Self-Improvement

8 Awesome Yoga Benefits for Men

July 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Health and fitness for most men either relies on strength training and/or running. There is a good reason for this.

The benefits of lifting weights for increased self-esteem, physical and mental toughness, not to mention looking great, are well known. All men should do it, and if you aren’t why not? Get motivated and get back in the gym.

With that said, weightlifting and occasionally pounding the streets or treadmill shouldn’t be the only exercise you do. There should always be room for other things that bring something new (and awesome) to the table.

Why You Must Stop Overthinking & Start Taking Action

July 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

The only reason you haven’t started taking action yet is that you’re in analysis paralysis or afraid of what other people will think.

When you continue to analyze each possible outcome it stops you in your tracks. It’s normal to think things through till the end but when you stay in thinking mode you never take action. It’s okay to fail, you’ll get better anyway.

High Performers Are Successful As a Result of Consistent Action, Not Intense Effort.

July 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

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After a decade of setting goals every year and never achieving them, here’s what finally clicked:

High performers are successful as a result of consistent action, not intense effort.

This single realization led me to a framework for building habits that has changed my life.

Working from home last year made me realize that at 27, I had no good habits and zero self-discipline.

I was going to bed after 3am and sleeping past noon.

I wasn’t working out consistently.

I was browsing Reddit and watching Netflix for up to 10 hours a day.

I wasn’t doing any of the work needed to build my business…

I hated myself. The more promises I broke, the more worthless I felt, and the louder the voice in my head became:

Why can’t I fix this?

Why am I so weak?

This is how my dreams die.

Tell Me What You Did Today, And I’ll Tell You Who You Are

June 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

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“Each day is a day of decision, and our decisions determine our destiny.” — Russell Nelson

You live your life in 24 hour periods. How you use those 24 hour periods determines who you become and how successful you’ll be.

If you learn to master your day, you’ll learn how to master your weeks, months, years, and life.

Just Show Up

June 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

You don’t even have to do the thing; Just show up

… And then you can totally go home.

This hit me in a huge way just recently!

Suppose it’s going for a run every day, or practicing piano, or working on some new project. If you can just show up for your commitment and do that every day for a week, that’s a win.

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The Key to Habit Mastery

May 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Humans are innately wired to take the path of least resistance, and it seems most things in the universe have this bias.

Water and electricity flow through the path of least resistance.

An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.

A person binging Netflix will stay lying on their ass unless acted on by an outside force.

If we look from an evolutionary context, our bias to be lazy has good intentions.

Primal man did not have UberEATS or Dominos Pizza delivery on standby – Every day was a bitter struggle for survival.

Learn How to Fail Skillfully

May 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

You’ve been learning how to succeed in your attempts here at self-discipline and setting good habits. Ideally you’ve learned how to discern your highest priorities, create a good plan, and to take immediate action on it.

There’s this flip side, though, to proper self-discipline which is learning how to fail masterfully – as the companion to learning to succeed. If you can develop your ability to fail masterfully, then you’re effectively moving into a more psychologically stable place for long-term growth.

Stop Waiting. Start Doing.

April 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

Stop waiting. Start doing. It’s all too easy to tell ourselves that once we lose twenty pounds, we’ll be happy, or once we have more free time, we’ll start reading more, or once we’re on that new project at work and have shorter hours, we’ll start going back to the gym. We think we’re too busy now to do that thing we want to do, or we’ll be happy once we’ve done that thing, but we haven’t even started working on it.

How to Change Your Life by Starting Small

April 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

As I talk to more and more people, it’s become clear what the most common sticking point is: getting started. I don’t think I’ve repeated any phrase as often as I’ve said, “Start small.” No matter what it is that you’re doing, whether you think you need to or not, whether you’re changing your life or starting a new project, start small.