1318: You Don't Control The Outcomes Of Your Life, Principles Do. by Benjamin Hardy on Creating Healthy Habits

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🗓️ 21 July 2019

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Benjamin Hardy shares why you don't control the outcomes of your life, principles do. Episode 1318: You Don't Control The Outcomes Of Your Life, Principles Do. by Benjamin Hardy on Creating Healthy Habits Benjamin Hardy has been the top writer on Medium.com since late 2015. He focuses on self-improvement, motivation, and entrepreneurship. His writing is fueled by his personal experiences, self-directed education, and formal education. His research focuses on the psychological differences of "wantrepreneurs" and actual entrepreneurs. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina with his wife and they are the foster parents of 3 children. The original post is located here: https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/you-dont-control-the-outcomes-of-your-life-principles-do-e12600f5e8fd Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1318. You don't control the outcomes of your life,
0:05.5	principles too. By Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy.com and my very own personal narrator,
0:10.7	Justin Mollick, reading to you from some amazing blogs and books to help you live more optimally.
0:16.3	Optimally, that's a word, right? Now let's get right to today's post and start optimizing your life.
0:21.2	You don't control the outcomes of your life, principles do. By Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy.com.
0:33.4	You don't control the outcomes of your life. You don't control how other people will respond to you.
0:39.1	You don't control your health. You don't control how much money you make.
0:43.1	Principles control these things. Said Dr. Stephen R. Covey, quote,
0:48.1	We control our actions, but the consequences that flow from those actions are controlled by principles.
0:54.0	End quote. If you consistently put unhealthy foods in your body, your body will become unhealthy.
1:00.7	Your body is a natural system governed by principles. If you don't pay the price to develop your
1:05.7	mind with consistent learning, your mind will become dull and unclear. Your mind is a natural system
1:11.6	governed by principles. In his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen
1:16.4	Covey defines a principle as, quote, a natural law like gravity. It's different than a value.
1:22.9	Values are subjective. Principles are objective. Gravity, if you drop something, gravity controls
1:30.1	end quote. Most people cram for tests while in college, but can you cram if you're a farmer?
1:36.7	Can you forget to plant in the spring, slack off all summer and then work hard during the fall?
1:42.0	Of course not. A farm is a natural system governed by principles. So where you?
1:47.9	The law of the harvest is always an effect. What you plant, you must harvest.
1:53.5	Furthermore, what you plant consistently over time eventually yields a compounded or exponential
1:59.3	harvest. You often don't experience the consequences of your actions immediately, which can be deceiving.
2:05.2	If you smoked one cigarette, you probably wouldn't get cancer. If you've spent $10 on coffee just
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