There's an idea coined by Aristotle that suggests knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

I want to talk a little bit about why I believe that to be true.

I went on a trip to the West Coast a few weeks ago, and obviously there's a time difference there.

When I came back, it was a little jet lagged, threw me off my routine a little bit, and for the first few days back in Florida I slept in

which makes perfect sense right my body was still on West Coast time but then three days went by

and four and five and then a week and I kept setting the alarm and I kept sleeping through it and this drove me crazy right I love my mornings and you know I can go into that some other time but uh the bottom line is I kept even knowing

it's in my best interest to get up I stayed in bed okay so one week went by going to bed

planning out my perfect day setting the alarm only to sleep in.

It had evolved from, you know, a reasonable transition to a clear display of personal weakness.

You know, mapping out what was best and then failing to do it because, you know, I was comfortable under those covers.

Q. Einstein's famous definition of insanity, right, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

See, my perfect day on paper continued to be obliterated by the very elementary and foundational

challenges of reality. And if you think

this is small, I just want to remind you that the little things ultimately become the big things,

right? In other words, no one conducts themselves one way for the small and seemingly trivial aspects

of life and then, you know, suddenly levels up and becomes highly

disciplined, you know, an organized force of nature when it really matters. No, you are who you are.

We're defined by our habits and it filters into all aspects of life. That's why Admiral McRaven

talks about, you know, making your bed. You don't do the small things right.

You can't do the big things right. And to me, this was a red flag. I wanted to fix this.

Perhaps needed to fix this. And I spent some time thinking about it. And as I was running, listening

to an audiobook, it hit me. I made what I think is one of the most important connections

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