Evolve Achieve THRIVE

Number Niiiiine is sooo fiiiiiiiiine.....

Show up on days you don't feel like it

What anchors you?

Acting in alignment with your highest values

You're not too busy for yourself

Not having all your eggs in one anchoring activity basket

Overcoming overwhelm and guilt

Take forward action, however that looks

Setting your environment up to create success

Figure out where you're going, or at least know where you don't want to be

"You don't have to have all of the pieces, just start with the smallest thing."

Feeling pressure to conform

"Are you successful in YOUR OWN evaluation, not to what somebody else thinks and not to what somebody else is?"

Losing your way and coming back on track

Changing your relationship with money

Answering listener questions

Finding inspiration literally everywhere

Big Brown is Back At It in this episode #08...

Bouncing back from Ramadan 2020 - the gaaainzzz are back

Whole new level of appreciation for daily life after Ramadan

Developing mental fortitude

Making lessons count through all domains in life, not just one

Are you surrounded by 'Yes' People?

Keeping yourself honest by having the right people around you

What does a good Coach do for you?

Where you feel the most vulnerable is where you'll make the most change

Facing the fire to be your best

Everybody needs a mentor

Optimism is a pre-requisite for mental toughness

Reframing your situation; finding value in any scenario

Al Pacino dropped by for a visit at 48:15

Mistakes are making you better

Jocko Willink: "Good"

It's OK to not have all the answers at the start of your journey

Raising your tolerance for discomfort

Knowledge is power

Powering up your circadian rhythms for mental and physical health

The quiet power of morning reflection

Succeeding BECAUSE you've failed

Opportunities are hidden everywhere

Answering listener questions

How to get back on track when you fall off the wagon on the weight loss journey

Using a negative and turning it into a positive

Getting away from Guilt

How to keep mental stress from negatively impacting your body

Gratitude is the attitude

Breathwork to induce calm

Balancing presence with moving forward towards the goal

Lucky Number Seven, here we gooooo......

Lessons learned from Ramadan 2020

Rising up to make the right decisions

Identifying with the 'Pain Body'

Taking that first step to transformational change

The necessary death of a part of your identity

Being the leader of your own life

There is no courage without fear: embrace it

"It ain't all sunshine and rainbows!"

Stoic virtues from Gladiator

Do not rely on willpower to make decisions

Create the environment for your success

How to build genuine confidence in yourself

How you breathe is central to how well you live, in every domain of your life

Answering listeners' questions

The benefits of individual and group prayer

What's your favourite dinosaur??

In this episode.....

All I see is Growth!

Less is more

Seek out difficulty; you've got to go through the fire to become the weapon

Are you living your values?

Intuition is not woo-woo. It's scientific fact. Learn to pay attention to it

Does having a goal mean that, right now, you are not enough?

Making mistakes is a surefire way of getting better at anything in life

Overcoming overwhelm

Turn an awful day into a useful one

The value of mentorship

Answers to our listener's questions

Round 5, baby. Here's what we covered...

Watching nihilism take hold in this Pandemic Epoch

Evaluate how you're coping with this period... are your actions helping you come out of this better off, or not?

Politics is basically pro-wrestling

Everything going on right now is one GIANT experiment with a bunch of unintended consequences

Umar sums up his insights on life during Ramadan, 2 weeks in

How to set a Personal Record (PR) every day

How to become aware of the habits that are holding you back

Creating new baselines for yourself that lift you up

Kenya's Strongest Man! Umar's Dad is in that competitors list!!

The stories behind our career paths - how did we get here?

It's about the PROCESSSS!

Here's that Eric Thomas motivational video we referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASIT7...

Warning: that video will get you jacked.

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Ramadan Week 1 debrief, walk your path no matter what, skill acquisition, thoughts on mortality, alignment with core values, training, sensory deprivation, and don't mess with toddler Umar, because he WILL kick you...

In this conversation we talk about things like the mental side of Ramadan and what training adaptations to consider during this month of fasting, our respective approaches to training and the outcomes we provide our clients, how following principles helps cut out all the noise and distractions, all the way through to the profound life lessons learned from doing Improv Comedy.

00:10 Training regime; Lockdown training; Training smart

03:47 Your body is a system of systems, respect it

07:55 "Do the thing to have the power"

09:57 "The Book Of Grind has no missing pages"

11:25 Being able to look yourself in the mirror at the end of the day

13:57 The mental, physical and spiritual rewards of Ramadan; adapting training during this month of fasting

53:13 Adapting training for extenuating circumstances and needing a training plan for true progress

58:41 "Fatigue makes cowards of men."; Building a mental fortress through physical duress

1:10:03 Approach to training clients; "The end result is that you have a body that you can rely on for the rest of your life."

1:22:57 The profound life lessons learned from doing Improv Comedy

2:55 You don't know what you don't know - improving your skill set

4:08 Where consistency can get you

6:16 Why you don't achieve your goals

16:30 If you don't like who you are, change. Your identity is shifting

26:02 How you do anything is how you do everything

38:12 True transformation is a process, not a magic switch

47:05 What to do when you plateau?

56:37 Umar's INSPIRATIONAL transformation... the power of visualisation

1:06:59 "I'm AWARE of my life now"

1:21:16 Creating balance in your life

1:23:43 Being truly thankful in the moment

1:27:37 Appreciating the people around you for what they bring to you

0:58 Importance of Routine, especially during Lockdown

5:09 Umar's SAVAGE morning routine!

7:30 Owning your morning

13:34 Upgrading your 'baseline'

15:25 Presence...The Power Of NOW

18:03 Spending time in your 'Mindset Gym'

26:45 Thoughts on Depression and the hidden power of Incremental Gains

36:44 Umar's inspirational ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD client!

41:52 Whether you Do or you Don't, it matters

47:13 How to fulfill your potential

56:21 Fail forward; Perspective

1:00:17 "You 100% NEED to fail"

1:10:25 Why suffering is good for you

1:20:24 What environment do you thrive in the most?

1:32:20 Your energy says more about you than your words

1:45:25 The MASSIVE opportunity that exists right now

1:54:11 Some day you're gonna die!

2:00:36 Authenticity

2:05:35 The death of the caterpillar…or the birth of the butterfly?