⏩ When Good Beats Perfect

🌱 HEALTHY

4 Ways To Beat Jet Lag

I followed these 4 steps when I traveled to Vietnam last year and didn't suffer from any jet lag at all.

Quick context. I get 95% of my sleep info from either Andrew Huberman or Matthew Walker. Matt is the GOAT on sleep and wrote the book "Why We Sleep" but it's long-winded and goes deep into the science.

If you're not ready to nerd out you probably won't make it past chapter one.

Huberman delivers the same info in bite-sized chunks and basically regurgitates everything Matt says anyway (his words, no shade).

Here are the 4 key things you can do when changing time zones:

1. Change your clocks immediately. The second you board the plane, switch everything to destination time. Your phone, your watch, your mindset. Stop thinking in home time.

2. Get sunlight, not sleep. When you land, resist the nap urge. Get outside and move around in natural light if possible. This combo resets your internal clock faster than anything.

3. Eat on local time. Your meal schedule influences your rhythm more than you'd think. Start eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner when locals do, even if you're not hungry.

4. Sleep in the first half of long flights. If you're flying overnight, sleep during the first part rather than staying awake the whole time. It aligns better with where you're going.

Your circadian rhythm responds to light, food, and activity. Give it the right signals from day one instead of easing into it gradually.

Takeaway: Try this on your next big time zone change. Commit to destination time from the moment you leave and see how much faster you bounce back.

🪙 WEALTHY

Stop Looking for AI Use Cases. Start Solving Real Problems.

Everyone's telling you how to use AI. YouTube tutorials, Twitter threads, case studies from successful businesses.

A lot of it is good advice. The problem? You're learning solutions to problems you don't actually have.

I keep seeing this. Someone discovers a clever AI workflow online, gets excited, spends hours trying to implement it. Then realizes it doesn't really help their specific situation. It becomes this shiny distraction from work that actually moves things forward.

There's a better way. Flip the whole thing around.

Instead of hunting for AI use cases to squeeze into your business, start with what's genuinely frustrating you right now. What's eating your time? What's blocking your next income milestone?

Write those down. You'll probably end up with 1-3 major pain points.

Now take those to ChatGPT or whatever tool you prefer. Work backwards from there. How can this thing help solve what's actually broken in your world?

You're not forcing someone else's solution anymore. You're building something that fits your mess.

Playing with AI feels productive, but solving real problems pays bills.

Takeaway: List your 3 biggest business headaches this week. Then figure out how AI can tackle them. Skip the generic stuff and focus on what actually matters to your bank account.

📚 AND WISE

Permission to Be Good Enough

"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." — John Steinbeck, East of Eden

How many of us are guilty of sitting on ideas waiting for the perfect moment, perfect setup, perfect plan? 🙋‍♂️

Perfection creates friction.

It's this impossible standard that keeps us stuck at the starting line. We never get to "good" because we're obsessing over "perfect."

But good is actually more than most people achieve. Good is what we're really after anyway.

Think about it. How many YouTube channels never get started because someone feels they’re not a pro on camera? How many businesses stay as "someday" ideas because the timing isn't quite right? How many people delay that first trip because they haven't figured out every detail?

We need momentum to succeed. Momentum to learn. Momentum to grow. And momentum only comes from starting where you are with what you have.

Be bad first. Be messy, be imperfect. Work your way up to good. Once you're there, you'll figure out how to get better. But that progression never happens if you're stuck waiting for perfect.

This life throws enough uncertainty at us already. Don't add perfectionism to the mix.

Takeaway: What idea have you been sitting on because it doesn't feel ready yet? Start it this week. Bad is better than nothing, and good is closer than you think.