When you've been at it as long as me, you learn a thing or two.

10 principles for making every day better than the last:

1) Consistency

Trying to get fit? Grow your twitter following? Win a Super Bowl?

Show up every day, do what you got to do, and everything will come into place.

Nothing great gets achieved over night, it's all the little moments that build to the big ones.

2) Balance

The only thing non-stop hustle accomplishes is burnout.

Know when to sprint and when to rest.

Everybody should know when to take a break, recover, and come back harder than ever.

3) Emotional intelligence (EQ)

Nobody has ever made it on their own.

The best leaders understand what motivates everybody else in the room.

Everybody works different. A lot of EQ lets you click with whoever you need to for the task at hand.

4) Bias for action

Nothing beats experience.

Learning is a good foundation, but greatness is found through doing.

Prioritize making it happen over thinking about it.

5) Adaptability

The only thing more important than having a good plan, is knowing what to do when the plan doesn't work out.

Nothing ever goes the way you think it will 100% of the time.

Be ready to pivot.

6) Break the mold

Do things differently and don't be afraid to challenge norms.

Often times, the most successful people are the ones who see that a system is broken and take action to change it.

Learn from those who came before, then make it your own.

7) Focused curiosity

Curiosity is a beautiful thing, but it can be distracting.

The world is full of things to see, do, and learn.

Understand yourself, your interests, your desires, and target your curiosity so it's in line with what you want to achieve.

8) Mentorship

Learning from the mistakes of others is the best way to avoid making them yourself.

Find the right mentors to help you achieve your goals, and don't be afraid to ask questions.

Then, pay it forward.

9) Long term vision

Always be thinking in years and decades.

Nothing is fatal on a long enough time scale. You can always rebound, come back, do better.

It means avoiding reactionary thinking and short term gains, at the expense of long term growth.

10) Introspection

Always put aside time to check in on you. Understand how you're growing and changing over time.

Reward yourself for the gains, understand the losses.

You can't know anything until you know yourself.

And once you do, everything becomes easier.