Your unfair advantage.

I was in the backyard of my friend's house in the middle of a Canadian summer.

Having some beers with my best friend and drinking buddy.

Playing obnoxious music and laughing about how pissed off the neighbors must be.

We were degenerates.

I can’t remember exactly how it came up but my friend says to me.

“I tried to quit drinking. I read a book called ‘This Naked Mind’ by Annie Grace.”

At that point, I was in the era of my life where I was ignorant for ignorance sake.

So I didn't really take it too seriously.

But we ended up talking quite a bit about it for a while and all of our party stories as we cracked beer after beer on broken lawn chairs.

Life was good.

Until I woke up…

I was 25 at the time.

I woke up at my sister's house with a hangover that I had never felt before.

“I am getting old.” I said to myself.

I had been practicing self-improvement for almost 5 years at that time.

But I couldn't stick to anything.

I would go to the gym for 2 weeks,

And then lose motivation and throw in the towel.

Quit porn and masturbation for 2 weeks,

And then relapse after a night out partying when I was trying to weather a hangover.

That morning as I made some coffee in my sister's kitchen, I decided to take a stab at the book my friend was talking about.

I downloaded the PDF onto my computer and started to read for 30 minutes every day at the table over breakfast.

Anyone who has read a really well-written book knows how addicting it can be.

I devoured it in less than 2 days.

And I decided to go for a 30-day challenge,

And I succeeded.

But that wasn't the tough part.

The tough part was explaining to my friends at the bar why I didn't want to drink Jager bombs,

Or shotgun beers on our way to go cliff jumping.

The tough part was the crippling anxiety I had when I wanted to approach a table of hotties when I didn't have help from liquid courage.

I had some work to do.

Over time, I started to develop REAL core confidence.

My charisma is higher now than it ever has been.

And when me and my friends go out for a night on the town,

I have no problems having the same amount of courage as I used to get from alcohol.

But that's not even the best part.

Over the last year, I have become consistent in the gym,

I have quit porn and masturbation,

It's harder for me to NOT do my morning routine than it is to do it.

I have created new habits.

And only the real ones know that if you want to know the cheat code to life,

Work on your habits.

Because whether you like it or not.

They are in control.

-Luka Grey

P.S If you want to get the book that helped my drinking, here’s the link to amazon. https://www.amazon.com/This-Naked-Mind-Discover-Happiness