You Will Stay POOR Without This Habit

You Say You Want To Win, But You’re Not Even Keeping Score

Most people talk a big game.

They say they want to get in shape, make more money, build a legacy, or become the best version of themselves.

But when you actually look at how they’re living day to day, they’re just reacting to whatever life throws at them.

No structure. No metrics. No accountability.

They wake up, guess what they should do, scroll social media, react to distractions, eat like trash, and hope the results magically come.

That’s not how winning works.

When you look at elite performers, in fitness, business, relationships, anything, they track everything.

Not because they’re obsessive, but because it’s the only way to make consistent progress.

They don’t rely on motivation or memory. They rely on data.

And if you’re not doing the same, you’re setting yourself up to stay stuck.

If You Don’t Track It, You Can’t Improve It

Every successful company tracks their numbers.

They know how much money is coming in, where every dollar is going, how each employee is performing, which products are converting, what their churn rate is, and how fast they’re growing.

Now imagine if that same company said, “We’re just going to wing it this quarter. We’re not going to check revenue or expenses. We’ll just hope we make money.”

They’d be bankrupt in 3 months.

That’s how most people live their lives.

They don’t track how they spend their time, how much money they actually earn, how many calories they eat, or even how many hours they sleep.

Then they wonder why nothing changes year after year.

Your life is your business.
And if you don’t have data, you don’t have power.

The 4 Quadrants Of Life, And How One Can Ruin The Rest

There are only four areas of life that truly matter:

• Health

• Wealth

• Romantic relationships

• Family and friendships

And any one of them can completely sabotage the others if you’re not careful.

Your health falls apart? Suddenly, your energy tanks, your productivity drops, and your medical bills drain your income.

Your relationship turns toxic? You lose focus, stop showing up at work, and get derailed emotionally.

You lose your job or your business crashes? Stress levels skyrocket, relationships get strained, and you can’t afford to take care of your body.

That’s why you have to track all four.

Because life is interconnected.
If one area falls, the others get pulled down with it.

But the reverse is also true, if you improve just one of them, the others rise too.

Especially your health and wealth.
Those are the foundation.

Money gives you options. Health gives you energy. And both make the rest of life a lot easier.

Focus On Leading Indicators, Not Just Goals

Here’s the mistake most people make.

They obsess over the result, the weight they want to lose, the money they want to make, the follower count they want to hit, but they completely ignore the daily actions that create those results.

Those results are lagging indicators. They show up after the work has already been done.

If you want to get ripped, staring at the scale won’t do anything. But tracking your calories, training, sleep, and protein intake every day? That’ll get you lean.

If you want to hit $10K/month, staring at your Stripe dashboard doesn’t help.
But tracking your outreach, follow-ups, hours worked, and content created?

That’s how you make it happen.

Success is math.

Once you identify the right inputs and track them consistently, the outputs become predictable. You won’t even need to hope for success, you’ll know it’s coming.

Build A Tracker And Turn Your Life Into A Video Game

I built a custom tracker inside Notion, but you don’t need anything fancy.
A spreadsheet, a whiteboard, or even pen and paper will work if you’re disciplined.

Here’s what I track every day across the four quadrants:

Health

• Calories consumed

• Calories burned

• Protein intake (grams)

• Hours slept

• Water intake (ounces)

Wealth

• Income earned (daily)

• Hours worked

• Hourly rate (calculated by income ÷ hours)

• Content published or offers made

Relationships

• Time spent with girlfriend

• Time spent with son

• Time spent with friends or family

Skill growth

• Hours spent learning

• Practice time for any new skills

• Study sessions logged

And I also rate how I feel in each area on a scale of 1–10:

• Quality of health

• Quality of relationships

• Quality of business

• Quality of life overall

This helps me catch early warning signs.

If my relationship feels like a 4, I know I need to make time to connect. If my health is trending low, I know I need to fix my sleep or tighten my diet. If my energy is down, I can see whether I’m overworking or under-recovering.

I don’t need to guess anymore. I have real data, so I can make real decisions.

The BMM Takeaway

Most people hear this and think, “That sounds like a lot of work.”

Cool. Stay broke, stay fat, stay lost.

Tracking is the master habit.

It creates awareness, which gives you leverage, which creates change.

It’s how you go from reacting to designing.

While everyone else is playing video games, I’m tracking stats in real life. Earning real money, building real muscle, and creating real freedom.

And if you want to level up, it all starts with one question:

Are you tracking your life like a professional…or winging it like an amateur?