And I’ll be honest with you, three of these are probably nothing you haven’t heard before…that’s because they’re tried and true.

They are cornerstones of the success mindset, but there’s one more many successful men are afraid to share…

…and in this 30 minute show we’re sharing what it is, why it’s crucial to your success, and why they’re afraid to talk about it.

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Knowledge Bombs You’ll Pick Up In This Episode:

• Four foundational truths of successful men
• The part most men a afraid to talk about and why
• How to control your environment and the catch of eliminating the crap you don’t like
• Three easy ways to build self confidence
• Why religion does and doesn’t matter to success
• How to give fear of uncertainty the finger for good so you can build your legacy

Other Mentions and Links:

• Jonathan Fields and his fantastic book Uncertainty (you should read it. trust me.)
• 8 Simple Words That Get You Out of Annoying Conversations With Co-Workers Without Being An Ass
• PowerFix Primer

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We’re diving deep into the first step of the Mission Matrix — Legacy.

Do you know what legacy you’re building? Is it the one you want to be remembered for? Will people want to talk (in a good way) about your achievements when you’re gone or even now?

If you’re not sure, listen to this quick 18 minute episode. It has what you need.

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Knowledge Bombs You’ll Pick Up In This Episode:

• how to define the Legacy YOU want to be remembered for (it’s time to get selfish)
• A quick way to pinpoint the actions you’re unknowingly using to hold yourself back
• how to know you’re making the right move
• where most men throw in the towel and how to NOT be that guy
• how to have clarity to make the right decisions

Other Mentions and Links:

• PowerFix Primer

Got a Question or Topic You’d Like Covered On The Show?

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In this episode of the PowerFix Podcast, you’ll hear how you can gain status and power by using the Mission Matrix.

It’s a cheesy name for a system the world’s most successful and influential men use to gain more power and respect than everyone else.

Not only will it soothe the soul, but you’ll leave with some knowledge bombs as well.

It’s good stuff you want to hear.

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Knowledge Bombs You’ll Pick Up In This Episode:

• The underlying system the world’s most successful men use to gain status and power
• The 7 points of the Mission Matrix
• Why wanting to be the guy everyone likes isn’t enough
• The power of the Four Faiths
• The necessity of re-mastery
• What you can learn from watching a NASA scientist
• How to get more opportunities to advance
• The key to holding it all together

Other Mentions and Links:

• A few interesting studies on health and faith (of all kinds)
• PowerFix Primer

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This is a mistake. If you continually avoid something in conversation you’ll begin to avoid it in your life.

For some things, that’s good. Not for faith. You need faith. Success favors the bold, but lasting and fulfilling success favors the bold AND faithful.

There are four types of faith you need if you want fulfilling success to shine it’s heavenly beams of light down on you.

Each of them are powerful on their own, but unstoppable when combined daily.

The Four Faiths of Success:

• Faith in yourself
• Faith in your environment (The people & atmosphere around you.)
• Faith in a Higher/Guiding Power (For me, this is God. All day. Every day.)
• Faith in uncertainty (More of a bi-product of the previous three.)

FAITH IN YOURSELF is obvious. We’ve been told “Just believe in yourself and you can achieve anything” since we were in diapers. Everyone knows this. Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are usually right. Someone famous said that. I don’t remember who.

Unfortunately, that’s not the whole truth. You need more than just faith in yourself.

You also need…

FAITH IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT is also pretty simple if you live by the “No Jackasses Allowed” code. Got jackasses in your life. Cut the cord. The decision is hard at first. Life afterwards is sweeter.

You can’t always eliminate them. We’ve all been forced to work with people we don’t like. If you work for someone else, you can’t always control who you work with. But you can limit your exposure their B.S.

FAITH IN A HIGHER POWER. I trust, hear, and fear God. He is my guiding power. This isn’t true for everyone. No matter your individual beliefs or who thinks who is right, faith in something bigger than yourself is a must.

To have faith in nothing at all is to be lost. Just be carful who/what you put your faith in. Firm foundation, sinking sand, and whatnot.

FAITH IN UNCERTAINTY is the hardest, but gets easier as you strengthen your faith in the previous three. It’s their bi-product. It’s to trust that your next step is the right one no matter dark it seems. To trust even if you “failed”, you made the right choice.

