UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson 

Preliminary Card:

Tiequan Zhang vs. Nam Phan

Takeya Mizugaki vs. Chris Cariaso

Steve Cantwell vs. Riki Fukuda

(FX 8PM ET/5PM PT)

Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Vaughan Lee

Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski

Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka

Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch

Main Card:

(Pay-Per-View 10PM ET/7PM PT)

Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis

Jake Shields vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Ryan Bader

Ben Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar (UFC Lightweight Champion)

UFC on FUEL TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger 

Preliminary Card:

(Facebook)

Bernardo Magalhaes vs. Tim Means

Anton Kuivanen vs. Justin Salas

Sean Loeffler vs. Buddy Roberts

Jonathan Brookins vs. Vagner Rocha

Ivan Menjivar vs. John Albert

Main Card:

(FUEL TV 8PM ET/5PM PT)

Walel Watson vs. TJ Dillashaw

Philip de Fries vs. Stipe Miocic

Aaron Simpson vs. Ronny Markes

Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman

Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez

I know this from first hand experience. There are no restrictions on where I could live in the world, and the overwhelming number of choices left me with paralysis by analysis until late last year.

Of course, most readers live in free countries and are allowed to make their own decisions in all matters of life. But that means dealing with the paradox of choice – and the stress associated with it – multiple times in the day.

Allow me to explain using a common problem from clients in my fitness business. Imagine a busy executive who is trying to lose weight but also must attend several client dinners each week.

Without any restrictions, the executive will go to the dinner and almost without exception make a split-second bad dinner decision when looking at the menu (as you know, almost no one has time to thoroughly review a menu when out with colleagues). The executive will enjoy the food but afterwards will rue the decision.

The way to fix the problem is to have restrictions. The executive must say, “I only eat this food and that food at restaurants and I do not cheat on my diet during the week.” The executive must also share this restriction with others (see point 1 above) for accountability. This is how to avoid stumbles and guilt.

This is why you must create “rules” for your life. You must have your guiding philosophies written down. And you must be proud of your restrictions. You need to understand WHO you are and WHAT you want to achieve in life. Use your restrictions to guide you to your long-term goal and to help you overcome short-term struggles (such as peer pressure).

Since reading the article on the 12 Rules I Live By, my life has been better and less stressful, and my relationships with the people that matter to me stronger than ever.

Only when you do this, when you place restrictions on your life, will you be truly free.

The one thing I admire about people who have strong nutrition beliefs is their dogmatic behavior.

For example, a vegetarian, under no circumstances, will ever eat meat. There is no, “well, everyone else is having a burger, so just this once, I will too.”

That’s not how it works.

Not when a vegetarian has a strong personal philosophy that they never, ever, ever eat meat.

And that strong personal philosophy guides them to guilt-free behavior that is congruent with their goals.

I’ve also taught my fat loss clients to develop their own personal philosophy – essentially a set of rules that dictate decisions, and I’ve also created my own rules that determine how I live my life so that I reduce guilt, stress, and wasted emotional energy.

Now the purpose of this email is not to say that my personal philosophies are wrong or right.

Instead, they are simply here to encourage you to adopt your own rules for the sake of living a better, more productive stress free life. 
You may have your own rules in your head, but I encourage you to put them in writing. And you can adopt a set of rules for every aspect of your life, from health to financial to family and business.

These are the 12 rules I live by.

1. I go to bed and get up at the same time 7 days per week (9pm and 5am.) I do not deviate from this schedule unless it is due to an important (and this word is not used lightly) work or social function.  I stick to a diet of whole, natural foods, avoid caffeine after 1pm, and avoid alcohol within 3 hours of bedtime.
2. I write for at least 60 minutes first thing every morning.
3. I do not check email before 9am.
4. I do not talk on the phone unless it is a schedule interview or conference call.
5. I create a to-do list at the end of every workday and I follow that to-do list starting first thing the next morning. I also perform my daily readings at the end of every workday, and I write in a gratitude journal. I am thankful everyday for identifying my mission and what I wanted to do with my life at such a young age.
6. I do not engage in confrontations with anyone, in-person or online. This is a waste of time and energy. If I have caused harm, I apologize and fix the situation. However, if someone simply doesn’t like something I have done or something that I do or disagrees with me, that is fine, but I’m not going to get into an argument about it. For any confrontation-like situation, I simply take a deep breath, relax, breathe out, and re-focus my efforts back on my work and goals.
7. I am guided by these two phrases: a) “Nothing matters.” – By this, I mean that arguing on the internet changes nothing…I can only work towards the major, massive goals that I have set for my life…that I have a vision of helping others, and there is no time to let petty arguments stand in the way.

   b) “It will all be over soon.” – This servers me in both good times and in bad.

   In hard times, such as bad days, troubled times, or intense physical effort or discomfort, I know that it will all be over soon. A small amount of suffering now will be forgotten later when I will enjoy the rewards of my work. And in good times, I will remember that life is short, and I must make things count now, and no matter how good things are going I must never let myself become soft and lazy,because I have too much to accomplish in such a short time.


