Let's begin this chapter by asking a serious question: why do you wake up every day?

“Let's begin this chapter by asking a serious question: why do you wake up every day? In other words, what is it that motivates you to get up in the morning?

Unfortunately, for far too many people, their motivation is their bills. A lot of us get all set for work early in the morning and return late, all just for the bills; there's nothing else driving us. No higher purpose, no vision, nothing. And that's why it's easy to get distracted in the day. It also explains why our lives seem to end after the day's work is over; why we keep negative friends; why we indulge in destructive habits and so on.”

“Success is all about meeting set targets and that means if you have no target you're pursuing, then you can't succeed. It's just like getting into your car with no destination in mind. You'd waste gas without getting anywhere or accomplishing anything.”

“Understand that your time and energy are very limited resources, hence the need to maximize them. Pause for a moment to think about your life and the things you'd like to accomplish. Find a nice piece of paper, write an area of your life — say relationship or money — then below it, write down the things you want to see in that area. For example, if you write romantic relationships, under it, create a vision that appeals to you.

• Do you want a mutually satisfying relationship with your significant other?
• Do you want to go on vacations more often?
• Do you want to have kids?
• What kind of family would you like to raise?
• Write them all down as they come to you.

Do the same exercise for every other area of life. It may take hours or days to complete, but don't stop until you're done. By the time you're done, you'll have been clear on what you want out of life. From now, you'll seize to live just for living sake, but every moment of the day, you'd know the reason for doing what you do. You'd become less distracted, more focused and less likely to make mistakes your future self would regret.”