The trick is to give up your expectations of what you think success should look like in the next step.

This doesn’t mean give up on your specific goals. It means don’t worry about the path you have to take to achieve them. It’s NEVER how we imagine. And it’s NEVER the same as someone else’s.

The insanely successful, those who literally shape the world, have learned to master these four faiths on a daily basis.

It’s your turn.

What are your thoughts on faith? Do you think it plays a role in success?

Want the NO B.S. method to find your calling and know with absolute certainty you’ve made the right choice?

Good. Read on.

How To Find Your Calling and Do Your Life’s Work. Now With 100% Less B.S.

1. Choose the work you can do well. 

This seems obvious, but we tend to ignore the obvious…at all the wrong times. The work should fit your gifts, knowledge, and capacities. Stop being so overzealous. Seriously.

Everyone has room to learn in any position. But there’s a huge difference between being good with room to grow and being a complete rookie. Have faith in yourself, but don’t be naive about your current capabilities.

2. Choose the work that builds.

The main purpose of work is to serve…to benefit others…to build up the world. Does your work, business, or industry make people better or does it cater to their weaknesses?

3. Do the work to advance the work itself.

Of course you want work that pays enough to sustain a lifestyle you’re comfortable with. And although it’s noble (and expected) to work to provide for your family and to benefit those around you, it’s not enough.

Your efforts must also benefit your field of work itself.

This third point always reminds me of NASA scientists. Pushing the envelope of what humans accomplish in space every…single…day. Those dudes aren’t in it for just the pay or the recognition. Everything they do is advancing their field.

Chances are you’re not a rocket scientist (Although, I know one. Great guy. Funny.), but you can still choose to work for the common good. To build up the work itself — to build up mankind’s ability to cultivate a better world to live in and enjoy.

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Sure, I could drag this it out, but why bother?

The truth is, most people will do nothing with this information. They think it’s too simple. Or not simple enough. Or not practical in every situation. Or leads to other questions. Or blah blah blah. Whatever.

Everyone has a purpose. A mission to fulfill, but not everyone has the cojones to see it through. Excuses are easier in the short-term.

I hope that isn’t you.

If you’re afraid your work is meaningless or if you hate what you do, use this guide. Find your calling.

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It’s so simple you could call it “brainless”. Which is why I like it, and why it’s so effective.

You already have everything you need — unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last 15 years — and it will only take 30 seconds or less!

If you’re a busy man (who isn’t), miss the spark you used to feel with your wife, or she just outright seems angry with you all the time…

This little trick is perfect for you.

3 Steps. 30 Seconds. Receptive Wife. Happy You.

Step 1: Pull out your phone (if it’s not already in your hand)

Iphone or Android. It doesn’t matter.

Step 2: Open the Reminders app (iPhone) and schedule to text your wife

Android folks use whatever’s similar to Reminders. Google calendar works great for both phones. Just make sure notifications are turned on.

Step 3: Text your wife when notified.

Make it short and sweet. Ask a simple question like “How’s your day?” or make a statement like “Randomly thinking about you. Wanted you to know.”

Seriously. That’s it. Do this 2-3 times a week at different times and watch her mood change. She’ll be happier, more receptive, and even more attracted to you by the end of the week.

Win.

2 Reasons Why This Works Every Time

1. At the end of the day, we all want to feel like we matter to someone. That someone is thinking about us and cares about our emotions and needs.

Women (especially your wife, girlfriend, business partner, whatever) feel this more so than men — although we need it just as much.

We get lost in our day-to-day routine…career, kids, carpool, bills, school, etc. etc.. We let those we care about and need most slip into the cracks.  While, internally, we still expect them to have the same spark and excitement they displayed in the beginning.

The spark fades more. You grow resentful and she becomes distant. Not good.

This little trick shows her you’re not going to let her fall through the cracks. At least, not anymore. This is a big deal.

2. It’s easy. Brainless, in fact.

Your busy life isn’t calming down by tomorrow, next week, or even next month. Your mental capacity isn’t growing. And you probably don’t have the power to drop everything to take off on a romantic getaway (although this can help with that).

But you do have the power to take 30 seconds during the day to remind someone they’re important to you.

