Bad days happen all the time, but with a few simple steps, you can turn a bad day into a good one and get right back on track.KEY POINTSTreat a Bad Day as Normal - Smile, bad days happen. If you choose to hold a grudge against the day, the rest of the day will be guaranteed to be bad. Revisit What Was Important That Day - Did you have a plan? Are you sticking to that plan? If not, what can you do to get back on track?Schedule, Show Up, Single Task - Create a new plan if you need to and then schedule what it is that you would like to do for the rest of the day. Show up to the appointments, and single task during that time. Take Breaks Often -  Your bad day could be a form of exhaustion. Have you been working hard without taking breaks? Are you burnt out? Get out and take a five minute walk, get the blood flowing again.FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

The more winning days you have, the more successful your life will be. So today you're going to learn exactly how to design a perfect day.KEY POINTSAre You Well Rested? - If you wake up feeling groggy, not well rested its very hard to have a great day. You need to ensure you have a good evening routine. Exercise Control Over Your Day - Ask yourself, ‘What do I want to achieve today? When do I want to do it?’ and make sure it is correctly reflected in your schedule.Plan Your Day - Visualize how you want to day ahead to go, and how will you at your best behave.Start Your Day With Exercise - Exercising even for just 10/20 minutes will give you more energy so you can work at a higher rate of output throughout the day.Practice Meditation - Medication will help you get yourself into a calm state, wiping the slate clean before the day begins.Split Your Day Up! - Have maker time and manager time. When energy is at its highest, do creative work. And when energy is lower, when you're interacting with others that's manager time.Single Task - Work on one thing at a time before moving onto the next. Its been shown to reclaim up to two hours of your day that would normally be lost jumping around too many tasks.FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

In order to live a better life, you have to raise your standards, but not just in any place, you have to raise your standards in five critical areas.KEY POINTSCreate goals! - Have targets within the domains of life that are important to you. Health, wealth and relationships. Who are you at your best?Be more disciplined - Take action. The pain of discipline in the moment is far less than the pain of regret later.Be bolder -  The bolder you are, the more willing you are to step out of your comfort zone, the better life you will live. Take at least one bold action per day to move yourself closer to your goal.Raise your standards - Improve your health. That includes sleep, exercise, and nutrition. Happiness is a choice - We often forget that our happiness is a choice. We can choose to be happy. FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

Achieving success in work and life comes down to following a handful of rules that any successful person knows. Here are the success principles that will serve you for the rest of your life.KEY POINTSMistakes are Valuable Lessons - It's through the mistakes that we learn how to grow. It's through mistakes we learn how to make that next round of valuable improvement.Measure What Matters - What gets measured gets done, what gets measured can improve. Ask what should I be measuring, what relates to the goal and what I am trying to achieve?Successful People Are Always Learning - Ask yourself, what can I be doing to accelerate my learning? Keep your eyes and ears open to find that next thing that you can be learning.Successful People Don't Focus on Everything -  They focus on the things that matter most. 80/20 principle, 20% of the things we do can account for 80% of the result.Growth Isn't Within Your Comfort Zone - Success isn't where you currently are, it's just outside your comfort zone. Challenge yourself, take bold action. Consistency Rules! - It's much better if you don't push yourself as hard and actually just maintain that 80% consistently. Instead of overworking resulting in you burning out. FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

Unless you learn how to overcome your fears that dream of yours will remain simply a dream. Today, I'm going to show you exactly how to overcome those fears.KEY POINTSBeing Scared To Start Your Dream is a Good Thing - It means that you're pushing yourself in the right direction. Just don't let it hold you back!Don't be Afraid To Fail - If you go through life expecting to not have any failures, you wont get anywhere. Embrace the failures as part of your journey.Increase Your Knowledge - Too often people starting their dreams fear that they don't know enough. Get out there and learn!Take Risks! - Nothing is risk free, however ask yourself what is the best way I can insulate myself against these risks.You Are Good Enough! - You absolutely have what it takes to go after your dream, but it starts in your mind and you need to believe it.Write a New Story - Take 10 minutes and write down who is the person that could be achieving these dreams, how does this person act and behave and set goals to become that person.FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

