discussion A few fundamentals we shy away from the unfortunate definition of a blind spot is that you don't know what it is. By asking for feedback from the people I spend a lot of time with, by journaling and by reading those journals, I've been able to decipher these rather fundamental things.
coaching Books, Challenges and Tools Hacks and ShortcutsWe want insights. We want hacks. We want shortcuts. We want packaged knowledge. Books are a great example of an attempt to impart knowledge and wisdom. They encapsulate the author's journey in understanding something. And their attempt at putting together the learnings.
framework Listening to your Body When you are angry, your body feels a different way. You feel the rage heat up inside you and it pours out of you as expletives at the jackass who cut you off on the road. Every emotion, every feeling, every thought, every arising has a longer tail.
diet Why carbs are NOT the enemy but you still need to eat less of them What's the deal with demonising carbs? This is the article that explains why that's flawed and what the real issues are
discussion Zooming out and a sense of time One limitation in our progress is our handicap of looking at time. Using one hundred years as a lifetime, we tend to focus on short durations. The disruptions we are producing i.e. the variables in the system we are affecting are unbeknownst to us.
coaching Goal Setting and Milestones to Guide your Physical Training Strength is the foundation of everything. Whatever your sport/activity of choice is, getting StrongEnough will help you excel in it. Whether it is long-distance running or playing a racquet sport or practicing a martial art - the stronger you are, the more you can do.
framework Delaying the Morning Coffee If you are dependent on your coffee, are prone to energy crashes during the day, read on. I'll explain how you can use your coffee to your advantage, reduce your energy crashes, fall asleep faster and sleep better.
framework Do First, Understand Later. The lesser room one gives for their ego, the easier things are. Do first. Understand later. Asking questions is mandatory. But do first. Until you know better questions to ask.
coaching The Particle and the Wave The world around us wants to divide us. And because we need to be here or there, we pick an extreme. Or worse, we choose inaction. Because deep down, we don’t agree with the extremes. That’s great. But we need to use the complementary theory here to dig deeper into our perspective.
framework The Hardware and Software of it As the software improves, the outcomes improve. And then, you will see a spurt in the hardware improvement.
sleep Having difficulty falling asleep? You take too long to fall asleep. You get anxious about falling asleep. You have difficulty staying asleep. If you are unable to fall asleep immediately, this is for you. And yes, falling asleep immediately is a skill you can learn and cultivate.
framework Friday Thought: The Law of Inertia It is not really laziness but when something is not yet our habit, going against the current is hard. And we give up and do something else that's easier. Which is to continue going down the path of least resistance.
coaching on Streaks and Cycles The problem is streaks are not sustainable. It is not their job to be sustainable. Their job is to shake you up, to get you out of your rut, to get you way past your comfort zone and then some.
coaching Learn from yourself Have you learned something fundamentally true about yourself from someone else? Something that you could not have come up with by steadfastly sitting with yourself and your organised thought? I seriously doubt it.
daily9 Measure the Effort it is straightforward to recognise that it is a dumbed-down tool. A tool designed to solve a problem - sift through a large number of people and rank them. Then, put them into appropriate buckets.
coaching How to Plank Hard Enough to Hold Up a Building The plank is one of the fundamental ways in which you re-train yourself to use your body the way it should be.
framework The Boring Truth But the truth of most matters has not changed in a long time. Most of the fundamentals about lifting and nutrition have been around from before I was born.
coaching Remove the option to change your mind Every time you fail, you give in to the pain becomes one more thing your log to solve for the next time. Shift your mindset, stop berating yourself about failures.
challenge Challenge yourself. But what comes after? You find something else that grows you and challenges you. Whether it is a path that forks off the main one or is tangential to it - as long as you connect with it. But one thing is clear - staying on top AND doing something else makes little sense.
challenge Don't listen to the specifics your problem is uniquely yours. Because the solution has to work for you, and cannot be generalised. Dropping out of college is generally a bad idea, except when it is not.
challenge The Goldilocks zone And then, liberally steal and copy and chop and change from whatever you see to make your own perfect concoction. Keep doing it, keep tinkering with it and make your own special brand of awesome-sauce.
coaching Above the line Coz does it matter what you squat? Not at all. There are a zillion people who can squat more and squat better. Or you go to a small enough pond, you are the best squatter. Completely irrelevant - what one squats.
framework Biohacking 101 do-it-yourself biology aimed at improving performance, health, and wellbeing through strategic interventions
coaching How hard should your workout be? Don't work yourself out all the time. Don't sit in your comfort zone all the time. Go home feeling stronger than you came in.
discussion Rocks, Pebbles, Sand 2.0 But its fundamental flaw is in fooling you that you can fit everything in. And in telling you that you should aim for that. You cannot. You should not. Fuck this hustle culture.