Here is today’s Game and what’s going on.
Here is what I discovered today in our Dadly Daily Declaration reading from The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne.
The title of today’s reading is “The 2nd Pillar: Professional Accountability, or the Power of a Pro.” Let’s jump in with a few highlights first:
- You need professional accountability. You need to be constantly checking in with someone who can give you expert feedback and guide you to making better choices, building better habits, and getting better results.
- This holds true for all areas you want to improve in life. If you want to make more money, you need a professional manager, mentor, or business coach. If you want to find the love of your life, you’ll do better with a relationship coach or professional matchmaker. If you want to eat better, you need a nutrition guru.
- It also works both ways. When you become a mentor, you will become better. If you are in a position to help others, you must do it, for their benefit and for yours.
- If your goal is to transform your life in any way, it’s helpful to become a mentor to someone else who seeks the same goals. By explaining your new habits, you will better understand their importance, and furthermore, you will become more committed to these new behaviors. As a teacher you want to maintain integrity and act in a way that is consistent with what you just taught. After all, a hypocrite is a lousy mentor.
- Follow these two rules for becoming a wiser and better person: First, you must practice what you preach. Second, you must practice preaching it.
- Try it today. Teach someone something. It could be showing your child how to tie their shoes, or it could be sharing a simple productivity tip with a colleague. No matter what you teach, you’ll feel better for it.
- The big lesson is that if you want to improve yourself, then you MUST become a teacher and mentor to more people.
- The teacher always learns as much as, if not more than, the student.
- Most likely, there’s an area in life where you know more than 99% of the world. It’s true for almost every person. We all have our distinct strengths. You could share a tip or two each day with colleagues who struggle in any one of those areas. Not only would it boost their performance, but you’d also improve your own work habits. You would also benefit because it would make you more aware and committed to making similar changes in your own life. And of course, it will leave you with a smile on your face when you see the light bulbs go off in their eyes.
- “Show your character and commitment through your actions,” Epictetus said. It doesn’t matter if you are teaching a physical skill or a mental attribute, you cannot be a good teacher without making yourself better. When you instruct by example, it leads you to live by example. The lessons become more deeply ingrained in your mind. And that will make all the difference in your life.
Those gems lead us to today’s Dadly Daily Declaration:
The more you learn, the more you can help others, and the virtuous cycle continues, making you better and better at what you do, and allowing you to help more and more people.
Teaching others can also lift you out of the tough times we all experience in life. When you’re down, your best solution is to become the helping hand to someone else.