    

8. Everything that happens to me – good and bad – is my personal responsibility. I blame no one but myself. These are the choices I’ve made – this is the life I’m living. I will accept the consequences of my actions.
9. I will not stop until I have helped 1 Million men and women transformed their lives – physically, financially, or emotionally.
10. I will not be the person I don’t want to be. I will not be petty, jealous, or envious, or give in to any other of those lazy emotions. I will not gossip or speak badly of others, no matter who I am with or what environment I am in. I will not be negative when it is easier to be positive. I will not hurt others when it is possible to help. I will know the temptations, situations and environments in life that I must avoid, and I will, in fact, avoid them, even if it means loosening relationships with others who “live” in those environments. It’s my life and that matters more than what other people think of me.
11. “I will always keep the child within me alive.” – Frank McKinney. I will laugh everyday. That’s not hard when you have the friends – and dog – that I have. And if they don’t make me laugh, there’s plenty of comedy on Netflix.
12. “I will write with honesty and feeling.” – Ted Nicholas. I’ve long since giving up caring about how others choose to judge me. What matters more than other’s opinions is the number of people that I can help by sharing advice and encouragement in my writing. The most powerful songs are written by songwriters who bare their souls. So screw it, let’s do it. Let’s put it all out there. I’m not going to help as many people as I could if I keep the “real info” to myself. I also understand now, better than ever, that sometimes you have to “write to repel” in order to strongly attract the readers you desire.

So that’s it. These 12 rules allow me to live my life with less guilt, more energy, and more productivity than if I did not have these personal philosophies outlined.

Now I know there will be two types of reactions to this content. First, some will dismiss it – and dismiss me.

But to those people, remember the point of the list is not for you to sit there and think, “Oh, what a total weirdo. I never want to hang around with this guy.”

Instead, the point of the list, the idea, the article is to simply stimulate your thinking.

And that’s the 2nd type of reaction you can have to this article.

This is the reaction of the people who I’m interested in – the people who will realize what’s holding them back is not a lack of knowledge (because the knowledge is out there and freely available), but instead, it is decision making.

Listen, I know that every week you make decisions that leave you full of guilt and remorse, but on the other hand you also make decisions that you know are correct – even though they are difficult to make.

Wouldn’t you be better off if you made MORE correct decisions with less effort?

Of course, and that is where you rules to live by, your personal philosophies, come into play.

With this post, I’ve given you a model so that you can create your own personal philosophies that will allow you to make the correct decision and fewer decisions that leave you with remorse.

As a result of making more correct decisions, you’ll move closer to your goals and suffer less frustration. Life will be simpler once you start adhering to your own personal philosophies – and not worrying about what others think.

I’d like to hear your personal philosophies and life rules. Just add your thoughts to the comments section below.

“The surest way to accomplish your business goals is making service to others your primary goal. The key to success is adding value to other’s lives.” – Kekich Credo #87

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UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit

When: February 4th, 2012
Where: Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada
How: Facebook, FX and Pay-Per-View
Who:

Preliminary Card:

(Facebook 7:20PM ET/4:20PM PT)

Rafael Natal vs. Michael Kuiper

Dan Stittgen vs. Stephen Thompson

(FX 8PM ET/5PM PT)

Matt Brown vs. Chris Cope

Alex “Bruce Leeroy” Caceres vs. Edwin Figueroa

UFC on FOX: Evans vs. Davis

Preliminary Card:

FUEL TV (5PM ET/2PM PT)

Johnny Bedford vs. Mitch Gagnon

Dustin Jacoby vs. Chris Camozzi

Lavar Johnson vs. Joey Beltran

Charles Oliveira vs. Eric Wisely

Cub Swanson vs. George Roop

Jon Olav Einemo vs. Mike Russow

Shane Roller vs. Michael Johnson

Evan Dunham vs. Nik Lentz

Main Card:

(FOX 8PM ET/5PM PT)

Demian Maia vs. Chris Weidman

Michael Bisping vs. Chael Sonnen

Phil Davis vs. Rashad Evans

Turn “I Should” language into “I WANT” language
Not “I should lose weight because my doctor told me to,” but “I want to lose weight so my pants will fit”.
You have to make the motivation your own. It’s got to really be from you, in order to stick.

Break your goals into pieces
A huge task can seem overwhelming. S.M.A.R.T. goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Bound).
Specific -  Know exactly what you need to do.
Measurable - Figure out how much time you have to do it and how far it is from getting completed.
Achievable –  Instead of doing an entire chapter of work, target maybe 2 pages.
Realistic – How much money can be made in given time and resources?
Time Bound - Schedule your task and create a deadline.

Do the hardest thing first.
Get rid of all your stalling tactics. People tend to avoid doing the :”scary” things by doing unnecessary prerequisites. “I can’t work on my computer until I straighten out the desk first.”

 Have someone to report to
“Accountability is why we hire trainers and coaches”.

Reward Yourself
Tell Yourself after you have completes the day’s goal you will _____

Implement
Just Do it! You can’t finish it if you don’t start it.

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UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem

Who:

Preliminary Bouts:

Manny Gamburyan vs. Diego Nunes

Luis Ramos vs Matt Riddle

Efrain Escudero vs. Jacob Volkmann

Sean Pierson vs. Dong Hyun Kim

(Spike TV 9PM ET/6PM PT)

Danny Castillo vs. Anthony Njokuani

Ross Pearson vs. Junior Assuncao

Main Bouts:

(Pay-Per-View 10PM ET/7PM PT)

Jim Hettes vs. Nam Phan

Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexander Gustafsson

Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks

Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz

Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar