How to Automate Self-Improvement

QUOTE OF THE DAY

HOW TO AUTOMATE SELF-IMPROVEMENT

511 Words | 1 Min 52 Sec Read

Improving yourself is not necessarily a fun thing to do; no one wakes up in the morning and says, “Im going to improve myself today!” because if you know what self-improvement consists of, then you know it's not an easy journey.

That being said, there are ways that you can start to improve yourself on autopilot, where you don’t have to do things that take hours out of your day or require all of your attention, but tiny changes that you can make to help you become better every single day.

Let's run through four of them.

1. Be the stupidest person in the room.

People naturally want to be the smartest cookie in the room; they want to be the person who has achieved the most things or is looked up to the most, but unfortunately, there is no growth in that.

That's why you need to aim to either be the stupidest person in the room or at least be in a room or environment where you can learn from other people, and if that's not the case, you’re in the wrong room.

The only reason we don’t do this naturally is because it's an ego battle. To admit to yourself that there are much better people around you means that you’re not all you sized yourself up to be, and therefore you need to be humble and accept that fact.

2. Be more inquisitive.

Being more inquisitive is the biggest lifehack you can start to implement if you want to build your knowledge base and become naturally smarter.

and being inquisitive is just the process of being more curious and asking more questions.

Theres a massive lack of people asking questions in the modern day, and whether thats due to ego or lack of effort, they are both problems that need to be fixed.

So, in simple terms, ask more questions, get more answers, and get smarter.

3. Search for discomfort.

Searching for discomfort is the next way you can improve yourself on autopilot, and you may think this means you need to go up to girls in the street and try to get their number, but that's not very passive.

The best way to search for discomfort in a passive way is to just change your routines; for example, take a cold shower in the morning.

This doesn’t require time out of your day; just instead of having a normal hot shower, turn it cold, and boom, it's not something you want to do, therefore it's uncomfortable.

4. Change your priorities.

The last hack is changing your priorities. Everything stems from your priorities, which you can find out more about here, and the good thing about that is that you can change your priorities when you feel like it.

For example, if you’re trying to eat healthy food but you keep failing, maybe it's because your priority isn’t to get into shape; if that were your priority, you would find it much easier to eat that healthy food on autopilot.

The same goes with other areas of your life.

ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS:

So how can you take action on the steps above?

1. Be the stupidest person in the room.

If you don’t feel like you already have a lot to learn from those around you, then it's time to find a new circle of people that you can learn from.

2. Be more inquisitive.

This simply comes from asking more questions. Never be scared to ask questions about what it is that you want to learn more about because there is no shame in doing so, and typically others love to answer questions as it makes them feel smart, so win-win.

3. Search for discomfort.

Start off with a cold shower in the morning, and then instead of walking to work, run to work, and just keep making small changes like this, which over time will start to compound.

4. Change your priorities.

Do some self-reflection and ask yourself what your priorities are because, 70% of the time, they are not what they should be.

BOOK OF THE WEEK ⤵️

The book of the week is ‘Think like a Monk’ by Jay Shetty - a book about finding happiness and purpose! Read it HERE

CREATOR OF THE WEEK ⤵️

quinlanwalther

View more on Instagram

LESSON OF THE DAY ⤵️

The answer is yes & the solution is to embrace it.

Embrace feeling overwhelmed as you are diving into a new world, something you haven’t experienced before, which means if you weren't slightly overwhelmed, then you wouldn’t be putting yourself in enough of a deep end.

Want to ask The Kaizen something? Click this link, ask your question, and every day we pick one out to answer in the next day's newsletter.

Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here

Got any questions or thoughts about this edition? If so, send us an email to [email protected]