The 2% with Eric Partaker

THE CURE TO LAZINESS (This could change your life) // We all have days when we are feeling lazy and unmotivated. A lazy day is not the end of the world, but you don’t want to let too many of these lazy days form in your calendar. If you want to avoid laziness, stop procrastinating and find your motivation, peak performance expert and coach, Eric Partaker, has some solutions for you. By the end of this video, you will have the inspiration and strategies to combat laziness so you can pursue your goals and reach your full potential.

KEY POINTS

Starting Is The Hardest Part, The Rest Will Follow - Finishing a task can feel overwhelming, but just starting takes only a second. Adopt the mentality “I choose to start for just 5 minutes”.

Get The Right Things Done, Prioritize! - Are you feeling overwhelmed by the number of tasks on your to-do list? What is the one thing that you could do that will help you progress, even just a inch forward? Pick your most important task and start with that. 

Perfection Is An Illusion - Often we feel lazy when we are seeking perfection. Perfect is impossible to attain. Instead focus on improving by 1%.

Are You Getting Enough Sleep? - Are you feeling lazy because you are actually tired? Is the laziness of your feeling actually your body wanting to recharge and get energy back? Ensure you are getting a full 8 hours of sleep per night.  

It's Ok To Ask For Help -  Laziness could be triggered by the fact that you actually need some support. Are you feeling isolated, alone, and not sure how to move forward? There is most likely a lot more support around you than you realize. Pick up the phone, or send that email and reach out and ask for the help that you need.

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Morning Routine 2021 | Healthy & Productive Habits // Do you want to know what the world’s most successful people have in common? They all have a morning routine. A morning routine consisting of personal growth, self development and productive habits. If you want to be healthy and happy then you should follow the success habits of the world’s top performers. In this video, peak performance expert and coach, Eric Partaker, shares a morning routine of activities you should be doing everyday. 

KEY POINTS

I for Identity - Behaviour Follows Identity. Separate your life into three domains, health, wealth and relationships. At the start of every day decide who you are at your best in each of these three domains. What does that person look like and how do they act?

R for Reading - Schedule around 20 minutes per day where you are focused on your growth and development. Do some reading, listen to an audiobook. Open yourself up to learning new things. 

E for Exercise - Spike your energy at the beginning of your day. Do at least 20 minutes of moderate exercise. Your body is designed to move. You are designed to be active. Exercise will boost your mood and lead to a happier day.

V for Visualization - Picture your identities on the health, wealth and relationships front. How would those versions of you show up throughout the day? How decisive, inspiring and reliable will you be? 

A for Affirmations - Throughout the day remind yourself of your affirmations. They are positive statements, a selection of phases, sentences, or words which when you say them to yourself will increase confidence and help you complete your day as your best self.

M for Meditation - For 5 minutes a day, put your phone away and focus on just counting to 10 and back down again .Create clarity and peacefulness in your mind to enable you to navigate your way through the day as your best self. 

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Do you have BIG dreams? Is the fear of failure holding you back? Join Brian Scudamore (Entrepreneur, Author and Founder of O2E Brands) and Eric Partaker as they dive into what it takes to reach your full potential and share tips on how you can succeed at life! 

KEY POINTS

Dream Big, Live Bigger - Believe in possibility. Every dream starts with an idea. Dream big, work hard, never give up. 

Failure Inspires Winners - The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. Failure is a gift. Not only do you learn how to deal with mistakes but it is a necessary ingredient in the recipes for success. Take the first step. Fail. Learn from that failure then take the second step towards success. 

Persistence Is Key To Success- You can have just about anything you want in life, providing you're willing to go through 1000 nos. Collect your nos because yes lives in the land of no, eventually yes will appear, and success will materialise. 

Giving Up Is The Only Sure Way To Fail - Set a goal of how many times you are going to fail this week. Imagine the gift of learning you will get from those failures. We all make mistakes, but it's how we learn from those errors in judgement and take steps to rectify the situations that show our true character.  So much of failure is not understanding what the mistake was and why you made it.

Failure Is Not Fatal! - Don't let failure come as a shock to you. Expect it, and plan for it. By foreseeing failure and expecting mistakes to be made, you’ll reduce the negative emotional impact when it appears. Learn from it, pick yourself up and reflect. 

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How the comfort zone is ruining your life // Your comfort zone is a safe and secure little haven but it’s also holding you back from reaching your full potential and living the life of your dreams. It’s time to get out of the comfort zone and build up the courage to dare to become the best version of yourself. Today, peak performance expert and coach, Eric Partaker, encourages you to embrace these life hacks to break free and showcases the dangers of living life within the comfort zone. 

KEY POINTS

Are You Limiting Yourself? - Staying in your comfort zone increases the risk that you won’t discover your true purpose in life. Finding your purpose requires a degree of risk and exploration. Get up, test your limits, step outside what is comfortable to you and flourish!

