My Signature Life Hacks: #1 - Miracle Morning Routine: Having a morning routine has changed my life. Each morning I follow the S.A.V.E.R.S acronym from Hal Elrod's book, The Miracle Morning. Silence (15-20 min) - I use a guided mediation app called 10 Percent Happier Affirmations (2 min) - Written affirmations read each morning Visualizations (5 min) - I use a technique called Goal Setting to the Now (next hack) Exercise (30-40 min) - No more hours at the gym, I use Beach Body On Demand Read (10 min) - I read one chapter of the Bible each morning Scribe (2 min) - I write down 3 things that I'm grateful for I've found that repeating this routine each day (most days) gives me the energy and fuel I need to tackle each day. It helps me start the day off with the right perspective, and has hands down been the most productive change I've made in my life. #2 - Goal Setting to the Now - Gary Keller (founder of Keller Williams) says the reason for setting a goal isn't to achieve it, but rather, to know how to act appropriate in the moment. That's why I use the technique Goal Setting to the Now from the book, The One Thing. The first and most important step is determining what is your "WHY". I believe the Japanese describe it best with their concept of Ikigai, which means, a reason for being. To have purpose and a direction in life that inspires you to take action and provides a sense of meaning to your life. Once you know your WHY or ikiguy, set a 10 year goal or vision for what and where you want to be in 10 years. From there you set the following goals: 3-year Goal: What's the one thing I can accomplish in the next 3 years to ensure I'm on track for my 10-year goal? 1-year Goal: What's the one thing I can accomplish in the next year to ensure I'm on track for my 3-year goal? 90 Day goal: What's the one thing I can accomplish in the next 90 days to ensure I'm on track for my 1-year goal? Monthly Goal: What's the one thing I can accomplish this month to ensure I'm on track for my 90 day goal? Weekly Action: What's the one thing I can do this week to ensure I'm on track for my monthly goal? Daily Task: What's the one thing I can do TODAY that will ensure I'm on track for my weekly action? Writing this down each morning will give you incredible clarity and motivation! #3 - I don't drink alcohol

For some reason I've resisted jumping on the Audible train the past couple of years. Something about it didn't seem right, or not as "pure" as actually reading a book. However, the last couple of weeks I've decided to give it a shot, and I'm not sure I'll ever actually read a book again! I feel like I retained more by listening to the book, and it was much quicker than I could have read it. They say you have to read a book multiple times to really retain it and to for it to stick, but re-reading a book has always seemed so daunting to me. I'd much rather just plow forward to the next book, even knowing that absorption would sacrificed by doing so. Since I can listen to a book in a fraction of the time, I'm training myself to get into the habit of re-listening to the book as soon as I'm finished. I'll report back, but so far, I am implementing much more from the books I'm listening to than I ever did from the books I actually read.

I've found it helpful to remove the temptation of checking my phone constantly by not keeping it on me during certain times of the day. For example, in the evenings and on weekends I try to be present with my family so I leave my phone upstairs on my nightstand so I'm not tempted to look at it every 30 seconds. If I need to make a call or check email/messages I have to go into a separate room to do it. I've found that, in general, I'm not missing ANYTHING, and it allows me to enjoy the time with my family much more. I've been bad at this lately, but am going to re-instate my cell-phone-on-night-stand policy and will report back here with feedback!