The High-Performer's Perfect Refuel
When you get out into “the wild” (I love to do a one hour nature walk at the end of my work day but the wilderness for you could be a quiet room in your home or running through your neighborhood), your brain waves slow down from beta to alpha. When this happens–amid solitude–the part of your brain responsible for self-criticism, mental chatter and constant worry shuts down. This silencing of the prefrontal cortex happens temporarily and is known to neuroscientists as Transient Hypofrontality...
1 Loka 20202min
The 60/10 Method For Superhuman Productivity
Good research confirms that what makes the best athletes the best in the world is not what they do in their sport but how effectively they recover. For example, it was the rituals that star tennis players did in between points that made them stars. What made the Russian weightlifters so undefeatable was their “work-rest ratios”. So, set a timer for 60 minutes and during those intervals, turn off your technology, shut your door and dive—with massive intensity—into the project that matters. Th...
30 Syys 20202min
The Spiritual Beauty of Deep Difficulty
All adversity carries with it greater opportunity. Understand that the real reason for your life is to use what happens as fuel for your growth. As I wrote a fair amount about in The 5AM Club where Mr. Riley is teaching his students how to “enter the magic” while they meet on a vineyard in South Africa, life is not random [as far as I can tell]. So much of what happens to us arrives in our lives as perfect training to make us into the genuine heroes we’re meant to be.
29 Syys 20204min
To Lead is to Serve
The more people you enroll in your mighty mission and the more lives you serve, the more good things will unfold in your future. And the more humans you help the more fortune will help you.
28 Syys 20203min
Purify Your Heartset To Maximize Your Power
To heal an emotional wound you need to feel the emotional wound. Our society encourages suppression and repression of natural feelings. And so the majority escapes from this unconscious “field of hurt” into distraction, procrastination and addiction.
25 Syys 20204min
1 Daily Ritual That Predicts Success
Learn one of Robin Sharma's SOPs [standard operating procedures] that he encourages you to wire into your daily life through consistent practice, because as you know so well: Consistency is the Mother of Mastery.
24 Syys 20203min
One Way To Understand People Who Have Hurt You
Learn to forgive those who have hurt you. Everyone is doing the best they can, based on where they are at on their human journey. Their criticism is awesome soil within which to grow your faith in yourself. And your ironclad trust in your finest instincts. Bless them rather than cursing them. For they are helping your rise.
23 Syys 20202min
The Twin Cycles of Elite Performance
Elite performance without deep recovery leads to the depletion of your productive assets. Rest isn’t a luxury—it’s an absolute NECESSITY [for growth and the full expression of your gifts + talents]. There’s a full chapter in The 5AM Club on the model that has been so helpful to the titans of industry, sports superstars and elite performers Robin Sharma has coached. It’s called “The Twin Cycles of Elite Performance” and once you learn/apply it you’ll multiply your productivity considerably y...
22 Syys 20205min
