Always be busy

Best way to combat it is to start treating time with the respect it deserves.

Step 1: Get out a pen and paper. Write down your goals starting from end to beginning. This will look like this

50 year goals 25 year goals 10 year 5 year 1 year 6 mo 1 mo 1 wk 1 day 1 hr

College aged and young men have too much time they use to sit down and hang around people with no ambition for the most part. This helps break out of that. Be very critical who you are letting influence you (even family and BEST friends, they will likely not contribute to you being successful long term and even if they SAY they want the best for you, it is usually only in terms of how it compares to them. Surround yourself with people that raise the water line and are OK with you getting even better than them because it will push them to do more. High self esteem people do not compete, they collaborate. Use this to your advantage and quit comparing yourself to others and what you can get, focus on what you can give to others. A HEALTHY sense of competitiveness is the essence of value between men.)

Now, Keeping the first section in mind, ask yourself what the perfect hour would look like. The mindset you would have, the state you will be in, the level of focus you will have. Don’t see this as work. See this as small steps in reclaiming the confidence you once had. Understand that there is a level of confidence and self esteem you don’t even know exists yet for yourself and you can accomplish things you aren’t even thinking about yet once you reach it. Even if you have never had confidence in your entire life, imagine yourself so vividly acting this way and identify with that person until you feel like it has been viciously robbed from you and you absolutely need to get it back.

Now that you’ve done this, write out what the perfect hour would look like at every hour you are awake. 5am : wake up at the first alarm, cold shower immediately (5-5:10) work out (5:15-5:45), meditate (5:45-6) Etc and do this for every hour you are awake. Account for every single minute. Imagine your potential and be authentically grateful that you even have the ability to read RP, to breathe, and to act upon this information. Hell, he grateful you can even fucking read. Write down all the things you are thankful for, internalize that, and understand how lucky you are to have the opportunities you do. This will give you a much greater sense of urgency and purpose that most take for granted.