Don’t take my word for it. Test it yourself. You can thank me later

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A woman, I’d say mid 50′s, is verbally lashing a younger man. I’m guessing she’s his mother. He looks disappointed and slightly embarrassed. I would too.

They’re at the table directly in front of me. I’m on the couch against the wall. Macbook Pro opened in my lap. Earbuds in my ears with no music playing. I do this all the time.

People talk louder about more interesting things when they think you’re not listening. I’m usually listening.

He’s casual, but neat. I recognize his shoes. Special edition blue J.Crew New Balances. Same as mine. His mother is in a “chic” animal print top. Leopard or cheetah or something. She looks aged and overbearing.

His Audi key fob and iPhone without a case are on the table. Her gigantic animal print bag is on the floor.

From what I gather, he’s a person of power at his work. A shot caller. But he hates it, and want to leave.

“You sacrificed so much to get here and now you’re going to just quit!”, she says.

His reply – “Exactly. I made the sacrifices to get what I thought I wanted, but I don’t want it.”

He goes on to explain what he wants — to start fresh in something new where he’s “felt called to for a few years now”.

I couldn’t stop watching her face as he was explaining the next phase of his life (which he had obviously been planning a long time, maybe subconsciously). You could see her counting the reasons why he would fail. So when he finished talking she could immediately rip him apart with all the reasons he was an idiot and would surely fail. Which she did.

I wish I could say he won, but he didn’t.

She buried him so far under self-doubt and fear that he gave up right there. He didn’t just agree with her to end and uncomfortable conversion. You can tell when people do that. He didn’t do that. His body language completely changed. His face sunk. His eyes were empty.

This is how so many of us live today. No, we don’t all have Cruella de Vil for a mother, but we’re surrounded by people just like her everywhere we go.

Some of us have weeded those people from our life. They’re poisonous and worthless (to us, anyway), but it’s impossible to get them all.

No matter where you’re at in life you will always want more. A grander title, higher status, bigger house, more wealth, love, respect, etc..

At every point you’ll want more. Reach your dream today and it’s not enough tomorrow. It’s not greed. It’s a drive for greatness. To create a legacy worth writing about.

It’s how we’re wired — to desire something > work hard to get it > get it > enjoy it or don’t > want something greater…repeat.

Below is your 7 point plan to start living the dream.

7 Point Plan To Start Living The Dream

1. Weed. Weed out the negative people from your life. As much as you can, anyway. It’s hard to impossible to do when those people are your boss,  spouse, or even children, but it’s a must. Of course you shouldn’t cut these people out completely, but you can cut them out of the discussion. Which is still sad.

For everyone else, weed. Talk with them first if you want. Give them a chance. Give them 10. It’s your choice (sooner is better), and determine a time limit for them to come around or cut them off. They will poison you if you don’t (see story above).

If possible, replace them with people who inspire you. Can’t find anyone around you? Go online. Like…you…are…right…now. Hi there.

2. Take 30 minutes. Think about what you want to be remembered for. What legacy do you want to leave behind. Beyond “I want to be rich”. Who doesn’t? What is “living the dream” to you.

Get as specific as you can. You’ll never reach your destination if you don’t know what it is. It’ll no doubt change as you achieve certain goals, experience what you thought you wanted, and learn more.

I’m sure the guy in the coffee shop knew exactly what he wanted 10 years ago. He worked hard, got it, and didn’t like it. Then he wanted something new. Too bad he didn’t know about point one. Or three.

3. Don’t talk. Act. Decide the simplest most practical first action to take. Do it immediately. Read the top book on the subject. Buy a domain. Register for a course. Write an outline. Google the crap out of your idea. Do anything but ask someone else if your idea is good. Do that later.

Someone will ALWAYS think your idea is crap and try to talk you out of it. Maybe they’re right. Maybe not. It’s not their decision to make. Taking immediate action will get your feet planted in the idea so you’re not easily swayed. Stay open to advice though.

4. Leverage. What you know. Who you know. What they know. Who they know. Draw on your past experiences. What you learned from them. Search for any piece of the puzzle that will further your mission. Most people legitimately want to help you. Ask.

5. Plot. Scheme. Work. Harder.

6. Celebrate every win. Every goal reached. Every sale. Every introduction. Every Retweet. Every smile from a kid and glance from a beautiful woman (both are magic for the soul). Every lesson learned. Every prayer answered. Every time you look in the mirror and like what you see.

