The privilege to be yourself

Bruce Lee's law of expectation, learning to read labels better and 7 other ideas worth stealing!!

Welcome to the 196th consecutive edition of this newsletter.👏

Here are this week’s 10 ideas worth stealing.

1/ A Joseph Campbell mindset.

This is a big one for me. One of my goals in life is to be seen for who I truly am. No pretending. No faking it until I make. Just Dean with all his gifts and glorious flaws. I believe that is one of several secrets to happiness.

👍 To steal → The privilege to be yourself.

2/ A cheap way to remove pesticides from produce.

This comes from Bobby Parrish and Dr. Paul Saladino, who recently took a shopping trip to a Walmart in Florida to demo how to make healthy food choices. The tip is super helpful for those who can’t access organic produce.

👍 To steal → Use baking soda (1 Tsp/Litre of water) to remove pesticides from your produce.

3/ Why you need to get really good at reading labels.

This was from the same video. It made me realize how much better I need to be at reading labels so I don’t get tricked by food companies who hide their sneaky tricks in the small print.

👍 To steal → Become great at reading everything on the packaging so you can uncover deceptive marketing tactics.

4/ How to make better chicken choices.

This was something I didn’t know about chicken. Bobby explains the difference between air chilled vs. water chilled chicken.

👍 To steal → Don’t buy chicken that has been water chilled. 

*Source → You can watch the entire video here.

5/ Exercise to bulletproof your knees.

Another Ben Patrick recommendation. I have added this to my lower body training.

👍 To steal → Add the reverse step up to your lower body training program.

6/ Question to steal.

This comes via Sara Blakey, who is the billionaire founder of Spanx.

👍 To steal → If you are not failing, you're not trying. And not trying is the ultimate failure.

7/ A Bruce Lee mindset.

I have not been able to stop thinking about this since I came across it.

I see this as…

The Law of Expectation → Life does not give you what you want. It gives you what you think you deserve.

👍 To steal → The Bruce Lee Law of Expectation.

*Source → The Marginilian

8/ How to think about your brain.

This is a mental model I use that reminds me that I am not my brain. It has it’s own agenda that is often counter to what I want. So I have to train it — just as I would a dog — to do the things I want such as being disciplined with my eating, getting up when the alarm goes off and never consuming refined sugars.

👍 To steal → This mental model of your brain being like an untrained dog.

9/ An awesome summary.

Someone on Twitter created this beautiful summary of the book “Influence” by Robert Caladini. Not only am I stealing that summary, I’m also stealing the framework to use for ideas and summaries of my own.

👍 To steal → This framework to creatively capture your ideas and summaries and other creative extensions you may have.

*Source → Reads with Ravi

10/ A simple workout strategy.

Put a piece of workout equipment out somewhere, like push up bars, and every time you pass by them, the rule is you have do a set of push ups. There’s lots of creative ways to vary this. Today I made the rule that every time I came into my furnace room I had to do 5 pull ups — that’s where my pull up bar is. It’s a fun little game to play to mix up your work out routine and incorporate some training throughout your day.

👍 To steal → Some version of that work out strategy for yourself.

That’s it for today my friend. Thanks for reading. 🙏

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