All of us have 24 hours in the day, but some of us use them more wisely than others. At one time, I would spend most of my day watching the news and then fill my nights with things like Game of Thrones. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe in being informed, but much of the news is filled with useless stuff based on someone else’s agenda. Do a quick healthy scan of the headlines for five minutes a day, and you’ll know almost everything you need to know. If something is important enough for you to stop what you’re doing and watch, you’ll eventually know about it and it won’t make a bit of difference. Similarly, it’s fine to unwind with a little TV, but limit it to one hour a day. Focus on what’s important to you and don’t let the world dictate what’s important.
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Chris Albert (link to this point)
Hey, what's going on guys? This is Chris Albert, and this is Chris Albert's Warrior Soul. This is our first ever very short in between episode. And during these short little tiny episodes, I'm going to be giving you bits of advice and bits of information that can help you on your day to day. Right?
Because when we talk in the podcast, a lot of times we're talking about really big concepts, but I also want to give you some little nuggets. Things that you can do to allow yourself to take action immediately. Things that you can do right now. One of the biggest things that has held me back over the years is filling my time with things that aren't helping me. Filling my time with things that are just kinda keeping me in the same place because they're keeping me from doing the more important things.
And one of the biggest things that I've ever done for myself is cutting down the time I spend watching television and watching the news. There was a time not long ago that I used to watch the news all day long. I used to keep it on while I was working. And at night, I would watch it again. And then I'd follow that up with watching some Game of Thrones and some Sopranos or whatever was on Netflix.
And I look back on it, and I see how much time I actually just gave up that I could have been working on pushing myself forward, making this business better, thinking about new things, and learning new ideas. TV is not all bad. Of course, you need some time to relax and some time to unwind and it's really good that you reward yourself at the end of the day. But think about maybe limiting your time in front of the television. Maybe keeping it to an hour a night and spending a lot of the time that you would be watching TV, watching somebody else's ideas, or watching the news Reading.
Filling your brain with good ideas. Filling your brain with information that can help you to move forward. Reading about possibilities of opening up a business. Reading about biographies of people who went through hard times and through a lot of trials and tribulations in their lives. Because one of the problems we experience when we are stuck, when we're not moving forward is that we're stirring an empty pot.
We're continually trying to search for an answer, to find an answer within us. But we don't have the ideas in our brain yet that are going to help us to move forward. And a lot of times if you read the stories of other people, if you read about the experiences of people who've been where you want to be, then it gives you a better sense of what actions you should take. So my advice for you is to try to start by reading at least one book a month. And then add to that, you know.
One of the things I've been trying to do this year is to read at least one book a week. Hosting this podcast has actually helped because we've been doing book reviews. But the more you read, the more you fill your brain with information that's going to help you to move forward, the more successful you're going to become. And of course again, award yourself, allow yourself some family time, allow yourself to spend an hour each night just doing something to unwind. But make sure that you're giving your brain some fuel, giving your brain some food to work with.
Otherwise, you're just stirring an empty pot. Hope you're all well. Looking forward to next week's episode when we talk to J. Manuel, the author of From Filth and Mud and United States Marine Corps Veteran.
Talk to you all soon. Love you all. Peace.
Host of the Warrior Soul Podcast and founder of Warrior Soul. Worldwide trainer and nutrition coach, contributing author at Testosterone Nation and Muscle and Strength.