7. Repeat as often as necessary. Points 4-6 will be on a permanent rotation, and occasionally you’ll need to reset back to 1.

I made a tool that can help you with all this. You can get it here. No charge.

While she was home turning *undisclosed age*, and wrangling our two little girls, I was on the other side of the country drinking way too much…

…eating incredible food, with beautiful women buying me drinks, and hanging out with influencers into the morning hours.

Your basic networking stuff.

I’ve never been away on my wife’s birthday, and this particular birthday was significant to her.

So what did I do?

I cloned myself and automated every bit of it so I wouldn’t have to think about my wife’s birthday. Allowing me to keep my mind on my A-game for the trip (aka – travel, eat, drink, and be merry — “networking”).

Of course, it ended horribly.

Here’s what happened, what I learned, and a piece of time sensitive advice you can use now if you’re in a similar situation. (Very useful if you recently screwed up Valentines Day or the like!)

A Quick Warning: This get’s pretty ridiculous and ugly, and it’s the embarrassing truth of what went down. Scroll down to the bottom if you’re in a hurry to get the 3 escape techniques.

One Month Until The Incident

Before we get into this, you should know that I’m not a complete jackass and this instance is not the norm. But we all have our moments of off-our-rocker-idiocy.

I did feel guilty about traveling on my wife’s birthday. Which is why I came up with the following plan.

Her birthday was on a Sunday. This made deliveries near impossible or VERY expensive and still unreliable. After a lot of research, emails, and phone calls, I found a reliable company that would deliver exactly what I wanted on a Sunday.

Phase one complete.

Phase two involved cloning myself somehow (Yes I know. I told you this would get ridiculous). This took a while to figure out. Until one night, I saw the perfect answer in a show on Hulu. Blue Collar, I think.

A girl used an iPhone app to schedule prewritten text messages to be sent at specific times in order to solidify her fake alibi. I wasn’t planning to murder anyone, but this app was EXACTLY what I needed to clone myself.

I instantly grabbed my phone, found the app in the app store, downloaded it, and presto! All I had to do was write and schedule a series of loving birthday texts to be delivered throughout the day.

Genius.

48 Hours Until The Incident…and strike one.

It’s two days before Jill’s birthday. Her and the girls are giving me long vice-like hugs, smashed kisses, and happy/concerned smiles. Usually the case when I fly.

The Atlanta airport is crazy busy. More than usual. I love it.

My wife has always wanted to go to Portland. We’ve talked about how great the food is supposed to be there on many occasions plus it seems like our kind of place.

I’m flying to Portland without her. For four days. I’ll be on the other side of the country on her *undisclosed age* birthday, and seem excited about it.

Strike one.

Six hours later, I land in Portland, Oregon. It’s beautiful.

(Side Note: In Portland, they fly RIGHT NEXT TO BIG ASS MOUNTAINS)

I call my wife to let her know I’m safely on the ground. It’s the only sober conversation I have with her for the next four days.

24 Hours Until The Incident…strike two.

I’m having a blast. Attending great events. Making new friends. And enjoying my very unexpected small celebrity type status. Good times.

I finally get around to calling Jill. The girls are crazy. It’s the hottest summer Atlanta has had in a while. The AC blower just died in the car. The level at which she wanted me home now grew exponentially every overheated minute.

We talk about where she needs to take the care. It’s the weekend so she has a small window of time to get to the shop to have the car fixed before they close until Monday.

I continue to tell her of the great time I’m having, and that she’d LOVE it IF she was with me.

Strike two.

D-DAY

I finally make it back to my room. It’s 2am and officially my wife’s birthday. I text her the incredibly romantic message of “You still up?”. I suddenly remember 2am for me is 5am for her. I’m drunk and pass out.

8am rolls around. I’m up, showered, caffeinated and ready to go. The day is fantastic. Portland is a beautiful place. Great food, and interesting people. Best business trip ever.

I call Jill around lunch time to check in and ask how church was. I say nothing about her birthday. She sounds melancholy. I wonder why, but don’t ask. I tell her my plans for the next few hours, say “love you”, and hang up.

