The Hidden Force That Complicates Life
Article Round-Up: 3.17.24
Enjoy this week’s curated round-up of articles, podcasts, and more from the web to help you live a healthier, happier life.
Featured Thoughts: Making A Difference
Takeaway: Making a difference can take on many forms.
In this example—a voice message from a new friend at the fitness conference I attended in Las Vegas this week—highlights how much of an impact you can make by bringing good energy to a room.
*Contains profanity.
This message is special to me because it shows that, to at least one person, I did make a difference in some small way.
And that’s how impact occurs. Not through some big transformational event. (Although that can happen too.)
But rather, through the small moments that brighten someone’s day. The overlooked situations that shift someones experience.
Enough of these small moments can alter the trajectory of a life, compounding over time.
If you’ve ever spent time with me in person, now you have some insight into why I show up how I do.
Published This Week:
Recipe: Thin Mint Cookie Protein Ice Cream
Takeaway: I’m sharing the recipe that lines my freezer with Ninja Creami containers.
Entropy: The Hidden Force That Complicates Life
Takeaway: Have you ever wondered why life seems to get more complicated with time? Introducing the second law of thermodynamics: entropy and chaos.
“Entropy naturally increases over time. Problems arise: your house gets messy, your garden gets weeds, and the heat from your coffee spreads out. Businesses fail, crimes and revolutions occur, and relationships end. In the long run, everything naturally decays, and disorder always increases.
Disorder is not a mistake; it is the default. Order is always artificial and temporary.”
How To Become A Morning Person
Takeaway: A 5-step simple method for adjusting to morning routines.
Have a repeatable evening routine. This helps you wind down for a good night’s rest.
Move your alarm clock out of reach so you’re forced to physically move before you can hit snooze.
Move your body immediately. Some quick bodyweight movements and stretches can help wake the body.
Start the day with an energy creator. This is an activity that brings you energy. Exercise, a creative project, a few pages of your favorite book.
Go to bed earlier. Because, duh.
When We Think We Can, We Do. When We Think We Can’t, We Don’t.
Takeaway: We talk inside our program about self-efficacy: One’s belief in their ability to be successful at a challenging task in pursuit of a goal.
People with higher self-efficacy see complex tasks as challenges to overcome instead of threatsto avoid.
Higher levels of self-efficacy are linked to higher achievement and measures of confidence and satisfaction.
Free Guide:
Want to learn how I balance enjoying the foods I love while making progress toward my health goals?
It’s also the framework that I taught Brain Cooper, a comedian and actor in Los Angeles who lost over 20lbs while hosting his own food review YouTube channel—quit literally eating out for his job.
It’s called the Food Freedom Framework, and it’s not a diet.
It’s a way of thinking.
Combining nutrition science and behavior change, it’s the model for consistently making progress toward your fitness goals without giving up the foods you love.