If you want to change your life, you need to change your mindset. And if you want to do the impossible, you need to build an impossible mindset. Obviously, I think IMPOSSIBLE is a great resource for learning to do that, but I want to spread the love a little bit around the interwebs. If you want to improve your mindset and change things about your life, here are some people you should be following (if you're not already) in 2017. Bobby ...
“We’ll See”
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. "Such bad luck," they said sympathetically, "you must be so sad." "We'll see," the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it two other wild horses. "How wonderful," the neighbors exclaimed! "Not only did your horse return, but you received two more. What ...
The Answer
There's a simple formula you can use any time you run into an obstacle. If there's a problem going on in your life, there's only one answer. To be truthful, it's less of an answer, then a system you can go through to put yourself in check and figure out how to move forward. Think of it as a simple checklist for doing hard things. Here it is: Fix your mindset Get Stronger Build Discipline Become Resilient Get After it It sounds ...
Practical Ways To Get Into The Zone
If you need to get stuff done, power through an obstacle or do something ----ing impossible, you need to fix your head first. If you can't fix your head, you've got no chance. So if you want to get stuff done, move obstacles and go after your own Goliath, you need to get into the zone. Here's how: Stop Eating Sugar Probably my biggest vice & the easiest thing to mess you up quick. More than anything, sugar screws with your energy levels. ...
Audio Hacks for Productivity
If you want to make changes to your productivity routine, you might want to change the things that you put in your...ears. Here's a few hacks that have worked for me to help you get locked in and get more work done. Infinite Repeat I started doing this a few years ago on accident. I somehow clicked the "repeat one song" button on iTunes and found that the song I was listening too looped really well. Pretty soon, I zoned out and got into a deep ...
Bullsh*t Creep
Beware the bullsh*t creep. It’s silent, subtle and deadly. It’s starts off innocently enough, but pretty soon, it starts to affects your life outlook: You sleep in 1 day - you start to think it’s okay to be late to things and don't respect people's time. You let 1 assignment go unfinished - you think it’s okay to not finish projects. You become a starter, but not a finisher. You forget to workout - you think that “1 day” won’t really ...
You’re Using The Wrong Fuel
My buddy Tim has an old school Hummer. It's a former military vehicle stripped to the frame, made non-street-legal, rebuilt and made road-legal again. You can drive it damn near anywhere and no obstacle is gonna get in it's way. It's a fun machine to drive around. It just goes - no questions asked. But, it runs on a diesel engine. That means if you try to use standard gas in it, it might sputter around for a second before coming to a halt ...
Enjoy The Misery
A lot of people write me and tell me they're miserable. They hate their job. They're not healthy and they're tired all the time They don't feel like they're doing anything that matters. But...when it comes to making a change...they hesitate. When I bring up Cold Shower Therapy, they pause. They have excuses, reasons they're an exception or send me hate mail. (Seriously, I've gotten more hate mail from people on that one piece than ...
2,000 Dollars & 48 Hours
How much time would it take for you to drastically change your life? There's usually 2 schools of thought here – little by little or all at once. Both work, but if you're wanting to change a bunch of things at once, I think changing your location is the way to go. Which leads to an interesting thought experiment: How much would that actually cost? How long would that really take? Could you actually do it? Now most people dismiss this out of ...
4 Killer Workouts from Living with a Seal That Will Push Your Limits
I finished reading Living with a Seal in about 3 hours this week. It's a good read and you can read my main takeaways here. The quick rundown is Jesse Itzler has done quite a few things (former rapper, sold a private jet company, ZICO, Hawks owner, and married Sara Blakely of Spanx to name a few), but he got a little too comfortable. So he hired a former Navy SEAL to come live and train him for a month. He doesn't mention who SEAL is by name in the ...