One question to ask yourself

Will this make me a better person?

Often we deliberate for so long over our decisions, but I wonder how much easier they'd be if we considered this? Better for others, better for ourselves - how is this decision serving my role as my best version of me?

Something to consider

We only have so many years to know human love, feel the full spectrum of human emotion and to do human things. 


It might feel hard, that emotion that's coming up for you. But it’s a natural instinct to feel the full spectrum of emotion in response to the world around us, and we only have so long to hold space for them. This moment is all you have, this morning has already passed. Imagine never being able to feel grief or sadness again, imagine no longer being human.

One thing I'd tell my younger self.

Focus on laying the break, not building the wall.

At 10 years old, Will Smith's dad gave him the seemingly impossible task of building a wall at the front of his shop. It took them 18 months of daily brick laying (a job it would take others days to complete), and at one point Will reportedly stepped back and felt "there'd be a giant hole there forever", but they did it. His dad offered no congratulations, no external validation, just simply the reminder - “don’t you all ever tell me that you can’t do something.” Whatever you're facing right now, don't focus on the impossible wall, consider, what brick can I lay today?

One thing to try this week

Make 3 promises to yourself after finishing this email. 1-3 promises that you'll stick to for this one week. Reply to next Monday's email with what you did 

Breaking a promise to yourself stinks. More than me in 45 degree heat and 80% humidity. But we do it all the time, we forget what we'd committed to, put other people first, focus on the instant gratification of not doing something. As soon as you've finished this email, consider what's important to you this week - maybe something you've been putting off, or something you'd like to do more of. Write down those 1-3 promises. Sit for a second to visualise - how will it feel to commit to them? Revisit them each day. Tell me what promises you stick to.

A few things to tell you...

Wondering about the hype around the Zoe diet? Want to go vegan but worried about your muscle and getting enough protein? Struggle with food control? We answered this and more on this weeks EIQ Nutrition podcast. 

Struggle with your body image? How much is your social media to blame for the way you think about it? Find out here. 

One more thing...

Please share your favourite stuff.

I'm really trying to have a more positive impact this year (it's where this Monday email spawned from). If there's something you really relate to or know someone who'd benefit from something in this email, please share it and pay it forward. Words are magical, and if I've learned anything from writing these emails to you for years, you never know when someone needs to hear the exact thing you've got to say.