Mental Fitness Tip #1: You Can Have Anything You Want, But You Can’t Have Everything - Taken From Honestly Better Mental Fitness Session 7

What should you do when “life gives you lemons?” You’ve planned a nice picnic and found yourself in the pouring rain – do you go home disappointed or embrace it and have fun playing in the mud with your children?

In this episode, coach Travis Ramsey goes over 4 principles you can follow to become more mentally fit. Listen to learn about the impact of mental fitness on life expectancy, how to approach things when they don’t go according to plan, and why you should “take care of your feet.”

• This has been said in many different ways, but you can indeed have anything you want. It’s about starting with reflecting on what’s most important to you.
• Remember: you can do everything you want in the 24 hours each day has but, at the same time, you can’t do everything in those 24 hours – so think about how you’re spending your time.
• What could you do with your day, week and month that, when you look back, makes you feel as if you were happy with the way you spent your time?
• Some additional key aspects you should reflect on are: What is it that you really want? What do you really care about? And, more importantly, are you living that? If not, why not?
• The same applies to other areas of your life, like relationships – when there’s a fight, would you rather be the one who’s right, or do you want to focus on strengthening the relationship?
• As far as parenting is concerned, do you want to focus on correcting a bad behavior, or would you rather get to the root of what’s causing the behavior?
• The average lifespan is 27,375 days – how would you like to spend yours?
• Mike brings up an interesting point inspired by Dan Sullivan: many people decide to stay exactly where they are. This is fascinating because the only thing that’s impossible is to stay right where you’re at and have nothing change…

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