How mindset can change your world
Plus: Thinking in pieces, fixing shoulder pain and advice from an FBI hostage negotiator.
Hey — Dean here.
Just walked 4.5km to my former university. Sitting here now doing this newsletter.
I’ve already done more work in the past 3 hours than I did for the entire 5 years I was here.
Hard to believe that was 36 years ago.
OK! Enough reminiscing. Here is today’s 3-2-1!!
1/ Wise words.
This wisdom is courtesy of designer Brian Collins.
While he is taking about this in the context of design, the principle holds true for personal transformation as well.
If you do what everyone else is doing the best you can be is average.
If you have the courage to step out and explore original solutions, you skew the odds of creating something remarkable for yourself.
2/ Thinking in pieces.
Alex Hormozi has blown up in the past few years. His YouTube channel has over 2.7 million subscribers. He shares sage advice on building a business.
In this YouTube short, he states how he pieced together his gym owner knowledge to build a multi-million dollar gym business.
The takeaway I would like to leave you with is that complex problems — like weight loss — are solved in pieces, not nicely packaged all-in-one solutions.
The secret is to follow Alex’s approach of picking the brains of those who have achieved what you want, stealing the gems that mean something to you and putting them together in a way that allows you to create a unique solution geared specifically for your needs.
3/ Using things in unexpected ways.
I came across this steel diaper pail the other day.
It’s a beautiful design.
As a former cat owner, it occurred to me that would also be a great solution for disposing kitty litter.
The bigger takeaway is that tremendous opportunities exist to find ways to use things outside the context in which they are presented.
For instance, most people think a workout has to happen in a gym. But it can happen anywhere your feet are, if you have the ability to use what’s in your environment in ways others simply can’t.
1/ Fixing shoulder pain.
Not sure when this happened, but my left shoulder has some sort of impingement that creates tremendous discomfort when I attempt to raise my arm to the side.
To try and fix it I am returning to a reliable source — Ben Patrick.
Here are his 3 go to exercises I am doing on a daily basis to reverse out shoulder pain.
2/ How to get what you want.
A story from hostage negotiator Chris Voss.
The tactic I am stealing from this video is the power of being playful in a moment where most others are highly agitated and emotional.
A book recommendation.
Here’s the latest book I’m reading.
As a mindset guy, this is right up my alley.
Here’s an excerpt that tells you exactly what the book intends to do for you.
That’s it for this week’s edition my friend.
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To transforming yourself,
👀See you again next week.
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