25 Pieces of edge of the bed advice for 2019

Inspired by Drew Dudley's This Is Day One, and with my commitment to being authentic - I am sharing my 25 pieces of edge of the bed advice.

​I have accumulated these across my 29 years of being through founding 2 companies, being a big corporate cog and (at one time) an engineer that built that bridge you cross to work everyday.

I will follow this post, with a full break down of the Day One leadership exercise that led me to writing these down, as well as what they mean for the values I live by and what I am trying to operationalise this year.

If you want a quick peak into my mind - read on. PLEASE feel free to steal/borrow and advice that resonates with you. Advice isn't supposed to be original, only impactful.

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My Advice

1. No one can give you permission to lead other than yourself
   
2. Not starting something when you know it will make your life better is a form of giving up
   
3. Feel free to discard the advice of someone who is less happy than you
   
4. The decision to save and to spend take the same amount of energy. Saving will pay it back though.
   
5. Make it a goal for someone to think you were joyous around them every day
   
6. Grit and resilience make the difference between winners and losers
   
7. You can’t achieve something if you don’t know what it is you want to achieve
   
8. Languages aren’t learned in a day
   
9. If you lead yourself and your day as if you are the best leader in the world others will follow you
   
10. If you can outwork the guy next to you. Do it.
    
11. When the world feels like it is coming apart around you. Check, have you eaten recently, have you showered recently, have you slept recently. If not, pause and fix that.
    
12. Joy is the sexiest thing on the planet
13. You can't learn if you do nothing, at least by doing something you can learn you don’t like doing that.
14. When you’re right, you’re right. Don’t let others convince you you’re wrong.
    
15. You can literally achieve anything on a long enough timeline. First step, DECIDE it is possible.
    
16. Telling someone you love them, is good for them. Showing someone you love them, is good for you.
    
17. Sometimes things just don’t work, and that is okay.
    
18. Jobs are short term and short sighted. Build momentum.
    
19. Try and live on increasingly less and less money. It will transform your perspective on life and make you realise just how useless things most people care about are.
    
20. If you can face a physical and mental challenge everyday - you’ll never lack fulfilment
    
21. Your weight is managed by what you eat, your mood is managed by how much you exercise. Be remembered for your mood, not your weight.
    
22. A different language literally lets you see the world differently. Never rule out learning a new one, and always respect someone who speaks more than one.
    
23. Be grateful for the people you can say hello to each day for accepting your hello
    
24. One moment with one deep friend is worth more than a 100 moments with 100 light friends
    
25. In business and in relationships - default to absolute, candid honesty. You can’t make good decisions without the facts
    

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