How to Sacrifice | 80/20 Applied to Self-Transformation

May is coming next week and I have been thinking about my goals.

I feel like I am falling behind my 2025 goals so I will use May to turn that around.

It is very possible to get 4 months of results in only 1 month if we learn to give up the 80% that doesn't serve us and focus on the 20% required for transformation.

I made a list of all the things to stop doing. This will give me more time and energy to put towards the things that should be done.

Some things that I will stop are:

Eating bad food
Sleeping in
Watching movies, tv
Watching true crime on Youtube
Using social for personal reasons
etc etc

Then I made a list of the 20% of tasks that I should be doing to get the results that I want.

Some tasks include:

Working out, core, stretch, breathwork aerobics
Visualization
Strict morning ritual
Limited study
Massive implementation of what I study
Dopamine detox
Waking up from drifting/taking intentional action/keeping my attention in the center
etc etc

By doing this I expect to have a rapid transformation in only one month.

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The overall concept of this is based on the 80/20 principle.

I like to look at it like this: How can I get a lifetime of results in 3 years? How can I get 4 months of results in 1 month? How can I get one quarter of results in one week?

By thinking like this, I can't be doing the same things. I can't do more of what I'm doing because I have no time and none of those things will get me there.

You can't get exponential results taking linear action.

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