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.
guilt Work Anytime, Anywhere But the dark side of everything needs vigilance. The doom scrolling, the endless notifications, the FOMO - all wreak havoc on our senses. If you are always reachable, you have to answer the phone anytime or respond to texts and emails within a short window.
dont quit The Most Important Thing Don't forget the power of compounding. Warren Buffet made 95% of his wealth in the last 15 or so years.
coaching Against the Current You need to start swimming against the current. You need to arm yourself for that swim by curating the barrage of information and snake oil around you.
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.
daily9 How to not get any sugar cravings the craving to have something sugary after a good meal. You just ate. You are rather full. You ate well. But still, there's this sugar craving. Why?!?!
coaching Student Story: Learn to Prioritise Yourself Strength does not mean lifting stupid weights and being huge. Strength means both inner and outer strength. Be strong enough, and a lot of good things follow.
diet Even Magic Needs a Little Bit of Help it is a ritual. It is a daily reminder that they are focusing on their health. Starting the day off with this is a great way to check-in with their mind and body.
diet Linear Progression, a Burrito, and How You Can Learn to Eat Less Linear Progression, a Burrito, and How You Can Learn to Eat Less
habits Whose Permission Do You Need? It keeps coming up but you keep finding excuses not to do it. You keep shoving it away. It comes along with a slightly queasy feeling in the belly. And you push it away some more. Coz it is not practical, you say. You have too much work. You have responsibilities.
habits Bleary-eyed and sleepy You went to bed late, only after midnight. You woke up at 5.30 am, thanks to your alarm. Do you go to the gym? Or do you turn it off and sleep in?
quotes Friday thoughts. Jan 21, 2022 Being lost in the past versus introspecting the past with your foot firmly in the present.
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.
habits My sweet tooth When I buy it, I am in a lot more control of it. But when someone sends something across, it feels like "I have to eat it." Which might sound stupid, but that's how it is.
dont quit Solving the maze Do you remember trying to solve a maze? You start and then you come to a place that forks. You have a choice to make. You make a choice. More forks, more choices. You are deeper into the maze. And then, a dead-end!
coaching In the moment I struggle with this. When I am watching a game, I am also pretending to be the coach. When I am training, I am also the world's greatest critic. But when I catch myself and chat my magic words and shut up and focus, the experience is completely changed.
coaching scales and beats and rolling and crawling You keep repeating the same thing and you do it marginally better. You flop around. You try to roll and fail. You try to hit a scale and hit 3. You get better. But it is not consistent.
guilt My sweet tooth and inner dialogues Writing it down in my journal, not feeling guilty about what I did but simply observing what I did, and laughing at myself - that seems to be a good enough lesson from last night.
diet Hack portion control Your appetite has been trained by you, more or less. Your stomach size is also developed over the years. So, come dinner time, you know what and how much of it is going in.
daily9 My eating is out of control Know that the real issue is not your food. But something else in your life where you have relinquished control. But need to take control back.
activity is sitting the new smoking? When we frame the problem differently - not as sitting too much but (a) being inactive and (b) sitting for an extended period at a stretch - we can sort this problem out
coaching failing a diet is your comfort zone Looks like you went on a diet last January as well. Oh, you lost 8 kilos then. Brilliant. And how much did you put on over the year? All of it. And then some. stop repeating the same pattern
habits learning to pause Nothing good comes out of flying into a blind rage. A regrettable decision, a loss of mental peace, a few minutes/hours of agitation.
coaching meet The Obsessive 2/4 The Obsessive starts out by making robust progress. His first spurt is just what he expected. But when he inevitably regresses and finds himself on a plateau, he simply wont accept it. He redoubles his effort. He pushes himself mercilessly.
coaching a fool-proof system to lose weight 3 meals a day. Nothing between meals. Nothing outside of meals. Nothing before or after meals. If you are eating it, it happens in that thirty minute window that you are eating. Try it out for a week and get back to me. Oh, don't forget to measure yourself today and after one week.