The Spartan Way: Eat Better. Train Better. Think Better. Be Better.

by Joe De Sena

Next step: With a clear head, actively identify your guiding values. I like to think of my core values as the bull’s-eyes of life and my beliefs as the arrows that either hit or miss those targets. For example, if you value being healthy but you believe it’s okay to smoke a few cigarettes every day, then you are not going to hit your target, and you’re not going to be healthy. If you value family, like I do, but you believe you have to work eighty-hour weeks, including weekends, regularly missing events in your kids’ lives, then you’re not going to hit that target. If you value becoming your company’s top-producing salesperson, but you allow your wandering mind to ruminate on past failures and rejection, it’ll be hard to get out of your head and into your next sales call. To have a clear sight of your True North, you have to be shooting at the right targets with the right arrows at all times. That means aligning your values and beliefs with your daily activities. If you value exercise, you build exercise into your day. If you value community, you find a way to spend time with friends, neighbors, and civic organizations

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