High-Performance Lifestyle
The more I read and learn, the more obvious it becomes that the key to fulfillment is an alignment with purpose.
It is a vocation, life’s task, hard thing, passion, or obsession.
Whatever it is, sustained success depends on it.
When you stagnate, when the desire to excel and push your life forward ends, so does many other things in your life.
You cannot live a high-performance life without an outlet to perform. – Chief
Jerry Rice is widely considered one of the greatest to have ever played the game of football.
His legacy as as the NFL’s all-time best wide receiver will forever be cemented by a 20-year career with over 1,500 receptions, close 23,000 reception yards and 200 touchdowns — all NFL all-time records. He has also, at some point, held every single season record for a receiver.
His stats prove the point, but what makes Rice a great study goes beyond the numbers:
1. He was undersized and considered slow by conventional standards.
2. He came from a small college in Itta Bena, Mississippi (Population: 1,946)
3. He came from an even smaller high school in Crawford, Mississippi (Population: 636)
There is something about fear that is hard to explain.
We all know how it feels. We understand why it exist as we explain away some biological notion of self-interest we remember from high school science class.
The truth is, we don’t understand fear at all. [Read more…]
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…]
The most inspiring book I’ve ever read was Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Naturally, when he released Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, this time with much more years of experience and a lifetime of accomplishments, I was beyond excited to get into it.
However, when compared to his first, Total Recall could only be described as one thing: a let down.
It doesn’t have the same physical insights, and it doesn’t delve deep into the mind of a champion.
There is less adrenaline pumping and his hunger for success doesn’t seep through the pages like it did the first time. [Read more…]