Is Your World A Tiny Place? - Your comfort zone is shrinking your world. There are so many experiences out there that are waiting for you to enjoy them. Open yourself up to new experiences and reach a new level in life. 

Are You Sabotaging Your Growth? - There are many opportunities out there sitting waiting for you. Open up the doors of fear and step through them. Often you will realise it wasn't as bad as you anticipated.

Are You Destroying Your Confidence? - Are you guilty of turning down opportunities or experiences that are outside what you are used to? If you are, why? Is it because you’re used to staying comfortable? This limits your confidence, and attacks your self belief and can lead to a mundane boring existence.

Is Your Creativity Diminishing? - Often when you stay in your comfort zone, you will be repeatedly doing what feels safe. Try something new that allows your creativity to flourish and increase that excitement for life. 

Do Your Friends Think You're Boring? - You may not realise it but your comfort zone builds you a reputation to others of somebody who is not willing to take risks and try new things. Get out, try new things. Organise fun days out with your friends.

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How to Stop Being Tired All the Time // Do you want to stop being tired all the time, feel more energetic and feel great throughout your day? Getting better quality sleep is important, but if you want to truly feel great when you wake up, you have to change up your routine. In this video, peak performance expert and coach, Eric Partaker, provides some insights and tricks to not feel tired so you are ready to attack and pursue your goals, each and every day. 

KEY POINTS

Wake Up And Work Out! - Exercise in the morning spikes your energy for the rest of the day. Just 20 minutes daily gives you a positive mood equivalent to taking an antidepressant.

You Are What You Eat - Whatever we ingest goes into our tissue, it forms everything in our body, it also contributes to us feeling energetic or fatigued. If you eat foods that are unhealthy you will feel more fatigued. 

Life Is Better When You Get Enough Sleep - Ensure you’re getting 8 hours of sleep a night. Not getting the correct amount of sleep reduces your ability to focus. In the long term it increases the likelihood of cardiovascular disease, mental illness and even cancer risk.

When You Embrace Stress, You Transform Fear Into Courage - Stress builds strength. Stress is not the issue, often it is your perception of stress that is the problem. Rather than avoiding stress, flip it around and realize that it's our perceptions which cause the problem.

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Timeboxing: Elon Musk’s Time Management Method // Elon Musk is notoriously known for his insane work ethic, clocking around 80 to 100 hours per week. Want to know his time management secret? Timeboxing. Elon Musk's schedule is precisely planned and perfectly executed for incredible productivity, using an efficient time blocking method and relying on the fundamentals of Parkinson’s Law. In this video, peak performance expert and coach, Eric Partaker, explains Elon Musk’s daily schedule tool, so you can plan your day, get more done, stop procrastinating and reach your full potential. 

KEY POINTS

What Is Timeboxing? - It Is the practice of setting a specific amount of time to work on tasks, then integrating those blocks of time into your schedule in your calendar.

What Is Parkinson's Law? - Work will expand to fill the time given for its completion. If you give yourself 3 hours to complete a task, you will take 3 hours. If you give yourself 3 days it will take 3 days. Think about this when setting time for tasks. Get more done in less time!

Think Proactively - At the start of each day look at each task you need to get done and assign an amount of time to complete it. Then hold yourself accountable to completing that task within the given time frame. 

Give Yourself Buffer Time - When you complete a task for the first time set yourself a goal for how long you aim to take to complete it. Then add 20% - 30% extra to give yourself a buffer so you can develop an understanding of how long it takes to complete certain tasks.

Bunch Small Tasks Together - Don’t drip feed yourself lots of small tasks throughout the day. Group small activities together into a single block. Your efficiency when completing the tasks will greatly improve. 

Do You Single Task? - Minimize your distractions and make sure notifications are turned off on various apps, and that your phone is out of sight. Ensure you are focusing only on the task at hand. 

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6 Ways To Get Back On Track When You’ve Lost Your Way // Do you want to know how to get out of a rut? If you are feeling stuck in life, searching for motivation and want to get your life together, then you’ve come to the right place. Today, peak performance expert and coach, Eric Partaker, will share how you can get out of a rut, overcome procrastination and engage in personal development to regain your motivation and hunger to achieve your goals. 

KEY POINTS

Get Up And Get Active - 90% of your psychology is driven by physiology. Exercise releases positive hormones that make you feel good. It can improve your mental health and give you the energy you need to go after your goals. 

What's Your Reason Why? - Write it down! Ask yourself why you are doing what you’re doing. What is motivating you to achieve your goals? Constantly remind yourself of the answers to these questions.  

Feed Your Mind! - Consume powerful and inspiring content for your mind. Put on your favourite podcast or listen to some inspirational talks. Ensure you’re constantly filling your mind with things that make you feel strong, confident and good about yourself.  

