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My wife has been working out for 30 years. Gyms, running, cycle classes, you name it. Three decades of training. But recently, two changes made discipline easier. She joined the Fastlane WHOOP group, where other members could see her workouts. Then she signed up for a HYROX race, putting a deadline on the calendar that …
An interesting conversation is going on at The Fastlane Forum about why succeeding in business is so damn hard. The argument? The problem, they argue, is a personality fit. I argue it is mental gymnastics. Maybe you keep struggling because you’re playing the wrong game. You’re a tennis player trying to play basketball. Find a …
Back in 2014/2015, a strange transformation occurred: I turned into a political junkie. I was consuming a steady stream of partisan red meat every day, for hours. The result? I became a person consumed by anxiety and anger. In other words, I became what I consumed. Worse, my marriage with my wife was dangling over …
A decision I made 40 years ago still haunts me today. I was 16, and little did I know at the time that I was drawing cards from life’s Death Deck. Life’s Death Deck In Choose Hard, Live Easy, I call life’s Death Deck a pile of cards that are unfavorably skewed with catastrophic outcomes. …
I wish someone had told me this when I was 20. Back then, I was told that my comfort zone was my enemy. That, in order to grow, I always needed to be uncomfortable, to step out of my comfort zone. Heck, this myth still persists today. But it’s not true. And here’s why. Comfort …
I spent four years writing Choose Hard, Live Easy which is filled with over 70+ mental models. And throughout the entire process, one ominous warning from Aldous Huxley echoed in my head: “There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, …
I just hit a major goal this week: getting my “Whoop Age” 10 years younger than my actual age. It’s a seminal example of the Hard/Easy Paradox, specifically, The Rule of Persistence as highlighted in Choose Hard, Live Easy – The Art of War for Decision-Making. The Rule of Persistence states that whatever you repeatedly …
Your life is nothing more than the sum of your decisions. “Future You” always must pay for the sins of “Present You.” My new book launches next week and I must say, I’ve made some boneheaded moves. I’ll elaborate probably in a later newsletter, but the fact remains. Outcomes arrive from decisions. And sometimes good …
The following are modified excerpts from my new book, Choose Hard, Live Easy—the Art of War for Decision-Making, which is now available for pre-order reservations. You’ve probably seen the phrase “Carpe Diem,” or “seize the day,” on an office wall or proudly displayed on a desk. Forget it; it’s worthless. Instead, think Carpe Momentum, or …
Decision-making isn’t that complicated when you understand the operating paradox of choice. In fact, it’s pretty simple, but its execution is not. The Art of War for Decision-Making Fact #1: A hidden paradox underwrites your life story, and your mastery of it will determine the quality of your life. It literally is the Art of …
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