Lifestyle (Opinion) Archives

How to Design a High-Performance Life (style)

February 1, 2020 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

What exactly is a high-performance lifestyle?

It comes from creating a life that enables sustained levels of high performance. It comes down to instilling habits, practices, mental and physical actions that promote sustained excellence. It means doing things well often. It means forgoing other things in order to focus fully on the things you want to excel at. When you decide to live a high-performance life, you are essentially committing to becoming better than most people. It is a decision to move past ordinary into the extraordinary. From common to uncommon. [Read more…]

The Mecca of Bodybuilding

September 15, 2019 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

After reading Arnold’s Total Recall, I felt an urge to explore the old stomping grounds of bodybuilding lore.

Inspired, I took the trip to throwdown at Gold’s Gym Venice, or as it is known to many, the Mecca of Bodybuilding.

Walking through the doors, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe, as if entering the arena of a great battleground.

My adrenaline was pumping, as I thought to myself, here I am, the exact place where some of the world’s most renowned bodybuilders carved their bodies, shaped their personas, and crafted their personal legend. [Read more…]

Powerful U Experience

May 20, 2019 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

This past weekend (May 2019), I had the opportunity to attend the Powerful U Experience here in Los Angeles.

Powerful U is the branded as the first of its kind, a personal evolution company aimed at bringing together audiences, influencers, and ideas. The experience was different from other seminars I have been to, much more personal and experience-centered. There is less the notion of selling a product and more of an emphasis on experiencing an event.

An event that is meant to be life-altering. [Read more…]

How to Attack Life like an Adventure

February 4, 2019 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

The very source of our discontent: we want to know the results of the outcome before we commit.

Yet, that is not how life works. Life is more like an adventure. When we set out on an adventure, we are unsure of the results but we look forward to the experience.

We don’t know what will happen in the end but we embrace the opportunity to do something fun/inspiring/noteworthy/epic. [Read more…]

An Evening Dedicated to Your Brain

September 27, 2018 by Tony Francisco Leave a Comment

I recently attended an event in Hollywood with Jim Kwik of Kwik Brain, aptly called an evening dedicated to your brain.

Jim suffered from an injury growing up and was known as “the boy with the broken brain,” but has since conquered his limitations through reading and systematic thinking regarding the brain’s ability to learn and overcome.

He has been called upon by industry giants like Zappos, Nike, and Google to help increase the reading, thinking, and learning capabilities of their employees, which gives him credibility with some of the world’s highest performers.

The event was held in a dimly lit, hippie-ish Yoga studio, but was far from translucent. [Read more…]