High-Performance Lifestyle
In 1865, just over a century before Atkins published the now famous Atkins Diet, a man named William Banting sent out a periodical to the people of London addressing his fight against obesity.
Banting, not unlike the countless of people in today’s society, struggled over and over again to rid himself of his excess weight. Referred to as a “parasite” in his letter, his efforts yielded practically no results. [Read more…]
A high-performance lifestyle is built around purposeful action.
It’s Robert Greene’s concept of a life task at the forefront of what we do everyday.
It is what Angela Duckworth talks about when she describes passion and perseverance.
When Jocko demands discipline, it is for the singular purpose of becoming better in some way.
Our goal is to advance, to rise above, and to exceed the expectations we have placed on ourselves.
It is the pursuit of high-performance that propels us. When the chance to ease up comes along, when the path of least resistance is revealed, it is the vision of our best selves, it is our desire to become the best that keeps us moving forward. [Read more…]
The sheer amount of information available to anyone nowadays is appalling.
Your primitive brain, equipped well for the trials of survival in nature, is at a disadvantage.
It cannot cope with the amount of stimulus. It doesn’t know how to respond. Your mind, the catalyst of your conscious self, can no longer keep up with the demand.
As a result, our distractions become the drivers of our lives.
Instead you must refocus. You must recommit to the principled idea of intense discipline. You must force yourself to behave in a way that will get you from where you are to where you want to be.
Behaviors are action and action is king. [Read more…]
Grit, as defined by Angela Duckworth, in her bestselling book by the same name, is passion and perseverance.
Grit is forged by the combination of the two — a passion for something and the willingness to follow through on the process it takes to become good at that thing.
Here’s how Duckworth describes highly-successful people, based on her research:
1. They were resilient and hardworking.
2. They knew in a very, very deep way what it was they wanted.
If grit is the key to success, then determination and direction is the key to having grit. [Read more…]
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…]
