Balance
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Energy Levels
Are you low on energy and enthusiasm? Chances are you are not actively pursuing goals that you are passionate about. — Sakfucius
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Fitness Fuel
Why do you want to be fit? Fitness habits are easier when you are crystal clear as to why you are driven to achieve. — Sakfucius
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Fun
What do you plan and do just to have a little fun? When is the last time you had fun? — Sakfucius
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The Monthly Quit
What’s the one thing can you quit that would reclaim a lot of time, but not damage your longterm outlook? — Sakfucius
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One or the Other
You can invest time making the life you design or you will eventually spend time dealing with the hand life deals you. — Sakfucius
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Coaching
How can you get coaching, at work and at home? To become better, you need self awareness, a good coach, and the willingness to change. — Sakfucius
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Too Happy
If you are feeling too happy and zen, tune into any news channel — they specialize in rage and angst. — Sakfucius
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Old vs. Age
The day you don’t have dreams or goals is the day you become old. Age has nothing to do with it. — Sakfucius
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Trying Anew
Have you learned a new sport, a new language, a new art in the last few years? Substantial striving is the key to staying young. — Sakfucius
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Public
Why are so many people self-conscious and have inhibitions in public? When you let go, you tend to rediscover being fun. — Sakfucius
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Admiration
The older you become, the less you admire people for their finances. Money doesn’t buy good character. — Sakfucius
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Alone is Limiting
The sooner you master asking for help, and the sooner you learn to offer help often, the better your chances of outsized success. — Sakfucius
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Sharpen your Axe 1.0
Don’t spend your weeks trying to chop down trees without sharpening your axe. Invest time to improve yourself, week in and week out. — Sakfucius
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It’s Up to You
Would you rather be a hero to your kids or to passing strangers? — Sakfucius
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Diversification
Only diversify as much as prudent but not more. The goal is to prevent loss of too much capital on a mistake, balanced against investing as much as possible in your best ideas. — Sakfucius
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Veggies
What if you decided to eat vegetarian every other day for a year? Would you be healthier and live a spry life longer? — Sakfucius
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Honesty
Some justify lying and cheating because many lie and cheat, yet happiness, peace, and honesty are forever linked. Choose to be honest and have few regrets. — Sakfucius
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Value
What value do you assign to your time? Knowing will help you say ‘no’ more often. — Sakfucius
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Humble
We are better people when we choose to be humble. It’s easier to learn, to get along, to appreciate, and to listen when not putting yourself first. — Sakfucius
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Price of Everything
Everything worthwhile has a price although it often takes a keen eye to see it. — Sakfucius
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More
More of anything brings more complications, more distractions, more struggles. What’s the optimum amount for you? — Sakfucius
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Only a Few
Few people change because only a few believe they can change. — Sakfucius
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Balanced Math
Over a year’s time, body weight balances out to your calorie intake and calorie consumption. It’s simple math, but we enjoy eating a bit too much. — Sakfucius
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Traffic
What if you listened to a great podcast instead of fuming at incompetent drivers in traffic? Sakfucius
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Satisfying
What if you changed your weekend goal to satisfying and left ‘productive’ for weekdays? — Sakfucius
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Minimalism
Minimalists reduce complications and distractions from stuff that rarely matters to them. Focus on what is core to your progress and happiness. — Sakfucius
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Outsource
If you know what your time is worth per hour, it becomes easier to outsource certain work, but it only makes sense if you then invest that time wisely. — Sakfucius
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Sharpen Axe 2.0
In modern times, your mind is your axe. What steps are you doing to sharpen it? — Sakfucius
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Figure It Out
If you never had to worry about money ever again, what would you do? When you know this answer, you can take steps in the right direction. — Sakfucius
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An Hour
What if you got up one hour early and enjoyed that hour in peace before the hassles of the day? Don’t start with the stress of running late. — Sakfucius
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Fun
What are the top things to do that you find are really fun? When’s the last time you did any of them? — Sakfucius
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Screens Large and Small
Be wary of too many hours of entertainment. It is designed to help spend your time without actually thinking. — Sakfucius
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The Good Stuff
The best memories are never made at work. — Sakfucius
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Third Key
