Table Of ContentStop Wasting Your Life
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How To Live A Life Filled With Happiness, Health, Wealth, and Inner Peace
First published in Great Britain in 2013 by OneHourTo.com
Copyright © 2013 by Simon Smith
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Contents
Introduction
You Can Change Your Life Whenever You Want To!
Paradigm Shifts
Mentors
Habits
Self Discipline
What Will You Accept For Your Life?
Section 1
Happiness
Relationships
Mental Strength
Decision Making
Knowledge & Choices
Curiosity
Self Growth – Development & Learning
Section 2
Health
Food Choices
Habits
Exercise
Healthy Thinking
Healthy Associations
Controlling Your Desires & Impulses
Saving & Investing
Section 3
Wealth
Money
Habits
Strategy
Building Your Cash Flow
Asset Allocation
Saving & Investing
Pensions
Insurance
Time
Wills
Multiple Sources Of Income
Reading – Find The Solutions
Section 4
Inner Peace
Inner Peace
Expectations
Do What You Love – Find A Passion
Search For The Answers – Books
Have Fun
Contribution
Master The Only Thing You Can – Yourself
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Introduction
When I was 23 years old, somebody recommended a book to me. That book was
“7 Strategies For Wealth & Happiness” By Jim Rohn.
Up until this point in my life, most people I knew (including myself) were
programmed to live life in the following way:
Go to school
Mess about at school
Leave school
Get a job that you don’t really like
Mess about at work
Earn a lot less money than you potentially could
Get drunk at the weekend
Repeat the above for 40-50 years
Retire broke
Die
Luckily for me, I listened to, and took action on that recommendation, and I
ordered the book on Amazon (I’d never heard of Amazon at the time either; the
person that recommended the book, recommended that I buy the book on
Amazon as well). That book changed my life.
I used to live in a garden shed, I used to drink alcohol all the time (almost every
night), and I used to be a very angry, frustrated, confused, and negative young
man.
Reading that book awakened in me an insatiable curiosity to discover what made
people tick, what made people successful, what made people happy, what made
people wealthy, and what made people enjoy their life. Until I’d read that book, I
didn’t actually realise that you could study these things, and by making different
choices, you could CREATE a different life.
Jim Rohn’s book showed me a new way to live.
“You mean that I don’t actually have to live like this? I can change myself, and
my circumstances will change?”
Looking back on those days, it is pretty amazing to me that I’d never thought
about these things myself. I knew people could be happy, but not me? I knew
people could become wealthy, but not me? I knew people could drive cars that
weren’t 15 years old, falling apart, and had no TAX because they couldn’t afford
it, but not me?
Since that first enlightening book, over the last fifteen years or so, I’ve probably
read over 300 books on self-development. These books have ranged from books
on building wealth, NLP, Taoism, communication skills, business skills, sales
skills, management, motivation, philosophy, spirituality and many others that
aren’t springing to mind right now.
The person I am today is a totally different character to the angry young lad of
15 years ago. I’m now happy, and have inner peace. My income is more than
comfortable, and I pretty much have zero worries. Whilst life will always throw
something at you that you neither expect, nor want, you can learn strategies to
deal with these curve balls, and continue moving ahead with joy in your step.
In essence, what I’m hoping for is that this book will do the same for somebody
else, and if more than one person is able to improve their life because of this
book, it would make me very happy indeed. I hope it will open the floodgates to
learning, self-discipline, curiosity, hope, determination, and peacefulness.
I will say however, that I’m fully aware that not everybody will agree with what
I’m writing. This is fine. If you enjoy some parts, and they make you think
differently, but discard other parts, that’s the beauty of people. We’re all
different. I might not even agree with some of the things in here in ten years time
myself!!
I hope you enjoy the book as much as I’m about to enjoy writing it!
Simon Smith
January 2013
Chapter 1
You Can Change Your Life Whenever You Want To!
Right then, first things first. I have something to tell you that is very important.
Here it is.
You can change your life whenever you want to!
Did you know that?
You can stop smoking whenever you want to
You can start exercising whenever you want to
You can stop eating fatty junk food whenever you want to
You can move to a different town whenever you want to
You can change jobs whenever you want to
You can quit taking abuse from people whenever you want to
You can start building your fortune whenever you want to
You can start your own business whenever you want to
You can start building your library and educating yourself whenever you want to
You can start building a better marriage whenever you want to
You can start having more fun with your kids whenever you want to
You can start making better decisions whenever you want to
You don’t have to live tomorrow like you lived yesterday. If you’re fed up, and
sick and tired, you can do something about it right now. Literally right now. You
don’t have to wait.
When you actually realise this, it will change your life. All you have to do is say
to yourself (and mean it) “I’m going to change my life!!” and then take some
action.
When you do this, and you mean it, your whole world can change. You don’t
have to be negative any more. You don’t have to face the future with dread any
more. You can take charge and take action, and your life will never be the same
again.
Let’s say you’ve gotten out of shape. You’ve been eating badly, you’ve not
exercised in years, and you smoke. Within the next 3 minutes, you can throw
your cigarettes in the bin, throw out your junk food and go for a brisk walk or a
jog. You CAN do this. The only question is WILL YOU?
Only you know.
Only you can decide.
All I’m doing is giving you a choice. You can choose to continue on the same
path as you always have, or you can do something different. It doesn’t have to be
drastic or painful. You can start off small. You can start off by walking 50 yards
and completing 5 push-ups. That’s enough.
If you’ve squandered your wages for the last ten years, you don’t have to do that
any more. You can do more sensible things with your money. What happens
when you do more sensible things with your money? Your financial situation
changes. How soon? Immediately.
You CAN do this. The only question is WILL YOU?
Only you know.
Only you can decide.
Why did you buy this book? I’m assuming it’s because you want to change or
improve something in your life. You CAN do this. The only question is WILL
YOU?
Only you know.
Only you can decide.
Einstein once said that the definition of insanity was “Doing the same thing over
and over again, and expecting different results”. He was pretty smart, so we
should probably listen to him!!
I think I’ve made my point here but I’m going to say it one more time.
