Structuring Your Foundation
I’ve found the most useful foundation consists of improvement in three areas: 
1. Getting Organized
2. Daily Routines
3. Physical Health
If you are surrounded by clutter, both physically and mentally, every goal will be much harder. Disorganization in your environment creates disorganization in your thinking. Clear, focused thinking is a necessary attribute for self-improvement, so don’t clutter your mind with junk.
If your daily routines aren’t conducive to your goals, you need to rely on willpower for every action. Establishing daily routines raises your level of baseline productivity. 
Your physical health is the third part of a solid foundation because achieving any goal will require energy. If your body isn’t in great shape, you’ll have less energy to invest every day. Think of your body as the fuel tank for any goal. The better shape you’re in, the more fuel you have to use every day.
All three of these goals are achievable if you put in the right effort and focus. Even if you can’t achieve perfection in one of the goals (such as a disability preventing you from exercising, or a roommate making it difficult to stay organized), you can still make improvements through hard work. Often personal development goals require luck and timing to achieve, such as writing a best-selling book or boosting your income. However, these three goals are mostly within your control, making them an excellent starting point.
I won’t write more about working on each specific leg of the foundation, because I’ve already written so much about each of these topics before. Here is a list of a few steps you can take to make concrete improvements to your foundation:
■ Establish a morning ritual
■ Begin using weekly/daily goals
■ Eat a healthier diet
■ Exercise daily
■ Write your goals on paper
■ Maintain a journal to record ideas
■ Take one day off per week, work hard the other six
■ Run a weekly review
■ Give up television
■ Organize your internet usage
■ Get enough sleep each night
Each of these tasks is something you could implement over the next month in a thirty-day trial. If you select 8-12 of these and accomplish them over the next year you will have a concrete foundation for any future goal.