The Best Person to Get Advice From

The best person to get advice from is not a coach, speaker, or me, it's you!

Rather, the best, most optimized version of you.

The problem for most people is that they are a far cry from their best selves. Many people are tired, stressed, anxious, and filled with brain fog, and they are trying to make choices for their lives, their businesses, and their key relationships from this state. If you can relate, I'll suggest that the current version of you is not the most qualified to make important decisions, and your number one priority should be to work to get as close to the best version of yourself as soon as possible.

One of my favorite stories from the Bible is called "The Parable of the Sower."

In this story, the seed is synonymous with connection to God. You can substitute God with the highest version of yourself, if you prefer. In case you are unfamiliar, here is the story:

A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, so when the sun came up, it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.

What I love about this metaphor is how it highlights that this connection does not happen the majority of the time and that it never produces the expected amount.

It either doesn't work or works so well that it produces 100-fold more than expected, as stated in a different version.

Access to a transformational way of living (the seed) is always available to us, but your ability to tap into this frequency is entirely dependent upon the condition of your soil (your mind, body, and spirit).

I spend a lot of time playing the fertile soil optimization game, and I think you should too. If things are currently not going well in your business or your life, and you are operating from a tired, stressed, or anxious state, consider putting off any big decisions for a few weeks.

Dedicate yourself to some daily habits that will elevate your energy and your clarity, putting you in a better position to make better choices on behalf of yourself and those you care about.

The well-rested, energetic, clear-thinking version of you is very likely going to come up with better solutions than the version of you in your current state.

And when you do commit to those habits, here's the part most people get wrong:

Our society tends to overemphasize the long-term value of good choices, while underemphasizing the benefits of their short-term rewards.

Yes, you should get good sleep, eat well, and exercise because of their effects on you 20 years from now, but the main reason you should prioritize these things is how you will feel 20 hours from now.

It took me 2-3 years of dedicated commitment to crack the sleep code, and it made everything in my life better. I wake up most mornings and feel incredible. I did not know this feeling was on the menu a few years ago. The ripple effects are hard to explain to the uninitiated.

If you wake up and feel great, you are less likely to scroll on YouTube and more likely to complete your morning routine and/or get some great work done.

If you accomplish something meaningful early, you will feel good and will be more likely to have a salad for lunch instead of a cheeseburger.

If you have a salad for lunch, you will be less likely to skip your workout. And if you get in a good workout, you will exhaust your body and be primed for another great sleep. Rinse and repeat.

A dramatically better life isn't hiding behind some massive transformation or breakthrough.

It's waiting on the other side of a few small daily choices, made consistently.

You owe it to yourself—and to everyone counting on you—to find out what becomes possible when your soil is finally ready for the seed.