How to Workout Your Mind

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HOW TO WORKOUT YOUR MIND

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What if there was a way to workout your mind just like you workout your body? Is there a way you could turn up to the mental gym, put in the reps, and, over a consistent amount of time, start to see the results and growth of your hard work?

Well, there is, and here are 3 mental exercises that you can do to grow like never before.

1) Keep learning from smarter people who make you feel a bit stupid.

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room." - Confucius

Surrounding yourself with people who are much further ahead and smarter than you is by far the most beneficial thing that you can do because it's a one-way ticket to growth.

The ability to feel stupid amongst other people means that you have a lot to learn from those people, which you can either take as a disadvantage or a huge advantage because there is so much room to grow.

2) Keep reading difficult books that make you question your own intelligence.

Books are the key to many of your problems because the chances are that if you have a problem, someone else has already solved it and written a book about it.

Another way to workout your own mind is to challenge yourself by reading books that are on the brink of your understanding.

Follow the goldilox rule and don’t read books that are too easy; don’t read ones that are too hard, as you’ll give up before you finish; but read books that are just outside your understanding, as they will force you to learn something new each time.

2) Keep hanging out with ambitious people who make you feel like you could try much harder.

If your circle isn’t challenging you, then you need to find a new circle.

Similar to point 1, you need to surround yourself with people who are doing great things, which will automatically make you feel like you should be doing great things too.

ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS:

1) Find people who know a lot more than you do and provide enough value in order for them to accept you and want to keep you around; then become a sponge and absorb as much as you possibly can.

2) Do your own research, find books on topics that you’re interested in, and keep increasing the difficulty until it's just on the brink of your understanding.

3) Similar to point 1, find people who are in a position that you want to be in and provide enough value for them to keep you around so that you can learn from them and be challenged by them.

LESSON OF THE DAY ⤵️

What do you think that pondering and worrying about the past is going to achieve? Do you think it's going to suddenly allow you to go back in time, start earlier, and fix your mistakes?

Obviously not, which means you have one option, which is to make the most of the present moment.

You’re right, the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second-best time is now.

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