Priorities in what you do should be based on reality. They should be based on whether they are effective at getting you where you want to be. Which means priorities in terms of what you do may not reflect directly anyway. Your priorities in life (another way of saying your activity priorities or behavior priorities) won’t match your outcome priorities. Which is another way of saying, “this might not look like it makes sense.” But this is key to zero-instinct - do what works, even if it seems backwards. Because it works.
I believe ultimately your outcomes are based on what you spend your time on and how well you spend it. I don’t think there is much argument there. As I learned from the book “Upstream,” every system is perfectly designed to get the results it’s getting. Which brings me again to the obvious conclusion that you have to change things to get different results. The non-obvious conclusion is that the things you change might not look like they have anything to do with the results you’re seeking.
I believe high-level priorities for any outcome are being able to know what the right things are and being able to do them. I also believe that force isn’t enough. At some point, there are limits to what you can just make yourself do even if you have perfect willingness, if you forget what to do or just flat out can’t, then you can’t.
Which brings me to the top priority: physical.
The top priority has to be physical energy. Separate from wellness, because that’s too general, too broad, and too difficult. Sometimes you just have to focus on energy. Whether you listen to common sense, your own body, Tony Robbins, or Dr. Mark Hyman, the body leads.
Top discipline: daily exercise this is the “Do It Regardless,” “Come Hell or High Water,” “First Must.”
Exercise makes you smarter, happier, more optimistic, and improves your mental power. What isn’t as commonly discussed is that mental power helps you interpret the same facts differently, more consciously. Which is another way of saying that you can see the truth instead of seeing the same negativity your program to look for. Yes, exercise unlocks that. That’s why it’s first.