A new chapter

I’m in the early stages of launching a dedicated website to host my thoughts, advice and experiences as a young entrepreneur on the path to success. The idea is simple: I’m doing it, so why can’t you (or anyone else)? And I have had and will continue to have ups and downs, so why not let everyone else learn as I do?

Please take a look at The Business Rookie in the near future.

I will still be writing here with a focus on the practice of uncommon sense.

Clarity

The clutter in our lives is getting in the way. Look around. There is clutter everywhere. We are inundated with thousands of marketing messages each day, our work lives are filled with too many tasks to comprehend, we don’t have time to do what we want, we are being swamped.

The clutter is responsible for feeling overwhelmed, for causing worry and anxiety, for making us ill. By removing the clutter and simplifying our lives we can remove many of the negatives that hold us down.

Here are a few ways you can remove the clutter from your life and gain some clarity:

• Focus on the tasks at hand and do not concern yourself with anything else. Put the blinkers on and dedicate yourself to completing one thing before you move onto the next.
• Clean up your desk. Remove all the items and papers that have nothing to do with your immediate task.
• Clean up your computer desktop. If your desktop is cluttered you’ll become confused with where you’ve saved files and your computer will run slower too (it doesn’t like clutter either).
• Don’t try to please everyone. Know who your friends are. Know who isn’t that important in your life. Still be nice but don’t kill yourself to make everyone else happy except yourself.
• Visit Zen Habits
• Create a plan and stick to it (unless it really needs to be changed)
• Meditate for at least 5 minutes every day. You’ll start to work out what is really important to you.

Eat right

If you are listening to advertisers and taking your nutritional advice from the TV then I’d suggest it’s highly likely that you are eating crap. Here is where a little uncommonsense is required. Think about it. If Kellogg’s tells you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that cereal is your best choice, do they have a vested interest in you believing them? Watch this video. Unbiased? I think not.

Of course breakfast is an important meal but you won’t die if you don’t eat it…you’ll just feel sub-par all day.

Here’s the startling truth. If you are fat, you are so because you eat crap and because you eat too much of it. Sure, there are some medical issues involved but don’t get all caught up in excuses if you are still eating Tim Tams and Corn Flakes and drinking Coke.

On the flip-side, if you’re thin it’s also because you’re eating crap or you’re eating well but hardly enough. The result is the same. Fat or thin, you are not optimal and you are paying the price for poor nutritional choices.

Here’s an idea! Stop look outside yourself and start looking in. I bet you’ll find that you can make some changes that immediately improve your health and shortly thereafter your physique.

Just so you know this isn’t a case of do as I say not as I do, here’s what I’m having for breakfast today: a 3 egg omelette with a little bit of melted cheese, a cup of decaf tea, an apple and some almonds.