I'll Do Better

You may be wondering where I’ve been.

I’ve been sick … again.

I’m a healthy person. I never get sick. I’ve secretly judged a lot of my friends who are unhealthy and are always complaining about being sick. That’s never been me.

I get sick once a year. I’ll get a fever, puke, be in a coma for a day, cry out for Jules to make me feel better, cry out for my mom, have crazy fever dreams, and wake up the next morning feeling better.

That was until I had kids.

last week, I had Norovirus for the second time in less than 3 months. I lost 6 or 7 pounds. Worst of all is I feel gross. I feel so behind and anxious.

As such, I need to wake up and start tomorrow fresh. It always comes back together quickly, but that’s because I jump right into it. Here’s what I need to do …

1. Daily Journaling. The last week of my journal all fits in one page. It says “I feel like shit.” Subsequently, the next date and submission is underneath it which again says “I feel like shit.” It’s funny to read. To get back on track, I am going to dive deep into my morning intentions and my nightly reflections.

In the mornings I set my intentions for the day and at night, I write down any times I was selfish or self seeking and I also create my power list for the next day. This way, I wake up, drink my 30 ounces of water, pour a cup of coffee, and get right to work.

2. 15 Cold Outreaches A Day. I’ve come to realize that if I am going to build a great sales team, the first thing I need to do is create the actual sales process. I recently wrote about the setback I had with my sales team.

The lesson I learned is that I built the team before I build the process. Every day, I will send 15 cold outreach emails or contacts and as I do it, I will continue to document the process so I can build my SOP encyclopedia.

3. High Protein. Low Sugar. I could hardly eat anything. Today was the first day I was able to eat a full meal and not get sick right after. I can feel like my system needs a cleanse. For the next week I am going to completely avoid all sugar, keep my diet high protein, drink a ton of water, and try to get back to at least 186 pounds.

Before I got Norovirus the first time, I got all the way up to 192 pounds. I was pretty jacked. I’m still fit, but it sucks to lose all that muscle mass simply because I got sick. Everything in life can be improved by fixing what you eat, so the first step for me is always to monitor how I fuel myself so I can perform at a high level.

That’s it. I know this feeling of low self esteem will disappear as quickly as it came.

What almost everyone misses is that feelings don’t come before actions. Actions come before feelings. Most people feel like shit because they do shitty things. They think that if they feel better, they will act better.

But the opposite it true.

When you act better, you feel better.

The action always comes first, so my priority is to change my behavior and create a very strict regimen for the immediate future.