EP5 Get these three things right and you can get a lot of other stuff wrong.
Jul 3, 2022
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This podcast focuses on achieving moderate success in life, with an emphasis on balance and integration. It explores topics such as the importance of sleep for success, the significance of sleep and meditation for overall well-being, removing friction to make exercising easier, and the transformative power of sleep, meditation, and exercise for mental and physical health.
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Getting enough sleep and establishing a consistent routine improves overall well-being and relationships.
Incorporating a meditation practice yields numerous benefits, including increased calmness and concentration.
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Importance of Sleep and Setting Up a Sleep Routine
Getting enough sleep, preferably eight hours, has a profound impact on overall well-being. It improves concentration, productivity, optimism, and relationships. To establish a consistent sleep routine, create an environment that discourages habits hindering sleep, such as using a timer to automatically turn off the TV at a predetermined time. Additionally, create an accountability loop by sharing your sleep goals with a group of friends or family, reporting your bedtime daily to motivate consistency.
Benefits of Meditation and Making It a Habit
Incorporating a meditation practice yields numerous benefits, including increased calmness, concentration, and positivity. Practicing for 15 to 20 minutes has a significantly greater impact compared to shorter sessions. To make meditation a habit, treat it as an appointment by scheduling it in your calendar. Designate a specific spot for meditation, ensuring it is comfortable and always available. Consider using guided meditation apps like Calm, Headspace, or Waking Up to enhance the experience and provide structure.
Exercising Regularly for Physical and Mental Well-being
Regular exercise, specifically raising your heart rate into zone two for 45 minutes, offers physical and mental benefits. Incorporating exercise into your routine can be achieved by scheduling it in your calendar and minimizing friction between non-exercise and exercise states. For example, have exercise equipment readily accessible and create an environment conducive to multitasking, such as combining exercise with audio learning. Prioritizing sleep, meditation, and exercise makes a significant impact on overall health, mental performance, and relationships, and should be actively pursued.
Building a business is hard. Maintaining healthy relationships with those that you care about is hard. Staying fit and healthy in your body, your mind and your emotions is hard. This podcast is about finding and sharing tools, strategies and experiences that may help you to achieve and maintain moderate success in your life, whatever that means to you. There is a ton of content created by the billionaires, the ultra successful athletes, and by people that are at a level that the vast majority of us will just never get to. And if you're anything like me, you're totally okay with that. This is a place where we talk about how to build a great business, but not necessarily a massive one. A place to talk about how we build a life that is balanced and integrated, but not necessarily optimised to levels that are not realistic for most of us. In short, it's a place where we explore how to be moderately successful. The work will always remain yours, and for the most part, it's simple, but not easy. I sincerely hope it's valuable to you.