At this point, any thought of her birthday had been “filed away”. Everything had been scheduled so there was no need for me to think about it— the texts, the gift deliveries, everything. I was relying on her response to any of those to trigger my mind to open those files and respond accordingly. 

Yes, this makes me look like a total ass hat, but it’s how my brain works. There’s only so much I can focus on effectively at once. I shut out anything that isn’t necessary to think about until it is. 

In this case, befriending important people seemed more important than thinking about my wife’s birthday. Sigh.

The day progresses. Deals are made. Beers become sake become beers. I get to see the unseen side of many well known names. It’s fascinating, fun, and bit disturbing. There is no communication with my wife until…

…I get a text from my sister-in-law.

“Did you remember to wish Jill happy birthday?”

*trigger activated*

“Huh?” My heart sinks. Then races.

Did the texts not go through? Was she just making sure I didn’t forget? She knows it’s not like me to forget something like that so why would she even ask? Why hasn’t Jill texted or called me? Surely she got the delivery by now.

It was Sunday. I had no way to call the delivery company. There was no way to confirm the scheduled texts actually sent. And there was no good way for me to ask Jill. Nothing good would come of this.

I step onto the sidewalk from the bar patio to immediately call Jill. It was still loud.

Jill answers with a sound I’ve rarely heard from her on the phone. It was a deep sadness. I knew then nothing had gone to plan. No deliveries…No texts…Nothing. Unbelievable.

I also realized just how ridiculous and bastardly the whole thing was.

Right there. Over the phone. At the end of her birthday. With the sounds of drunk people laughing and having a great time in the background. I tried to explain what was supposed to have happened…the delivery…the texts.

It didn’t matter. All she heard was “Having fun on my trip without you meant more than you and your birthday to me”. I literally just cringed writing that.

Strike Three. I’m out.

Our conversation was short and unresolved.

My flight home the next day felt like an eternity. I wanted it to take longer.

This wasn’t my finest moment. In fact, it’s one of the worst in our 11 years of marriage, in my opinion.

I will never forget it. It’s a guarantee she won’t either. Ever.

So how do you heal a wound like this in your relationship quickly? Here’s a few thoughts:

First, know there is no quick fix, but there are a few proven “bandages” to help ease the pain quickly like…

• Act fast. The longer you take to address your mistake the worse the fallout will be. And it will take MUCH longer to heal.
• Suck it up, and take it. Don’t pass the blame to whatever excuse or person you can think of. She won’t believe you or even care if it’s true. Take responsibility.
• Accept this will cost you time, money, meals, sex, and even your pride if she decides to tell her friends…and yours…and the entirety of the human race. The piper must be paid, and she ain’t cheap. Deal with it.

While you should use these to help calm down any situation, they won’t get you out of the doghouse. Oh no, there’s much more to it than that.

3 Ways To Get Out Of The Dog House and Back Into Your Bed

1. Do everything. You, like every other man in any kind of relationship, have a honey-do list. An ever growing list, made for you, of chores you had no intention of doing. Do them. All of them. Without hesitation or attitude.

My first weekend home from Portland I painted a hallway and installed shelving. Yay.

2. Spend money on her. Lots of it. This is painful and that’s the point. It’s also cliche, but your wife/girlfriend STILL WANTS AND EXPECTS IT no matter what they tell you. This is where mind reading comes into play. And don’t expect this to instantly fix anything. Nope. But it must be done. Helloooo Amex.

3. Find some way to support her. This is the strongest of the three. It’s hard to support her dreams sometimes. I mean to really motivate and inspire her to go for what she wants.

Maybe it’s fear she’ll outdo us or maybe that it’s just one more thing for us to have to think about. Either way, proving to her that you’re 100% behind her going for her dreams is the fastest, most effective way to get out of the doghouse, guaranteed. Not to mention strengthen her trust in you.

Follow these three steps and you’ll be golden…eventually

Eventually is better than never, eh?

How about you? Have you ever come up with a crazy plan the backfired?

Let’s hear it.

I owe the IRS $42K, and they’re about to take everything.

That’s how the certified letter read.

The words “lean” and “you have 10 days to…” were used more than once.

When I read that letter a few years ago, I immediately felt sick to my stomach. Then I was pissed. Then sick. Then pissed again. Then panicked. Then back to sick. Then came the shame.

