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How I Plan My Day With Google Calendar (Step-by-Step Guide) Introduction: Why Use Google Calendar to Plan Your Day? In this guide, I’ll walk you through my step-by-step process for planning your day using Google Calendar. Before You Begin (Important Assumptions) 1. Basic Time-Management Skills 2. Basic Energy-Management Skills 3. Meaningful Goals 4. Specific Habits 5. A Growth Mindset

You step into the workshop of one of the most brilliant minds alive. Few people ever get this close. Your notebook is crammed with questions, and you’re determined to be the first to speak. You edge past the others, heart pounding. The MC finishes his glowing introduction. Applause thunders, then fades. A microphone is placed at the front. This is your moment. You rush forward, throat tight, mind rehearsing the words you’ve practiced all week. “Your inventions have improved life for billions,” you begin, voice trembling. “You’re now in your nineties. Would you say you have discovered the purpose of life? And if so… what is it?” The old inventor’s face softens into a fragile smile. Slowly, he reaches into the bag at his side and sets a strange contraption on the table, a box bristling with buttons and wires, awkward and mysterious. He looks at you. “What is the purpose of this device?” The room holds its breath. You laugh nervously, caught off guard. This wasn’t the profound wisdom you ...

My habit completion tracker from June 2025 For 2025, my slogan has been: “Forget about goals and focus on habits. The goals will take care of themselves.”  Since June, I’ve been more consistent with my habit tracking than in all the previous years combined, and the results have been remarkable by the grace of God. I’ve applied the same framework with my personal development clients, and I’ve noticed that most of them seem surprised when I ask them to perform a simple habit and report on it daily. What’s even more surprising for many, even if they don’t admit it, is how hard it actually is. Maybe you’ve tried it yourself: tried to stay consistent with a single habit for 30 days, only to struggle day after day. At some point, you probably paused and thought, “Wow! What’s wrong with me? Why is this so hard?” A simple trick that has helped me stay consistent with most of my habits this year is to first develop the habit of tracking my habits. Yes, I know it sounds strange, but here’...

You start with fire. Tasks? Done. Habits? Consistent. Energy? High. You tell yourself: “This is it! I’m finally going to stick to this and become the best version of myself.” Then it happens. You miss a day. You brush it off. Then it becomes 2 days. Then 3. Suddenly you’re ashamed. You don’t want to report back to your coach. You feel like you’ve let them down. “Maybe someone else deserves their time. Someone better.” Lies. Lies. Lies. I’ve coached people on and off for the last 4 years. Every single one of them hits this wall. I call it The First Big Fall. WHY IT HAPPENS It’s not because you’re lazy. It’s not because you’re weak. It’s simply part of the process. And if you’re my student reading this, I may have sent this to you ahead of time so you know exactly what to do when it happens. Like Brendon Burchard says: “The best time to study the map is before you enter the forest.” Step 1: Return The solution is simple: Return. Go back to your coach. Tell the truth about what caused the...

"Why!? Eli Why?!!" My roommate playfully yelled at me as he dropped his computer game controller and clapped his hands for effect.  "Why?!"(Clap) "Eli" (Clap, Clap) "Why?!" (Clap).  It was 2:30 AM, and just about two weeks into the semester. I had woken up to the sound of my alarm, grabbed my books, and was about to head off to the study room. My roommate was baffled and couldn't see any reason why I should be heading to the study room to learn at 2:30 AM, when the semester had just started.  So, to his question, I simply smiled and replied, "You don't know where I'm coming from, you don’t know." I then continued my journey to the study room, where I had a productive study session. Who studies two weeks into the semester?  Someone who has a strong 'WHY.' Someone whose 'WHY' for wanting to perform better in school doesn't conform to the typical expectations of most university students.  You se...