You CAN make the life you want. Oftentimes this begins with hitting the reset button. What better time than NOW?!
The change you want in your life begins with you. If you can change your inside, the outside will fall into place.
Remember, your most significant obstacle to success is you. It’s not time, money, or your situation.
Life is a learning experience, and you’ll learn some essential life lessons along the way.
Some of these lessons come from your own experience, some from watching others, and some from reading books and articles like this one.
Here are life lessons that can change your life and help you live it the way you want. These allowed me to manifest a better life!
1) Embody the person you wanna be. Be a person of VALUE!
To progress & succeed, this may mean shedding the old version & reinventing you. Most don’t: sleep/eat well, don’t have a success routine, don’t have self awareness, learn new things daily, choose positive thoughts & energy.
You need to: build mental fortitude, execute desires, keep commitments, realize motivation is fleeting, create a routine & + environment.
If you wanna be a high value, successful, & well respected big boy/girl, f*ckin act like one.
“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” — Albert Einstein
Prove your worth every day and show your colleagues, friends, and family that you are worth the time they have invested in you. To succeed in life, you must tell stories about yourself in an authentic, humble, and business-focused way.
Do more than is asked of you, be a thought leader. Under promise, over deliver 😉
2) Health is your biggest wealth. Develop good habits!
Steps to a healthier, leaner, happier life:
- Prioritize protein & nourishing, unprocessed food. Eat food you can digest & absorb properly with no negative physical or emotional issues
- Ditch low quality veggie oils, sugar, & people – anything cheap, fake & easy
- Get sunlight & nature therapy
- Walk 10k steps/d, lift at least 3x/week
- Hydrate & drink water, don’t snack
- Quality SLEEP 7-9 hrs/night
- Cultivate a + mindset & environment
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” — Jim Rohn
The key to success in life is building tiny habits that can significantly impact your life. Little things, such as good habits, add up over time. Good habits can help you live a more fulfilled and happy life, while bad habits can cause you to spiral downward.
Success lies in what you do every day. Most of us are not aware of our bad and good habits because we live on autopilot
If you want to succeed in life, your good habits must outweigh your bad habits. If you think you have some toxic habits in your life, you still have time to unlearn them and change your negative tendencies.
3) Obsess over purpose/something larger than yourself. Make today count!
Being interested or wishing are not enough, you need to be obsessed with becoming a better, more EXTRAordinary version of yourself. Embrace being an evolving human. Perfection is not needed.
Once you make your mission & legacy your purpose for living, you will find & attract opportunities & people to help you achieve your goals.
Live & vibrate intentionally, the Universe will show you the How.
“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” — Robert Breault
Make every moment and day count. Be mindful of where you are in the here and now, savor each moment. Life goes by faster than you think. Live each day to the fullest, happiness is a state of mind.
4) If it isn’t a hell YES, it’s a hell NO
This makes decision making much simpler. It requires sacrifice & a shift in perspective.
I had to shed toxic habits, addictions, friends, & old versions of myself. I had to give up excuses, playing it safe, fear of mistakes, shrinking myself, & FOMO in order to UPLEVEL body, mind, & spirit.
Sacrifice is a choice & it doesn’t seem like a negative thing when you want something bad enough. Embrace JOMO: JOY of missing out.
5) Realize the power of influence. Develop meaningful, deeper relationships!
What you consume, consumes you & what consumes you, controls your life. Our consumption is not only what we eat/drink but also what we watch, listen to, social media, & environment (people & places).
If you want to change, become a healthier, wealthier, happier version of yourself, you have to change your behaviors & consumptions. Listen to a podcast, motivational speakers, surround yourself with successful, high value people.
Our lives are built around our relationships. Our interpersonal skills are the keys to your success. You must improve and deepen your relationships through interpersonal intelligence and your ability to understand and interact effectively with others.
When you can gracefully navigate social settings with good verbal and non-verbal communication, you build strong connections with all types of people and show them you value them.
Deep conversations with the right people are worth their weight in Gold. Katie Kelly, @lil_bit_of_fit
6) Realize the power of discipline
It is what it is – you either do or you don’t. There’s nothing worse than rolling thru life in the passenger’s seat.
It’s about keeping commitments to yourself. If dieting & obtaining the physique & level of health & success you desire were easy, everyone would be lean, happy & rich.
Goals don’t mean anything unless you ACT. Just like knowledge isn’t power unless there’s application. We were made to be ACTIVE participants in life. The word ATTRACTION includes the word ACTION.
7) You can’t please everyone & your Character matters!
“But one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.” — Chris Colfer
It’s impossible to please everyone in your life. Not everyone will agree with you or even like you. You don’t need to get the approval of others, especially if you strive for excellence over perfection.
Stay true to who you are. Find people who believe in you, and you believe in them. Find your tribe and stay loyal to those who give to you.
A person’s character is about their value systems and defines their behavior. Your behavior can be traced back to your values and beliefs. Your view of the world influences your behavior. Having good character helps you make good choices and decisions.
Good character is the foundation for good decisions
When you have a good character of honesty, loyalty, and perseverance, you’ll feel good about yourself while earning the trust and gaining the respect of others. People with solid moral character find happiness and success in their life and grow their relationships with others because of honesty, transparency, and mutual respect.
8) Be like water, flexible & adaptable. Realize good things are worth patience & sacrifice.
“A bad plan is better than no plan, and the most important quality of any plan is the flexibility to change.” — Judson L Moore
When you are flexible and adaptable, you more easily accomplish your goals. You find ways to cope and succeed when circumstances are not in your favor.
Learn to bend without breaking. Adaptability helps you handle and embrace change in order to be able to thrive in whatever situation life throws at you.
“The best things in life don’t come easy, but those things are the ones worth the sacrifice.” — Adriana Locke
A good life is up to you. The amount of effort you put in every day, the ability for you to learn from your mistakes, and how you cultivate a trustworthy network of colleagues and friends are up to you.
Your life is all about contrast. Nothing in this world is worth having if you don’t have to go through some hard times. The key is to have mental toughness, self belief, & an endurance mindset.
When you have these mindsets, you view failure as an opportunity to improve yourself, you are unafraid to take risks, and you make sure you continue to have a positive outlook on life because you know you’re worth it.
There you go, 8 life lessons that can change your life for the better!
You won’t learn these life lessons at one time. Be mindful that change takes time and allow yourself the time you need to grow. The key is to be aware of life lessons and apply them to your life. The change you want in life begins and ends with you.
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” — Bernice Johnson Reagon
Let ‘s crush this week!
oxox Coach K
Hoosier farm girl & Purdue University grad, Katie is a multifaceted girlboss! She’s a nutritionist, radiologic technologist, personal coach, executive assistant, motivational speaker & writer, brand growth consultant, & connection maker working with individuals, businesses, organizations, & executives.
She specializes in gut health, sports nutrition, disordered eating, social branding, human connection, and how to organize/optimize life for better health, increased wealth & happiness!
Katie welcomes all preferences & skill levels with a no diet dogma or one size-size-fits-all approach to health, fitness, & nutrition.
After decades of struggling with her own health issues from Crohn’s, obesity, disordered eating, infertility, hormonal imbalances, & being a competitive athlete, she is passionate about helping others find self love, achieve their goals, & create sustainable success habits for an EXTRAordinary life!
Katie currently resides in Fishers, IN where she has worked in the health, sales, and nutrition field for over 17 years. You can find her on the gram, @lil_bit_of_fit