High-Performance Lifestyle
I heard Rob Shaul talking about the Quiet Professional on an Art of Manliness podcast and I have since been consumed with this approach to life.
The term comes from the Special Forces community but Rob builds the idea into a holistic message that coveys several big ideas.
It is a craftsman mentality — go to work and chase perfection. [Read more…]
The following philosophies are mostly taken from The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness.
The Slight Edge was also the first book discussed in The Outwork Book Club. It’s that important. The information from the book forms the basis of a philosophy for success. [Read more…]
Have you wanted to get an edge over the competition? Over your coworkers? Or classmates? Or even your teammates?
Have you ever wanted to be better than everyone else? To stand out in the crowd and to become a Lion Among Men?
It’s actually not that hard to achieve these aspirations. It doesn’t take superior genetics or an unlimited bankroll or even a great mentor. It takes a commitment to be excellent and the discipline to work towards that goal every single day. Every single waking hour must be spent propelling yourself towards that goal. You must build this discipline into a habit. Succeeding must become ingrained into your life.
The Key: focused effort, discipline, and consistent progress towards an overarching mission [Read more…]
In 1890, author William James published the book “The Principles of Psychology” and in it, a chapter titled Habit.
The book starts by describing creatures in nature and how they are a bundle of habits. Their daily behavior is cultivated by habits that were implanted at birth. He goes on to make other observations of nature and the plasticity of physical things. How things become immovable over time due to the shape that they are molded into. He talks of physics within the natural world.
He builds up to this simple premise: things grow into the model in which it has been exercised.
