The art of self-improvement

🔥166: Five tips to be better at being better

Welcome to the 166th consecutive edition of the newsletter.

I have been thinking about the art of self-improvement a lot of late.

It’s not something we are taught. It’s definitely not something we are good at.

But we can be — if we begin to teach ourselves how to get really good at getting better.

That’s the theme of this week’s newsletter.

Enjoy.

1/ Focus on the vital few.

Self-improvement works like that ad. It’s about seeing everything you could be doing, and choosing the vital few you should be doing.

2/ Note-taking for podcasts (iPhone only)

One of the reasons I don’t like listening to podcasts or audiobooks is I don’t have an easy way to take notes.

You might already do this, but I just learned this tip a few days ago — and quite frankly it’s so obvious I laughed out loud at myself for not coming up with this idea on my own.

Here’s what I do…

• When I hear something I want to remember, I pause at that point in the podcast and take a screenshot

• I then click on the image and

  • click EDIT

  • Tap the pencil icon

  • and use my finger to write down the key idea I want to remember

Note taking is a big part of self-improvement. I now have a better way to capture key insights on podcasts. Hopefully, you do too.

3/ Investing for the long-term.

Here’s a key principle for self-improvement.

We should have ZERO interest in anything that does not have the potential to scale long-term.

4/ The power of the right mindset.

This is a tagline from a company that makes door handles.

That is marketing at it’s finest.

By connecting door handles to handshakes — something we can all relate to — it creates a new empowering way to think about them.

That’s what great mindsets do. They create a profound change in how we think about something, which then changes how we behave and that changes the outcomes we produce.

My point here is that you and I can model that marketing above to create new mindsets to change ourselves.

5/ An exercise to spark joy.

Here is something to try for the next 7 days.

• Each morning, record 3 things that you believe will spark joy that day.

• Each evening, record 3 things that did spark joy.

• Record any observations you have about…

  • your mood

  • your energy

  • your sleep

  • your productivity

  • unexpected joy

I’m suggesting this because we live in a world that bombards us with negativity. Self-improvers realize this and are proactive in their efforts to train their brain to seek out those things that spark joy.

That’s it for today. 🙏 Thanks for reading.

Keep being awesome my friend.

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