What would it take for you to live a truly first-class life? Not first class as in paying $6500 for a one-bedroom suite at the Fairmont in San Francisco, quaffing Dom Perignon from a crystal heel slipper ($500, give or take), or tooling around in a $789,000 Lamborghini Aventador (unless that suits your taste in transportation, of course).
No, we mean going first class, as in living the way you want to live — pursuing your best life, and becoming the person you may have dreamt about but haven’t quite figured out how to be.
Living a first class life means you are confident in who you are and what you do. You are able to shut out distractions and negative influences — and “keep on keeping on” until you reach your goals and your dreams come true.
Living a first class life means surrounding yourself with first class people. After all, it’s been said that you are known by the company you keep, and that you become an average of the five people you are around the most.
(It’s also been said that first class people hire first class people, while second class people hire third class people. Which is worth chewing on for a moment.)
Living first class means you question a common belief that’s often expressed in these six words: “That’s-just-the-way-I-am.” A first class person knows “That’s-just-the-way-I-am” is a story we choose to believe about ourselves. But it’s still just a story — and stories can be revised.
Living first class means honoring your connection to the natural world, because spending time in nature is a fundamental part of being a healthy, balanced, fulfilled human.
Living first class means integrating the various building blocks of a successful, prosperous life. Mind, body and spirit. Work and play.
Living first class means setting boundaries on how much we use cell phones and other devices, how much time we spend scrolling through social media, and questioning whether streaming Netflix from dusk until dawn is the best way to spend our time. (If reading these words make you a little anxious or twitchy…then maybe you could use a tech break!)
As a first class person, you may fall prey to the occasional funk. When this happens, you activate a three-step process: 1) Acknowledge it. 2) Accept it. 3) Work to change it.
HOW WILL YOU FEEL WHEN YOU BECOME A “FIRST CLASSER”?
“First classers” may experience a greater sense of direction in their lives — a life grounded in purpose and fulfillment.
“First classers” project confidence…clarity…optimism…and positivity.
“First classers” live life right here and right now, instead of experiencing the anxious, uncomfortable feeling that life is just going by — and that in all of the busyness of life, we’re missing out on some things that truly matter.
“First classers” tackle problems head on.
“First classers” demand first class standards for themselves. When they find their personal standards aren’t high enough, they don’t shrug their shoulders and mutter, “oh, well.” Instead, they throw their shoulders back — and lift their standards!
“First classers” do what needs to be done and seldom lean on excuses like “I’m too busy” or “I’m too tired” or “it’s his fault.”
“First classers” value relationships — including their relationship with themselves.
First class people are human. They make mistakes. Fall short. Put their foot in their mouth. Lose their temper. Do dumb stuff. And sometimes get the blues. The distinction between the first class way and other approaches is that the first class person works hard to remain self-aware. So that when a mistake is made, or when a dark cloud descends, they recognize it and go to work correcting it.
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