The third key to happiness is staying busy. A good pursuit, a great mission are frosting but keeping busy is the cake. — Sakfucius
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Never Everything
Know that you will never get everything done, so what will you focus on this month? — Sakfucius
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What Matters Most
What matters most to you? Do you live your life in balance with what matters most? — Sakfucius
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Limiting Belief
Many believe that they are set in their ways. The stellar few believe they can change how they think, react, and adapt. — Sakfucius
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Don’t Work
Do not work where they do not recognize your value. There are always options. — Sakfucius
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Laugh Out Loud
When is the last time you really did LOL laugh out loud? Why so long? — Sakfucius
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Kindness
Are you kind? Kindness is magical and precious yet many have built up walls of distrust, sarcasm, and bad attitude. — Sakfucius
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Forgive Now
A person who does not forgive imprisons their own life. Who will you forgive today? —Sakfucius
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Mind’s Eye
Have a clear vision in your mind’s eye. Clarity in your mind becomes reality in your life. — Sakfucius
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Call of Duty
Success has a thread that keeps it from unraveling. Embrace your duties as a parent, spouse, son, daughter, employee, servant, friend, or leader with generosity and enthusiasm. — Sakfucius
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Retirement Trap
Never retire. Decide what you will pursue in your next chapter but never retire. — Sakfucius
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Fertilizer
Do you read for 30 minutes each day? Reading is fertilizer that helps ideas grow. — Sakfucius
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Patience
Extraordinary people combine continuous action and progress with the patience to let things play out. — Sakfucius
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Crucial Decision
The most important decision in life is deciding who you will marry. If you don’t have compatible desires now and decades into the future, you will struggle. — Sakfucius
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Fabulous
Why be average when you can choose to become outstanding. Fabulous is up to you. — Sakfucius
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Purpose is True North
When you figure out your life’s purpose, your compass is calibrated and true north becomes a constant. Figure it out or wander aimlessly. — Sakfucius
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Make Memories
We all remember the unusual. What unusual events have you done with your family this year that will make lasting memories? — Sakfucius
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Finish What You Start
All the glory, all the benefit, goes to those who finish what they start. Start less, but finish, no matter what. — Sakfucius
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Core Character
Character is more important than reputation. Live your core values and worry less about what others think. — Sakfucius
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Balance
Success at one thing at the expense of family or health becomes a house of cards. Don’t stay off balance for long. — Sakfucius
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Stay Vibrant
A key to staying vibrant is to learn, to be curious. What did you learn this month? — Sakfucius
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Are You Better Off
Are you better off after scrolling on TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook for an hour? What if you set a ten minutes per day limit? — Sakfucius
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Relationship Happiness
You must learn to be happy and confident alone before you can succeed in a longterm interdependent relationship. — Sakfucius
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Analysis Paralysis
Has anyone ever analyzed their own feelings and come to the conclusion that they are happier than they thought they were? — Sakfucius
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Love
Do you love what you do? Do you love who you are with? Do you love yourself? To love is a decision and conscious pursuit, not just the feeling portrayed in film. — Sakfucius
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Freedom Balance
The less bills you have to pay, the less stuff you have to maintain, the less people need your help, the more freedom you have. — Sakfucius
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Never Ignore Health
Without good health, all else evaporates. Health is mostly found in your daily habits. — Sakfucius
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Addiction
Do not get addicted to attention, commendation, or admiration. The spotlight is temporary and you will suffer withdrawl symptoms. — Sakfucius
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Laughter
How often do you really laugh? Laughter and longevity are closely correlated. — Sakfucius
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Improving or Fading
We are either improving or degrading. Trying to keep the status quo is fool’s goal because change is a constant. — Sakfucius
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Be the Tortoise
98.6% of success in life is accomplished by tortoises, not hares. Be the slow and steady tortoise. — Sakfucius
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Forever a Student
Be curious, question everything, and learn new stuff daily. Those who do stay young at heart and optimistic about the future. — Sakfucius
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Save Ferris
Playing hooky a few times each year is good for the soul. — Sakfucius
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Successful Relationship
Until you learn to be genuinely happy by yourself, you have no chance of a satisfying, interdependent relationship with anyone else. — Sakfucius