Jim VandeHei

And there is a commonality to all of them, that all of them maniacally focus on controlling life's variables that you can control.

You control you.

That became my mantra, and that became my map for life.

When I watched these people, whether they were teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, every day they were maniacal about constructing their success and constructing their greatness piece by piece, day by day, on their terms.

If we're being honest, a lot of us just surrender to others or to other things.

We say, well, we can't do that because of my parents, my childhood, my circumstances, my DNA, my crappy luck.

We just can't do it because we're under control of others or other things.

And it's just BS.

And it's just not a good way to live.

You control you.

is just a much better, brighter way to live.

And so I want to walk you through five different things that you can do that are free, that you can start today, and that are available to every single person in this room.

You control today.

From the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed, you have scores of decisions to make that only you make.

Do you doom scroll?

Or do you meditate?

Do you eat Lucky Charms?

Or do you eat a healthy breakfast?

When someone snaps at you, do you snap back or do you show a little bit of grace?

At night, do you get hammered or do you get some sleep?