Achieving your dreams doesn't require any special gifts or abilities. It just requires that you respect four cornerstones of achievement. Today you’ll learn what they are.KEY POINTSPlan ahead! - You need a sense of what the vision is you’re trying to achieve. You need to understand where you are heading. The plan should include the ultimate vision that you're trying to achieve, what you need to be doing by when, an overall timeline, and also preempting what could go wrong. Take Bold Action - Remove yourself from your comfort zone. Put stress on your body and cause it to grow.Get the Right Things Done - Schedule it, Single task, and Show up. Give yourself the same respect you would give to somebody else.You Can’t Achieve Greatness On Your Own! - Work with others, acquire skills, expertise and learn from them.FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

Until you start something that really matters to both you and the world, you probably won't be living as fulfilling of a life as you could. Here’s a simple framework to do just that.KEY POINTSGather All Your Ideas - Evaluate your ideas by scoring 1-10 to what degree you would love doing each of them. It is so important to do something that you love, that is important to you.Use Your Skills - Examine to what degree would each of my ideas allow me to exercise my skills. You will be more motivated to succeed if you are using the skills you love and are good at. Make a Positive Impact - Examine to what degree would each idea make a positive impact in the world. It doesn't have to change the whole world, it could impact a single person besides you. Challenge Your Best Self - Examine to what degree would each idea challenge me and require me to show up at my best? As humans we get fulfillment out of doing what encourages us to show up at our best.Achieve Your Goals - Examine to what degree would each idea help me to achieve my life goals.FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

Unless you prioritize well, you'll remain overwhelmed, frustrated, or just disappointed with your results. Here’s exactly how you can prioritize like a genius so you can get a lot more done.KEY POINTSFocus On The Outputs That Matter Most - Ask yourself “Out of all the things that I'm doing right now, what really matters the most?” You can't do everything, but if you really focus on what matters most you can get the right things done.Create a Master Task List - Have one place where you keep all your notes, and one place where you keep your to-do-list. If you have post-It notes everywhere you’re going to lose track.Rank Your Tasks - Create a list of the six most important tasks you want to complete the next day. Any left over at the end of the day put them into the mix for the next day.Focus On One Thing at a Time - Eliminate all of the distractions and just focus on that one thing until it's complete.Schedule, Show up, Single task - Treat all work as if you are in a meeting. Schedule your work, Show up, don't get distracted and single task, put all of your attention onto that one piece of work like you would in a meeting.Look For Leverage Points - Look for the tasks that, if done, might eliminate the need to do other things or create a positive ricochet effect on those things. FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

This episode will teach you three secrets to keep your motivation where it needs to be so that you can realize your full potential in work and life.KEY POINTSFlip The Script! - Focus on starting rather than finishing. If you just focus on starting, the finishing will take care of itself.Act like a Professional - A professional knows that action generates feeling whereas an amateur believes feeling generates action.Clearly Define the Value - Ask yourself, “What benefit does this goal have for me, what benefit does it have for others?” Clarity promotes motivation.Use Evidence - Reference a similar challenge you or someone else faced as evidence that you can complete what you started.Minimize impulsivity - Reduce your likelihood of being distracted. Remove the environment that distracts you, e.g. your phone or devices.Minimize Delay - Break down your goal small enough so that you taste success sooner and stay motivated. If it's too far off in the distance, you are less likely to stay motivated in the long term.Create Accountability - Not only with yourself but also with the help of others. Break down your goal into something that you can do daily and something you can track. Put it up on a wall and put an X in every single day that you do the activity that you are trying to stay motivated towardsFREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric

This episode will teach you how not to set your goals, and will give you a much more powerful framework to use instead of the traditional smart goal setting framework.KEY POINTSF = Frequently Discussed - Goals should be discussed within teams, at the beginning of the month at the end of the month, discussed everywhere. Frequent discussion is correlated with the goal having a higher likelihood of achievement. A = Ambitious - The goal should feel slightly out of reach, ambition inspires you to take action.S = Specific - Be very clear about what the goal is and when you are looking to achieve it.T = Transparent - The goal needs to be visible to all so that everyone can see the progress made. The more transparency around a goal, the more likely it will be achieved.FREE EBOOKFree Digital Copy of my best selling book The 3 Alarms:https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarmsPlease rate and review my podcast here: https://ratethispodcast.com/eric