Live Better

This week on the Growth Guide Podcast we talked to Rick Hanson, Ph.D, author of Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Connection and Fostering Love.

Relationships will determine your future.

But, this isn’t a subject they teach in school.

This book provides 50 simple powerful ways to improve your relationships at home and at work, including how to:

• Stay centered so conflict doesn’t rattle you

• Communicate effectively in all kinds of settings

• Convince yourself you truly deserve to be treated well

• Express your needs, so they’re more likely to be fulfilled

• See the good in others even when they make it difficult to

• Set and maintain healthy boundaries or resize your relationships

Click below to listen to the episode:

Achieve More

If you want to be a millionaire, you need to understand how leverage works.

When we talk about leverage, we aren’t just talking about debt.

We’re talking about how you leverage:

• Time

• Brand

• Labor

• Digital

• Capital

• Network

• Financial

• Knowledge

• Technology

• Geographic

When you think about it, isn’t that what we all want?

We want the ability to achieve more in our lives while we do less.

We want to be the best we can be and to do it with the minimum effective dose.

In the 4-Hour Body, Tim Ferriss described the minimum effective dose as the smallest dose that will produce the desired outcome.

Click below to read more on how to use leverage:

Be Financially Free

What’s Your Number?

A few newsletters ago, we talked about what you’re optimizing for.

Understanding Your Number is another way to think about what you’re optimizing for.

Your number could include:

• Net Worth Targets

• Target Retirement Age

• A Stock Portfolio Target

• Target Retirement Income

• Number of Rental Properties

When you understand what your numbers are, you’ll have something to work towards:

1. Set the target

2. Create a game plan

3. Execute it on a daily basis

4. In time, you’ll achieve your number

A Thought

When I determined my numbers, it gave me a target to work towards on a daily basis throughout the years.

It became a North Star.

A Question

Do you know your numbers?

If you don’t, how can you determine them?

Etc.

For the Thought and Question, drop me a note - I want to hear from you.

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