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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

3202: Get These Fundamentals Right and You Can Achieve Anything by Carl Pullien on Self Improvement

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3202: Carl Pullein's exploration into the core elements for a fulfilling life reminds us that discipline, planning, and focused intent are timeless principles championed by great thinkers across history. His article challenges modern individuals to adopt these virtues to navigate away from common excuses and aimless routines, offering a roadmap to personal success and contentment. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.carlpullein.com/blog/get-these-fundamentals-right-and-you-can-achieve-anything/2/10/2019 Quotes to ponder: "Everything flows back to this one trait. Without discipline you will always choose the cake over the healthy option, you will always drink that one too many glasses of wine, and you will always choose the sofa over a thirty-minute jog or walk." "No excuses. The most common ones being, 'I’m not ready yet' or 'I just have to do this first' or 'I don’t have time'." "The majority of the people you will meet today woke up without a plan for the day." Episode references: The Power of Now: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenment/dp/1577314808 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is optimal living daily episode 3202.

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Get these fundamentals right and you can achieve anything

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by Carl Pauline of Carl Pauline.com

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and I'm Justin Molick reading you one article a day usually covering happiness productivity

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self-help minimalism and more. Today's post comes from Carl Pauline so with that let's get

0:22.2

right to it and start optimizing your life.

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Get these fundamentals right and you can achieve anything by Carl Pauline of Carl Pauline.com

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From Greek philosophers and Roman emperors to renaissance scientists authors andters, the fundamentals for achieving a fulfilled, happy life

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has been documented, spoken about, and lived for thousands of years. Yet today most people struggle through life in

0:55.8

states of misery, stress and unhappiness. Why is that and what are these

1:01.5

fundamentals that if practiced lead to a happy fulfilled life?

1:06.0

Well here's just a few of these fundamental principles you can follow to give you a fulfilled,

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stress-free, and happy life. Discipline. Everything flows

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back to this one trait. Without discipline you will always choose the cake

1:21.8

over the healthy option. You will always drink that one too many

1:26.0

glasses of wine and you will always choose the sofa over a 30 minute jog or walk. Is your self-discipline that will catapult you towards

1:34.5

achieving many of the goals, ambitions and objectives you set for yourself?

1:39.2

From losing weight to creating a successful blog, you need the discipline to take action every day to make these

1:46.7

outcomes happen. No excuses. We humans seem to be much better at coming up with excuses about why we cannot do something

1:55.8

than we are at coming up with reasons why we can do something. We seem to have reversed things

2:00.5

somewhere along the way. There's an old saying, energy flows where your focus goes,

2:06.0

which means if you spend all your time thinking of reasons why you cannot do something,

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