Prioritize cultivating internal peace as a high-value ‘currency’ that enables harmonious relationships with yourself and others. Consistently engage in practices like daily grind, gratitude, prayer, and self-alignment to find and protect this peace.
Identify your inherent, God-given abilities, actively tap into them, and then work to amplify their full potential. Conduct deep self-reflection to discover your passions and intrinsic motivators that will sustain you through both success and failure.
Cultivate a mindset of consistent effort and ‘hustle’ daily, even when the ultimate outcome is uncertain or unknown. Focus on falling in love with the journey and process of your endeavors rather than just the end destination.
Carefully choose your support system and accountability partners, ensuring they amplify your goals and dreams rather than diminishing them. Protect your dreams by sharing them only with this trusted, tight-knit group until they are accomplished.
Provide grace to yourself and others, and actively practice forgiveness towards others to achieve internal peace, release negative tension, and foster understanding in relationships. Avoid dwelling on past grievances to prevent passing negative mindsets to the next generation.
Regularly practice gratitude to counteract negativity and fear, starting your day by being thankful for opening your eyes and the ability to move your body before your feet even touch the ground. Let your day be filled with gratitude.
Focus on consistently accomplishing small, foundational tasks, like making your bed, as they accumulate to create significant progress and set a standard for how you approach everything. Embody the principle ‘how you do anything is how you do everything’ by approaching all actions with purpose and intention.
Live authentically and unapologetically, rather than merely existing to conform to others’ expectations or circumstances, especially when faced with pressures that restrict your true self. Don’t let external circumstances dictate your internal state.
If you have a platform, advantage, or privilege, you have a responsibility to use it to advocate for others, foster understanding, and create opportunities for those who may be overlooked. Use your advantages to other people’s advantage.
Actively seek out and surround yourself with diverse individuals, read, and continuously learn to foster personal growth, broaden your perspective (‘open your aperture’), and gain a clearer understanding of life’s direction. Stop repeating the same patterns and evolve.
Adopt a ‘starting five’ protocol by identifying your top 5 priorities or values for each day, treating each day as a unique ‘opponent’ that requires a strategic game plan to navigate effectively. Be flexible to rotate these priorities based on daily needs, sometimes prioritizing personal peace to protect other important values.
Regularly check for self-alignment, ensuring your mental, emotional, and physical states are in harmony, and take time to bring them back into balance when they diverge. Be open to trusted colleagues or friends pulling you out of self-imposed ‘cocoons’ to encourage you to slow down and enjoy life.
Strive to see and acknowledge the potential and ’light’ in others, especially when they may not see it in themselves or are overlooked. Actively work to uplift those who are not seen, helping them recognize their own capabilities.
Maintain a state of readiness and high performance in all you do, treating every task as an ‘audition,’ because you never know when opportunities will arise, who is watching, or who you might inspire. Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready.
Understand and respect where you come from and your family’s history, as this knowledge is crucial for informing your future direction and personal identity. Knowing your last name and where you come from provides power.
Don’t let past negative experiences hold you back; instead, reframe them to propel you forward. Understand that sometimes taking a couple of steps back can provide clarity and a clearer perspective for future progress.
When facing criticism or pushback, accept it and use it as a source of motivation to keep pushing forward. If you have a pure heart and intent, you know where you come from and where you’re trying to go, so continue to push.
For parents, provide both unwavering support and necessary tough love, and teach your children grace by modeling it. Acknowledge that both parents and children are imperfect humans deserving of understanding and forgiveness.