Are You Feeling Aimless? - If you don’t know where you’re going, if you don't have a vision for your life, that can lead to feelings of aimlessness. Think about what you would like to be doing to improve your health. Where would you like to be in wealth and work? And how do you see your relationships progressing and improving over time?   

Give Your Motivation A Boost! - Maximise your motivation and minimize your likelihood of getting distracted. Check in with why you are doing each task, and highlight the benefits that you would receive from completing it.

Nothing In Life Comes For Free - Everything worth achieving requires some form of payment. You can either pay in through the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Get your head down and work hard! 

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Don’t Allow Your Life To Be Controlled By These 5 Things // Do you want to know how to be happier, live a better life and reach your full potential? The truth is that to live the life of your dreams, you must let go and stop letting certain things control you. It may be that you need to develop a strong mind, break free from bad habits or learn how to let go of the past. In this video, peak performance expert and coach Eric Partaker, explains 5 things you should never let control you so that you can take back control of your life, become your best self and reach your full potential. 

KEY POINTS

Don’t Let Your Past Define You - The past no longer exists, the future hasn't happened yet. What’s done is done. Live in the moment. Make the right choices at the right time and create the better future that you seek. 

Ignore The Naysayers - Don't let other people hold you back from pursuing your ambitions. Ignore other people and do what feels right for you and your life. 

The Future Is In Your Hands - Don't let self doubt and limiting beliefs define you. The mind will do what you push it to do. If you tell it to find excuses, what is it going to find? Excuses. Take Action today, and stop making excuses.

Who’s In Your Inner Circle? - Ensure that people you’re spending time with are people that matter to you, and people who will help further your dreams. Take all the relationships in your life and categorize them into either energy drainer or energy generator. Who do you think you should be spending more time with?

Don’t Chase The Money - Focus not on chasing money, but creating value for others. When you focus on others and creating value for them, you’ll be shocked and surprised how your financial situation starts to change very rapidly. 

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12 Things You Should Not Do In The Morning // Win the morning and you win the day! While there are plenty of things you should implement into your morning routine there are also things you should not do in the morning if you want to live a healthy, happy and productive lifestyle. Today, peak performance expert and coach, Eric Partaker, breaks down 12 things you should not do in the morning. These are life hacks and lessons to not only optimise your mornings but to break bad habits, change your life and reach your full potential. 

KEY POINTS

Stop Hitting The Snooze Button! - Put your alarm clock on the other side of the room, out of arm's reach so that you have no choice but to get out of bed to turn it off.

Five Second Rule - The moment you have the urge to do something you know you should do, give yourself 5 seconds to take action before your brain will try to convince you otherwise.

Put Your Phone Down - Stop using your phone as your alarm clock. Get an old school alarm clock and shut off your phone when you go to bed. This will help avoid temptation when you wake up to grab and start scrolling.

Stop Winging It - Make a plan for your day. Spend five minutes in the morning, seeing what meetings you have, when and where do you need to be? Look at the free space and decide how best you could use that? How could you further your goals?

A Clean Home Is A Happy Home - Ensure you have enough time scheduled into your day to clean up after yourself. Those simple acts of cleanliness will help promote a sense of discipline. It will increase structure and help improve your day.

Time To Hydrate - Begin every morning with two large glasses of water. Replenish the liquids in your body and give your day a well hydrated start.

Do You Make Your Bed? - The simple act of making your bed every single morning helps foster a sense of discipline and structure in your life so that you can get your day off to a good start.

The Best Investment You Can Make Is In Yourself! - Make time to read, study or learn at the beginning of your day. Take at least 5 minutes to visualize your day ahead. Decide how you will show up today with excellence.

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Jim Rohn 10 Things You Must Improve Daily (Best Motivation) // In this video, entrepreneur, author and icon, Jim Rohn, shares the personal development and self improvement habits of successful people. If you practice and improve these things daily then you can improve your life and work to become your best self. Jim Rohn’s healthy habits and lessons are presented by peak performance expert and coach Eric Partaker, to give you the tools and inspiration to develop a strong mind and reach your full potential. 

KEY POINTS

Direction Is More Important Than Speed!  - A clear vision gives your understanding in what direction you are heading. It keeps you moving forward, and helps you not only conquer the peaks but also get through the tough times.

Say Goodbye To Your Inner Critic - If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right. It's up to you to decide whether or not you are going to believe in yourself. 

Check In With Your Passion - Are you doing something that you truly love? If the answer is no, how can you bring more passion into what it is that you’re doing?

Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance - Ensure you are working towards what is meaningful to you. Every quarter, every week and every day decide on the top three goals you want to be working towards. Don’t forget to regularly check you are on track! 

Who are you at your best? -  What does that version of you look like? Check in with that on a daily basis, remind yourself how that person would behave. 

Success Starts With Self Discipline - In order to reach your full potential and perform at your best self a payment is required. You can either pay through the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. Nothing comes for free. Regret is always more costly that the pain of discipline. 

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