You will be an author because you are writing every day today and you continue to do it, one day at a time. You will be exactly where you want: Living the reality of what once was a dream-and you can be sure of it because you are consciously creating it today. Where will you be in three months? In a year? In five years? Imagine investing a short amount of time, every single day, doing what you love. The ‘One Day at a Time’ philosophy can have a profound impact on your life.
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How to Apply The One Day at a Time Philosophy to Your Life This is what James Clear explained in Atomic Habits: “Success is the product of daily habits-not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.” It’s what Darren Hardy describes in The Compound Effect: “Small, seemingly insignificant steps completed consistently over time” that will compound to create a radical difference in the future.
We do have the power to transform our life, but we can only do it one day at a time. Do that for the next 30 days and you’ve just tripled your chances of closing more deals. If your goal is to close your sales target before the end of the month, then you can spend one hour today sending an extra five prospecting emails. Do that for the next 12 months and you have yourself a book. If your goal is to publish a book, then you can spend one hour today writing. What can I do today, one day at a time, that will move me one step closer to my goals? This philosophy is built on one question: And whether you accept it or not, you are consciously (or unconsciously) creating your future.
What you do at this very moment is what will go on to define what the next moment will be. I could obsess about my dreams and goals, but if I don’t take action today I will never be able to reach them. What about the future you ask? The future is an abstraction, it does not yet exist. Yesterday is gone, so why would I spend my energy ruminating over it? I’ll learn what I can from it and I’ll cherish what I loved, but yesterday is behind me. I will live one day at a time, and do what I can today because that’s the only phase of time that I can control. I know exactly where I want to be in a year or two, but I will only focus my attention on today. That is why I now live by this philosophy: Īlso, while it’s incredibly important to have ambitious goals that we must work toward, it’s not healthy to attach our gratification to a single moment that is far removed into the future. The reality is this: Happiness is not a destination you can arrive at, happiness is a mindset that is born from the conscious embrace of our life as it is: Happiness is the way. So we end up living our lives in a future state of mind that is completely detached from the present. When I move into my new apartment, I’ll be happy.
We believe that happiness is an “if-then” or “when-then” proposition: If I find love, I’ll be happy. You’ll live your today solely focused on tomorrow.Ī big part of this behavior stems from our society’s misunderstanding of what happiness is. You’ll end up attaching your self-worth and sense of fulfillment onto a future result that might not be realized because you don’t have complete control over it. You might not be aware of this, but much of what you place your hopes on is something that can only be realized in the future: the attainment of your sales target, the completion of your book, the move to a new country, the purchase of a new home, the start of a new career.Īll these are incredible accomplishments and aspects of our life that we must be proud of.īut if you’re not careful, you might slip into the cracks and live the entirety of your days obsessed with their attainment. “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” ― Seneca
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