6 Simple Habits that Made Me Extremely Wealthy

Do you want to actually level up your life in 2025? A lot of my success has come down from just doing the simple things that a lot of people overlook. And so if you're ready to change your life in just a few minutes a day, here are the micro habits that actually move the needle. One of the most powerful tools that I have found for emotional regulation and for feeling clearer, feeling better throughout my days, making better decisions, is probably something that you're doing. In fact, you're probably doing it right now, but you're not doing it the way that I'm going to explain. I want to say it's like a five-minute habit that instantly makes me feel calmer, I feel clearer, I feel more in control, and I feel like I get to move through my day with more poise. And that is doing deep belly breathing. And this is actually something that I do minimum once a day, probably twice a day. It's essentially when I put my hands, one on my chest, one on my stomach, I take a deep inhale and a long exhale. So it's like, I do it for one minute, I take a break, I do it again three to five times. And I really focus on breathing in with like about 75% capacity and then breathing out as long as I possibly can. And what I've realized that this helps me so much when I'm spun up in the day. Like I go from meeting to meeting to meeting, filming to going on stage to getting on a lawyer call, hiring a new person. And I find that I want to stay grounded throughout all those things. It's really important for me to show up and be present with the people that are in front of me. And in the moments where I'm feeling really bad, in the moments where I'm feeling frustrated, in the moments where I feel anxious, that's when I find this to be one of the most helpful tools that I can use. If I feel like I'm getting overly emotional, then I will just take a five minute break to go do this. Because I don't want to get to the point where I feel like I'm going to freak out, I'm going to yell at people, I'm going to yell at my spouse, I'm going to yell at my friends. Like I don't let myself get there. Instead, I say, okay, intervention, I'm going to take five minutes and just breathe. Whether I want it to work or not, it works. Like I calm down. That's how our physiology is wired, is that whether you want it to or not, you're going to feel better if you take those deep breaths. I actually have this on my calendar every day. I have it in the morning, and then I have it in the evening, and I just say like pelvic breathing. It just sits on there, and I say like five times, and it's every morning at 6.30am because it's pretty much like in the morning when I'm getting ready to do things. That's the first time I want to do it. Another thing that you can do if you don't use a calendar is you can just set an alarm. So that's something that my husband does. He doesn't like to use a calendar. And so instead, he just sets an alarm when he needs to do something like that. The next micro habit that I have, what I call walk hacking. And this is one thing that I do, which is I essentially always combine something with walking. One thing that I heard a long time ago is that there's a lot of correlation with longevity and how much you walk in a day. And actually the people who live the longest in the countries that they studied walked six or more miles a day. And so my goal has always been to walk six miles a day, which that can be really hard if you do what I do. I actually started my entire career walking every morning at 5am. And I would walk from 5am to like 6.20am every morning when I started my first business. And I just learned how to listen to a book, write a memo, create a meeting while walking. When I walk is actually the time where my creativity is the highest. I find it very hard to ideate on ideas or think about my business when I'm sitting still. It's like I get exercise, I get productivity, and I get clarity afterwards all in one. So like my whole company knows, like they will see me walking on calls. Sometimes I'm going really fast too because I'm just like getting it done. But they will see me walking on calls. The next micro habit that I have that helps me feel more connected, more appreciative, and just like emotionally grounded, takes, I want to say 30 seconds a day. In fact, this 30 second habit improves every relationship in my life. So every day what I do is at the end of the day, I look at all the things that happened for that day, and I think about what happened and what people did well. So I do what I call like a look back at the end of the day, which is like I look back at my calendar, because I use my calendar, and I remember all the things that happened. And it triggers memories of all the things I saw or witnessed or the people I thought about. And then I just send a quick text. It doesn't have to be anything long. It doesn't have to be crazy thought out, but I just like let them know that I was thinking about them. I let them know they did a good job. I let them know that I'm here for them, or I let them know that I'm thinking about them. I think it helps create a good culture with my team. And I think what I realized is that when I first started my business, there was a lot of