Upgrade Your Playbook For Life: Living By Design, Part Six
Updated: May 18, 2023
If you are going to win at life, you need a playbook, Dr. Phil says. On this week’s Phil in the Blanks podcast, he teaches you how to be a winner in life.
“One of the things you’ve got to stop doing is talking to people who cannot say yes,” Dr. Phil says.
Living By Design Playbook 2023
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The Playbook
“Life is a game – and you will either be a player or be the one played, Yesterday’s rules and expectations about relationships, emotions and interacting simply don’t apply anymore, not like they used to … and those who figure that out and adapt to the current world will have an incredible edge.” Dr. Phil McGraw
Learn To Accept Praise
Learn to claim and accept praise, and acknowledge it in a gracious way, but do accept it. The goal is to get noticed and acknowledged for who you are and what you do.
Become Essential
If you want to succeed in any situation, it is important to be needed and good to be relied upon.
Know Your Real Currency
Don’t waste time working for what you don’t want.
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I think having a clear playbook for life can help people stay focused and make better decisions. The points about accepting praise, becoming reliable, and knowing what you truly want are especially useful because they encourage personal growth. Learning new things and exploring different interests can also help us improve, and you can find more food related information at Zaxbys University.
The bit about not talking to people who can't say yes really landed for me. I've wasted plenty of time pitching ideas to folks who had zero power to approve anything, and reframing that as a design flaw in my own process rather than just bad luck makes it easier to fix. Speaking of deliberately choosing your inputs, I've been messing around with a bad quality image maker for meme drafts lately, and it's weirdly refreshing to embrace something intentionally rough instead of chasing perfection all the time. Curious which part of the playbook series stuck with everyone else.
Living by design means creating spaces that support your goals, comfort, and daily routine. Whether you work from home, share an office, or manage a co-working space, a well-planned environment can improve focus and productivity. Choosing suitable office chairs for hybrid and co-working spaces helps create a comfortable setting for different work styles. By combining practical furniture, thoughtful organization, and flexible work areas, you can build a workspace that supports better habits, encourages collaboration, and makes everyday work more enjoyable.
The topic is explained in a way that is easy for general readers to follow. A search for 192.168.o.1.1 may result from an accidental character substitution. Understanding the correct address format can help users locate their router's local configuration interface more confidently.
Living by design sounds great until real life shows up and wrecks the plan, but I do think the whole idea has merit. The part that hit me was treating your routines like a system you can tweak instead of just willpower, cause willpower runs out by Thursday. Small example, I stopped keeping random tabs open while working, including stuff like One Red Casino, and my focus got noticeably better. Not a magic fix but the small design changes add up. Which part of the series hit hardest for you?