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Optimize for peace of mind

As peace of mind flows from abundance, abundance flows from peace of mind.
All wealth, spiritual and material abundance starts from a peaceful mind.
The one thing to optimize for is peace of mind.
Do whatever gives you and others peace of mind the fastest.
In each aspect of life, one thing has an outsize impact over all others, so focusing on that one thing gives one peace of mind.
Clarity follows from peace of mind and is essential to identify the one thing for each life aspect, so all success is simply simplifying everything to the one that matters most and focusing on it till it’s done and moving on to the next thing.
In health it’s the right diet.
In exercise it’s a simple daily habit like walking.
In mental health, it’s being around good energy.
In financial health, it’s partnering with wealth creators.
In design, it may be a key feature that does something so simply and beautifully that millions share it with friends organically.
Anything that clears the mind is therefore the first thing.
Running, meditation, talking to a friend or mentor, reading a good book or simply getting a full night’s rest, whatever provides clarity should be part of the habit structure.
Success follows setup, so take all the time you need to setup correctly and create a firm foundation for success.
Setup success sequentially by always focusing on the next most important thing for each life aspect.
Habits, herd and good energy are the three most important things to setup success.
Habits are effortless however getting habituated requires effort.
Simply add one positive habit at a time with the least effort initially and optimizing for regularity till the habit is effortless.
The herd instinct is as strong as survival so choose the herd who already are who you want to be.
Everyone is subconsciously becoming who they are deep within so make sure who you really are is who you want to be since that is what you will be.
Helping others selflessly is an infinite source of good energy.
When you help, you are helped in return perhaps from a different source, it’s simply how good energy circulates.
You are helped so you can help and keep the good energy flowing through you.
Helping others is one source of energy, going deep within is another.
Meditation is simply connecting with Source.
Meditating is great however being continuously connected every moment is even better.
The Universe is infinitely expanding and time is simply perception.
An infinitely expanding timeless universe has infinite possibilities and infinite realities.
A brilliant mind solves, a silent mind receives.
Pick silence over brilliance, infinity over zero sum.
Desires are noise of the mind, when silenced, peace of mind is the outcome.
To complete life’s work requires much trying and iterating since the initial phase is about finding who we really are and what we want to do.
Think of each iteration as getting closer to your true whole Self.
Using our unique Self and experience we identify our purpose and partners we will align with to fulfill our mission.
Once we find who we really are, it’s easy to find what we want to do as a service for the world with others like us.
The key step is to focus on purpose fully and the habits and the herd aligned with it.
When we follow our life path in the service of others, we naturally encounter authentic good energy along the way, all artifice falls away.
Entwining our life’s mission as a service to others is the true Source of the energy necessary to complete our life’s purpose.
Just like everything else, the most fulfillment from a life well-lived comes from completing the one thing we are here for.
Optimize for peace of mind, speed and simplicity.
An optimized life is a life worth living.

The Bhagavad Gita
Insanely Simple
The One Thing
The War of Art
Steve Jobs
Mastery
Scale
Rich