stuff I'd be like, I just don't, like I'm just so busy that I just forget to say it. And I realized that's never gonna change. Like as long as I own a business, as long as I'm busy, like I'm going to be busy. I don't want that to be why my relationships get worse. I just had to approach it differently because it used to be that I had time throughout my day to text people, to talk to people, to whatever. Now I don't check my phone until, you know, dinnertime. And it doesn't take me long. It might take 30 seconds to send that message, but it helps me stay connected even though I'm still so busy. The next habit that I have is very simple, but it's made a huge difference for me. And it's honestly, it's hugging somebody for 20 seconds. I read a study about how hugging somebody for 20 seconds can reduce your stress and it can make you much happier. I love it because it starts every morning. You get like that oxytocin, you feel connected with somebody and it just reminds you of what actually matters in life. Because I think oftentimes like we're going so fast, we forget to do something as simple as like hug the person that we love. Creating that habit, it's just been, it's probably my favorite. The next micro habit that I have is actually about productivity. And I don't start my week without it. I haven't in nine years. Listen, if your week isn't planned by Sunday, you have already lost the week. So every Sunday I will schedule my entire week. I will schedule all my meetings. I will schedule all my workouts, when I'm going to rest, when I'm going to do my breathing, when I'm going to do a project. And my theory behind this is that I like separating my decision-making time from my execution time. I think that it reduces stress. I think it prevents us from avoiding ---- we need to do. Is it perfect? No, of course things happen midweek, but it really has moved me forward more than any habit I've ever had. I honestly don't even know how I operated before I did it. What happens is that if you don't do this, is that you step into every day and you're like, what am I going to do today? And then you oftentimes tend to default to what you feel like doing that day, not what you committed to doing the day prior. But if you walk into the day and you have no idea what you're going to work on, no idea what you're going to do, you're going to waste at least like an hour putting around trying to figure out, oh, what am I going to do today? I'd rather just front load all that putting to Sunday and then just get into doing it during the week. So the last habit is how I start my weeks. The next habit is actually how I end my days. You know, I have found that for me, this helps me sleep better and just feel more energy throughout the days. And so I actually just really don't eat three hours before I go to bed. If I have something like a late dinner, a lot of people know this, I'll eat before the dinner. And then at dinner, I'll like pick at stuff and people are like, oh, you don't eat. It's like, oh, I do. I just ate before I got here. For me, that's helped me because I tend to get up early. And so I like eating early because I also get up early. A lot of people are fine eating at 8 p.m. or 7 p.m. because they get up at 7 or 8 a.m. But if I get up at 4.30 or 5 and I eat at 8, it's like, ugh, it doesn't do very well. And so this has helped me a ton with staying on track with not just my fitness and health goals, but also with how I feel and how much energy I have on a daily basis. Digestion takes energy. And while you're asleep, your body wants to restore your body. Like your body is trying to restore itself. If it's busy digesting food, it puts less into restoring itself. And so typically what I've seen with like tracking all of my stats on my sleep aid is that I get worse quality sleep. And so I just do my best to eat three hours before bed. I also, here's the thing, I don't stress about it. So if I get invited to a crazy dinner that's at 8 p.m. and I really wanna go, then I'm gonna go because I don't wanna stress and be that weirdo who doesn't go to a dinner because it's past my bedtime. Like I wanna live my life a little bit, break the rules. But most of the time, if I can, I eat three hours before bed. And I don't mind if that means I'm gonna eat something that's less fun. I would just prefer to feel good the next day. And I'm at the point in my life where feeling good on a daily basis is how I can perform my best. Listen, also I am not telling you how to live your life. I'm just sharing what works for me. A lot of you guys wanna know more about how I live my life, how I eat, how I sleep, how I exercise, how I get a lot done. And so these are things that work for me. I suggest that you test things out. You try them, you see what works for you and you do you, figure out what works for you. I would be curious if you have any micro habits like that that work really well for you. I would drop them in the comments because I wanna know what they are. And I think other people would also wanna know. So if you're watching this video and you're like, you know what? This is great, but I really wanna learn how to actually be more productive. I have a video that breaks down my entire productivity system that you can get right here.