Jan 1 • ✍️ Homework
Day 1 Homework
Day 1 — Struggles & Wins (get real)
5 Struggles
- Time scarcity as a dad & professional/entrepreneur. There are so many things in any given day that I want to give my attention to and accomplish that it feels impossible to find any sort of balance in life where I feel like I’m doing a good job. I overextend myself and feel like at times I’ve barely keeping my head above water. I need to show up as a dad, a husband, a productive employee of my 9-5, make content, market and sell for my coaching program, and delivering fulfillment for my coaching. It feels like every individual day is a non-stop battle for time and allocating enough of it into any one of these individual things to feel like I’m actually getting anywhere. Some days if feels like I’m simply failing at everything.
- A heavy sense of guilt for where I’m at in life vs where I want to be. Before my dad passed away 2 years ago, my parents filed for bankruptcy. I was able to lend my parents some money but I was in no position to fully take care of them so they didn’t have to go through that. To this day I feel like I failed my parents after the amazing life they gave me. Even now I wish I could do more to help my mom. She’s 70, by herself and worrying about things like money when she should just be enjoying the remaining years of her life. I want to lift all of her worries off of her shoulders so she can simply enjoy being a grandmother to my children and spending time with my family.
- I miss my dad. My dad passed away 3 months before my first daughter was born. I feel like there is a huge part of my life experiences that were robbed of me from not having my dad around to see me start my own family. Our son was just born 3 weeks ago and it kills me inside that he didn’t get to meet the young man I’m raising to carry on the family name. Similarly, I feel like he would be so proud of me for what I’ve built on social media and the business I’ve created. I would do anything for one more conversation with him to tell him everything that’s happened since he passed.
- Inadequacy. I feel like I’m behind in life. It’s like my fully self-realized version of myself just recently woke up in the last year. I’m 36 and it feels like I’m making up ground from so many years of just coasting when I could have pushed myself to accomplish so much more than I have. It’s frustrating looking back and seeing how much of my earlier years were spent sleepwalking through life with no greater purpose. I see all of these successful people around me and I can’t help but feel like I’ve failed at draining every ounce of potential that I know I have in me.
- Similar to the above, I tend to overthink things instead of taking immediate action. I get caught in the loop of thinking I just need to read/learn/prepare more before starting something AND THEN I will do it. I’ve gotten better at this but it’s something I constantly struggle with. Rather than focus on the mission, I get caught up in the limiting self beliefs that maybe greatness just isn’t something I’m meant to achieve. In the past I’ve sold myself short of being the best version of myself physically, mentally, professionally.
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5 Contrasting Wins:
- Non-negotiable anchors: I wake up every single day between 4am and 5am to make more time that I can allocate to the needle movers - my health, my content and coaching business. By building in this unavoidable and undisturbed time, I’m able to feel like I’m making progress while also not sacrificing time for my family.
- Fuel: The guilt I feel for my parents’ situation has become one of my greatest strengths. Whenever I feel unmotivated or like I need to slow down, I remember my mom and my family need me to keep going. I never want my family to feel helpless again. I’m going scorched earth.
- Honoring my dad through action: While my dad isn’t around to see what I’ve done with my life, he is a driving force behind everything I do. I am honoring his memory by pushing myself to be successful and become the best version of myself possible.
- I woke up when most never do. Even though I feel behind, I’ve already accomplished the hardest thing most never do. I know I was wasting my potential and I’ve restructured my life and vision to align with the greatest version of myself that I BELIEVE in.
- Confidence is a byproduct. I’ve realized that confidence doesn’t come from preparation or feeling like you’re ready. It comes from diving head first into things and figuring shit out. Not being afraid to fail or look stupid. Be bold in everything I do and every decision I make. If there is a will, there is a way.
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3 Hooks:
- Most people try to outrun guilt. The people who win, learn how to aim it.
- Feeling behind in life isn’t the problem. Never waking up is.
- Men who get ahead in life protect their mornings.
Emotion Attempting to Evoke: Resolve
(Hook)
“Men who get ahead in life protect their mornings.”
(Visual Concept)
Me walking through the house when it’s dark out. A shot of my garmin watch showing it’s just after 4am. Eyes are still swollen from just waking up. Going through the same exact motions I follow every morning before I train or work.
(Voiceocer)
“I don’t wake up this early because I’m more disciplined than everyone else. I do it because it’s the only time no one else can take from me”
(Visual Concept)
Clips of me getting into my workout busting my ass. Going on a run when it’s pitch black out and freezing during the winter.
(Voiceocer)
“Call it crazy. Call it unsustainable. I call it responsibility. Because the man that never makes time eventually runs out of it.“
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