October 2024
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
3h 45m
English
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PART IMindset
From my experience coaching athletes and executives, I found that most people prefer to fast-forward straight to the strategy. “Just give me the answer” is a common refrain of people who miss where the real work begins—the mind. In this Mindset section, we build a mental framework that will support our persistence and growth in the Microwins System.
Here is a brief summary of the chapters in this part:
Chapter 1: Principle 1: Embrace Your Coffin
Does knowing that you will die affect how you choose to live? Well, it should. With Principle 1, we start the microwins journey by confronting mortality.
Chapter 2: Principle 2: Time Is Made, Not Found
The days are long but the years are short. In Principle 2, we unearth the natural resource that everyone claims is in short supply.
Chapter 3: Principle 3: Wage War Against Your Status Quo
It is time to take up arms. This war to control the narrative of your life is a daily slugfest featuring you versus you. In Principle 3, we train and sharpen our weapons for the fight.
Chapter 4: Principle 4: Wiretap Your Mental Chatter
Did you hear that? The voices in our head are not an aberration. In fact, some of them are real enough to cause permanent damage to our psyches. In this chapter we learn how to tap in and tune out the self-destructive stories that we tell ourselves and engineer a new soundtrack to our story.
Chapter 5: Principle 5: Go Small to Get Home
This final principle primes us for life in the slow and steady lane. ...
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