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In this short blog entry, I am going to give you my answer to how you become the best person you can possibly be. It comes in two stages. First, you must eliminate all bad things from your life. Second, you must fine tune your mind and body. Do these two things, and you will have career success, health, and stable and rewarding relationships. The secret is that when you stop spending time and energy on bad things, you have nothing but good to do remaining.

Eliminate (from your life):

• all alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, porn, sugar, and simple carbohydrates
• television and non productive internet browsing
• any and all negative gossip
• more than 20min of social phone calls per day
• sex with anyone but a committed partner
• relationships that emotionally or economically tax you
• questionalble behavior such as dishonesty, deceit, or manipulation of others for financial gain

Begin:

• waking up before 6:00am and going to bed by 11:00pm
• exercising 1 hour per day
• limiting your food intake until you can pinch less than an inch of fat around your waist
• reading at least 1 book per week
• spending at least 5 hours per week on a new hobby
• weekly attendance of a church group or meeting group with positive objectives
• only saying positive things
• listening twice as much as you talk

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