Hola Amigos,

This week we're going to keep it simple. Three takeaways to fix your life. All three tie into that meta-concept of deserving the things that you want.

Don't Skip Twice.

Want to know the only rule you need to never break a habit again? Never Skip Twice.

Life is bound to get in the way - and unless you're a disciplined terminator of a person, you will miss a habit one day. External obstacles will show themselves. You're human - you shouldn't let it get you down.

But you should never miss twice in a row. Missing once is an accident, missing twice is the start of a new pattern.

Think back to a time that you were making progress with something. It might have been a new workout routine, a project, or an important habit. You were on fire - momentum was carrying you forward on the right path.

Then... you missed a day. A bit rattled you missed the next day, then rationalised why you could put it off for the rest of the week.

Boom. Skip forward a few weeks and you have no idea how you failed so suddenly.

This tragedy can be avoided: Never skip twice in a row.

Check Your Markers.

The people you compare yourself to - and the people you spend time with - determine your success. The same goes for the content diet that you consume.

The key part to this equation is who - or what - you're using as a marker. In life, our markers determine much of our success. Why? They forge our beliefs about what is right and what is possible.

If you hang around people that shoot down ideas, waste time, and have no ambition... you'll end up like them. If your markers are instead people who have healthy habits, test new ideas, and are ambitious... you'll win.

Who do you think will end up more disciplined: Someone who listens to a drop-kick friend for life advice. Or, someone who listens to Discipline-machines like Jocko Willink or David Goggins.

Check your markers. Make sure they're leading you down a path you actually want to go down.

True Decisions.

Hannibal (not the fictional character, but Rome's greatest enemy) is worth studying. He was such a great adversary, the Roman's built statues in his honour after defeating him. Both as a homage to the man and their own prowess.

There is one quote from Hannibal that has echoed through the millennia:

"I will either find a way or make one."

Firstly, that is baller. Secondly, he lived by this quote. The man defeated larger Roman armies that were better trained and supplied. He led an army - including War Elephants - across the Alps. Both considered impossible feats at the time.

In fact, if not for the incompetence of his own countrymen (and the genius of Scipio Africanus), he would have won against Rome.

His quote captures the operating philosophy that we should steal. How many times have we decided something and given up? A new habit, business, book, goal, or relationship change. Instead of becoming real changes, they end up as skeletons in our desert of abandoned dreams and thoughts of them are like the ghost of a better life we could be living.

We need to start making True Decisions - ones that we cannot go back on. We need to tell ourselves that we will either find a way or make one. We need to burn our proverbial ships.

If you want to become the best version of you, that you know is possible, start making True Decisions.

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Thanks for reading,

Zachariah.