In This Episode:
In today’s episode, we dive into the power of personal rules—simple decisions you can make to eliminate recurring problems and streamline your life. Whether it’s avoiding discomfort or stress, personal rules help you stay organized and live more smoothly. Learn how these small but mighty rules can transform your daily experience and help you avoid those unnecessary landmines in life.

Key Takeaways:

1. What Are Personal Rules? Personal rules are pre-made decisions to avoid future discomfort or recurring problems.
2. How Personal Rules Can Simplify Life: They allow you to sidestep minor but annoying inconveniences by addressing them before they arise.
3. Your Brain Loves Them: Personal rules appeal to the brain’s desire to avoid effort and discomfort, making them easier to stick with.
4. Start Small: Notice a recurring issue in your life and create a simple rule to handle it going forward.
5. Wide Applications: Personal rules work across all areas of life—physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual.

Real-Life Client Stories:

• The Exercise Committer: One client hated working out alone but always showed up for friends. Her rule? Only schedule workouts with friends—problem solved!
• Vacation Frustration: After repeatedly bad trips with certain friends, another client set a personal rule: no more vacations with this particular group, avoiding future frustration and stress.
• Workplace Boundaries: A client consistently had trouble working with a certain colleague. Her new personal rule? Say no to optional interactions with that person – and her work life was so much smoother.
• Paperwork Woes: One client struggled with handling mail. By making “going through mail” its own event, separate from other chores, she finally mastered paper management.
• Task Management Triumph: Another client was constantly derailed by pop-up tasks from emails and meetings during the day. His personal rule? Reserve the last hour of his day for these urgent, unexpected tasks, allowing him to stay on top of his priorities.

So what does this mean for you?

Take a moment to reflect on a recurring stressor in your life. What is one thing you consistently struggle with? Can you create a personal rule to address it, and implement it today?

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