kills.

Mentally tough people are flexible and are constantly adapting. They know that fear of change is paralyzing and a major threat to their success and happiness. They look for change that is lurking just around the corner, and they form a plan of action should these changes occur.

Only when you embrace change can you find the good in it. You need to have an open mind and open arms if you’re going to recognize, and capitalize on, the opportunities that change creates.

Say you’ve decided you should cold-call 20 new prospects every day. Great idea… but one that also sounds really hard.

Instead, start small. You can call two people a day, right? Sounds easy. That you can do. Then, over time, you’ll feel comfortable increasing the number. (Especially as you start to have success.)

Whenever you want to create a new habit, start small so you will actually start, and then stick with it through that tough early period when habits are hard to form.

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