Lots of shame.

I threw the letter on the table, grabbed my sparring gear, and headed out to Krav Maga class to beat the shame I was feeling out of some wide eyed newbies.  It didn’t work…well, it did for an hour.

You see, although the timing of the letter was unexpected the situation was not. I knew about the tax issues. In fact, I’d known about them for while, but I ignored them.

What’s weird is I don’t know why I did it. I’m not lazy or irresponsible. I wasn’t scared to see the numbers in my business. Things were great. Generally owing the government money means you did something right. At least in the area of making money, and we did.

So why did I let it go for so long, knowing the consequences, knowing I WOULD BE FORCED to face it, and knowing it would be incredibly embarrassing, time consuming, stressful, and expensive when that time came?

Was it because I didn’t know where to start? Because I was busy and didn’t think I had time to deal with it? Because I didn’t or even want to understand it? Because I didn’t want to deal with the changes needed? Was it because I was afraid?

Truthfully, It was all that and more.

We all have areas like this in our lives. Areas that could literally change everything, yet we still ignore them.

It’s like we think if we keep our heads down, plowing ahead and doing the other work the matters, life will miraculously work out the details for us. And it’s true. Life will work out the details for you. Only, rarely in your favor.  Usually what you’ve chosen to ignore is what ends up breaking down all you’ve been working to achieve.

In my case, it was the IRS. They could have quickly taken all I’d worked so hard to build.

For you, it might be how you handle your money or your need to get back in shape. For others it’s dealing with trust or intimacy issues in their marriage or figuring out their calling in life or finding a sense of purpose in their work.

No matter what your specific situation is, there are five simple questions you can ask yourself that will give you the exact steps to take and when to take them. Giving you the power to fix it discretely and on your terms.

Because that’s the real problem with most of us, isn’t it — knowing what to do first? Or worse, we know exactly what needs to be done, but it seems so overwhelming (or we’re too prideful) that we do nothing…until we’re forced to.

We let fear strip our power away. It tells us there is safety in our ignorance. That it will keep us hidden away from the spotlight of the changes we know are inevitable. Well, guess what?

Fear is a liar.

What have you been ignoring?

It’s only a matter of time before it catches you. You can fix it now or you can sit around hoping it won’t find you, but it always will. That’s why I’m sharing these five questions with you. In fact, I’ve built a tool you can use in any situation. I call it the PowerFix Primer.

It won’t do the heavy work for you, but it will show you the exact steps, specific to your situation, to take now and beyond.

I used this tool to conquer the IRS. My clients have used it to start profitable side businesses, heal relationships, find better work, and even had a guy use it to get a date with the girl he’d been afraid to approach for YEARS. Just call me Dr. Love.

These five questions are the primer you can use to achieve anything. What will you use it to get first?

The PowerFix Primer is a free tool for you to use whenever you like. All I ask is that you share it with others if you find it helpful, and keep me in the loop when you get what you want.

You can have full access to the Primer by filling out the form below.

“Ignorance is bliss…until it pistol whips you.”

Ignoring truth doesn’t make it go away. Nor the fact that it will, someday, rise to the surface forcing change.

Ignore the signs now if you want, but you WILL change. It is inevitable. Period.

The question is, “When will you change?” Will you change because you have to or before you have to?

We all know people who have been forced to change. Pink slips, debilitating diseases, and other life-altering situations that forced them to change. These people changed because they had to.

Brave men change before they’re forced.

They see the writing on the wall and make the necessary shifts. They pursue new work opportunities, hire mentors who have achieved the same goals, work on improving their health, learn financial habits they’ll actually stick to, search their faith, or more openly communicate with their wives.

They recognize the inevitability of change (and the price of ignoring it), and are willing to face it with all the confidence they can muster.

Few situations in life are sudden. Officials are not suddenly elected, managers are not suddenly fired (or hired). Christmas was’t suddenly scheduled for the 25th, and your doctor didn’t suddenly deem a cigarette following your BigMac, fries, and Coke unhealthy.

You can change now on your terms or be forced like a slave later. It’s no ones choice but yours.

Take action today…

Hold yourself accountable in the comments.

Share one thing you’ve been ignoring and how different your life would look if you were forced to change it tomorrow?