Hey,

It’s “When Is The Day? Wednesday.”

This week, I’m curious to know “What is one thing that you know if you did it daily would change your life?“

I believe that when you change your day, you change your life. And this week, I did that.

For quite some time, I had been:

• going straight to my computer, skipping breakfast and lunch, and eating a big meal in the early afternoon
• working all day saying I would exercise in the evening but being too worn out to do so at the end of the day
• saying I was going to start my gardening project, but wasn’t consistent enough to even water it daily

The moment I woke up, my mind was set on work, work, work.

This week helped me realize that the line between workaholism and high performance is a very thin one. Workaholism and high performance look the same from the outside, but the difference is how the person feels on the inside.

A workaholic works hard in unhealthy unsustainable ways and feels burned out.

A high performer works hard in healthy sustainable ways and feels inspired.

This week, I was able to be more of a high performer than a workaholic. As you can see from my Daily Checklist below, I meditated, ate breakfast, exercised, ate lunch, and gardened every day I chose to this week.

Unlike last week, this week was pretty full. I worked about 32 hours excluding short breaks to re-energize and 6 hours of travel on Monday after a speaking engagement in DC.

Together, these activities take up about 2 hours every day, but I found a way to put what was important to me first. If something or someone is really important to us, we have to anchor it in time. We can’t just talk about it, we have to be about it.

Meditation = 15 minutes
Breakfast = 20 minutes
Exercise = 40 minutes
Lunch = 30 minutes
Garden = 15 minutes

Because I did what works for me and didn’t make any excuses, I was able to work for others at a high level this week. I feel like I worked hard and was still healthy.

The trick was accountability.

Last Sunday, I kicked of the trial for my weekly planner with over 30 people. On Sunday, I led a webinar where I walked them through my process. And even though none of them were individually holding me accountable, I knew that I had to be a living example for them…and for you. So that drove me.

It’s crazy how we’re more willing to disappoint ourselves than we are other people. But rather than look at that as a bad thing, we can use it to our advantage. I like to call it positive peer pressure.

Secondly, on Wednesday, my friend Bert came to my office to work back-to-back with me. We only worked 6 hours that day, but we started the day by sharing with each other what we hoped to accomplish by the end of the work day.

We were both locked in and we energized each other. We even had a few breaks where we played some songs that get us hyped, just like poeple who work out. Even when I worked at an office with lots of other people, sometimes it still felt like I was on my own. But how easy is it to just make a bet with someone nearby (who is likely procrastinating on something too) and say “This is what I want to accomplish by the end of the day?”

“I’m focused man.” – Jay-Z

I would love to know “What is one thing that you know if you did it daily would change your life?”

Email me or comment here and let me know. Your comments will inspire me and others.

Thanks for listening,

Jullien