Every Single Day

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. -- Niccolo Machiavelli

Procrastination is the thief of time.? -- Edward Young

If you're going through hell, keep going. -- Winston Churchill 

Here’s what happened. This is the condensed version, I swear.

If you don’t water the plants until tomorrow, they’ll survive. 

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success. — Eckhart Tolle I see this book as a conversation. A relaxed, usually calm conversation between you and me. Between the me of the past, present, and future and the you of the past, present, and future. Yeah, that’s going to be six people. We might want to set up a conference call.

What do you believe is possible? What do you believe is impossible? What do you believe is possible for you? What do you believe is impossible for you?  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination. — Tommy Lasorda Do you believe that your dream, your passion, your goal, your whatever-you-want-to-call it, is possible or impossible?  I no longer see possible and impossible as black and white, yes or no, zeros and ones. There is a third path. A method, a mindset, that finds another way around impossible and yet slides by the possible. It’s not necessarily better or worse, smarter, better, but it’s from another perspective, from a new perspective.

ESD: Jeff Haws talks with Bradley Charbonneau about Morning Habits, 20Books London, and how the world will be a better place. Basically, I want people to realize the secret, the power of this. — Bradley Charbonneau As I re-listen to this, there’s so much good and value coming out of Jeff Haws. I hope you enjoy the episode.  If it were easy to write a book, everybody would write a damn book. — Jeff Haws

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. — Henry Ford

The only requirement you need to read, finish, and act on what this book has to offer is that you’re open to it. You’re open to new ideas, new perspectives, directions, and methods. Maybe you’re open to a new mindset, a new way of thinking, new habits, new challenges, and new failures. 

The problem is that most of us live in Day Zero. What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.? where we start from. — T. S. Eliot I wanted to number this part of the book Part 0. But the book formatting software wouldn’t let me. That’s because zero doesn’t exist for most people. It hasn’t really started yet. Nothing begins with Day Zero. There is Day One and then the rest. But it’s true, Day Zero doesn’t actually exist. Day Zero is an idea, a thought, a potential.

Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy. — Bernie Siegel There were two pills on the original cover of this book. I’m a big believer in the power of the placebo, which is the power of the mind. My point with the pills on the cover is to make it seem like I have a “prescription” for change where I’m going to give you a magic pill and your dreams will come true.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” — JOEL A. BARKER

prologue: a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel precaution: a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results procrastinate: to defer action; delay; to put off till another day or time; Normally at the beginning of a book, there’s a prologue. Nope, not here. “Precaution” is much more appropriate. Procrastination is going to have to wait until Part 2. (That’s a little word humor there. It’s OK, you’ll get used to it.)

Research has shown that it takes 31 days of conscious effort to make or break a habit. That means, if one practices something consistently for 31 days, on the 32nd day it does become a habit. Information has been internalised into behavioural change, which is called transformation. — Shiv Khera

Wow. I sort of can’t believe I’m doing this. Sitting down to write the foreword of Bradley’s book. I’m honored, truly, but I still sort of can’t believe I’m doing this. Part of me can’t believe there’s a book at all. There wasn’t going to be one, I was pretty sure of that. And if you’d known Bradley back in 2012, like I did, you wouldn’t believe it either. If you’d asked me back then, I’d say there probably wasn’t going to be a real live book. Certainly not a sixth book. Not one like this.

I couldn’t help it. I had to record the audiobook. Ach, all that reading? What, 192 pages? Overrated. Get the dog, head outside, put in your earbuds, and let me take you from Day Zero to Day One. It’s quite a journey, but don’t worry, I know where to go. Ready? I spent 20+ years on this book. Then the last year writing it. It’s one of those “blood, sweat, and tears” books that pulls together the wisdom of many failures and finally success. My goal is to save you from some of the many, many failures and get to the successes faster. The book is available on Amazon, but I’ve decided to release the audiobook version as a podcast because I’m such an avid podcast listener and I want to give back to the community. Also, I’ve received such fabulous feedback from the book that I just want it to land in the hands–or ears–of more and more people in hopes that my journey might help theirs. I hope you enjoy “Every Single Day.” I’ll post a