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Sweating via intense exercise most mornings multiplies your income, energy and contribution. It just does. Given that exercise is one of the finest productivity tools ever created, why not use it more often within a day to get more valuable things done? Yes–definitely do your morning workout to get you mentally and physically amped for a brilliant day. But then, at the end of your work day, go for that walk or take the swim or nail a run. Creating a second workout ritual later in...

23 Nov 20223min

One must—from time to time—slow down and reflect on: what truly makes life great? Based on the inspiring lives of those who have found real happiness, true self-respect and a serenity beyond the bounds of reason. One of the top answers, to me, would be: wisdom. The kind that moves you… to exploit past pain to make you more understanding, forgiving and noble. If you'd like to significantly increase your happiness via real-world habits and practices that I’ve previously only shared with many...

22 Nov 20222min

We live in a troubled world. Yes, there is much to applaud and progress to be grateful for. And yet, mediocrity is infecting the majority. And average is infusing the herd. All true artistry—work that wows the world and gives you and I the permission to become the creative outlaws we secretly long to be—starts with a dysfunctional perception of reality. ...If you’re not being laughed at a lot, you’re probably not creating very much. ...If you’re not attracting criticism, condem...

21 Nov 20223min

Legendary leaders and movement makers of the past have spellbound their followers by deploying the language of hope. And employing the vocabulary of possibility. And yet in our current culture, too many potentially great people are super sloppy with the words they use. ...if something is good they call it “dope”. ...if something is cool they call it “sick”. ...if you deliver a great performance they’ll say “you murdered it”. Yet dope and sick and murder are bad. Not good. Right? The wor...

18 Nov 20226min

Our culture has trained us to seek worldly success—often at the cost of inner peace. Your spiritual self knows all the answers to your largest questions. It whispers what work you should do and what love you should choose, to those with the ears to hear it. And here’s the thing, as you build and strengthen that relationship with your highest and best, every other relationship rises with you! …your relationship with your loved ones, your work, your prosperity and the world at large ascen...

17 Nov 20224min

Legendary producers not only work to improve their Mindsets, they do the emotional healing required to purify their Heartsets so that the darker emotions of anger, shame, disappointment, regret, sadness and guilt leave them—allowing for maximum creativity, productivity, prosperity and human decency. If you’re seeking some strong inspiration to grow your business and self—along with some novel tools to win—go ahead and read (or listen to) my latest book The Everyday Hero Manifesto. Get it her...

16 Nov 20224min

We inhabit an era with far too much talk and much too little do. Look, I’m a serious evangelist for the necessity of rest, renewal and recovery. Wrote a lot about this in The 5AM Club and The Everyday Hero Manifesto. Elite performance without strategic refuelling leads to an empty well. And sometimes, a chronic illness. Yet that’s not my point here. My point is, instead, this one: fears unfaced become your limits. Or another way to put it is that the discomfort of growth is always less than ...

15 Nov 20222min

Minimalism is all about stripping away complexity and obsessing with the simplicity of living your days around only a few things. I’ve been teaching this for two decades. Saying that “minimalism isn’t just a design vibe. It’s a lifestyle.” Encouraging human beings in fiery pursuit of their private Mount Everests to do less to achieve more. …To stop chasing complexity and obsess with simplicity. …To reject maximalism and filling their days with too many activities [and their closets with t...

14 Nov 20223min