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What Are You Doing Today for Your Future Self?
Improving your life, one step at a time
I had a professor once who told our class, “People who go home and drink every day will never be rich.”
It didn’t just have to be drinking, he explained. Social media overuse, or doing nothing but watch TV: any vice can be wasteful if it keeps us stagnant.
People who go home and learn new skills, or read, or go out to events and network, are much more likely to get ahead in life.
That’s not to say that you need to spend every waking moment being productive, and should never have fun. But spending some extra time improving yourself or learning new skills can help you in the future.
Having a hobby that helps you learn something new, or make money, can benefit you years down the road.
A lot of times, we expect instant results. We want to be an overnight sensation. But slow, incremental growth is more likely to lead to success.
There’s an affirmation by Émile Coué that’s popular in the mindfulness field: “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.”
My grandmother always had quotes like that on a sticky note on her bathroom mirror. She was always improving: first it was business school in the 1940s, when many women…
