Tweets of the Week: February 3, 2023

Are you using rest to your advantage?

Feb 03, 2023

There’s a saying in mental performance that how you use the “brakes” can help you really lay on the gas. We see this reflected in top athletes all the time - even LeBron James’ long-time athletic trainer, Mike Mancias, said, “Recovery never stops,” emphasizing that how you recover is just as important as how you train.

In business, however, we think about the grind - hustling 24/7 - as the ultimate path to achieving greatness, but it’s far more strategic than that:

You can’t sustain a nonstop grind, but - done correctly - you *can* choose when to absolutely floor it.

How you fuel your body, how you sleep, how you protect your headspace, how you show up…all of these things play a role in whether or not you’ll achieve (and sustain) lasting success. Be strategic. Use rest as a tool in your arsenal, and leverage it correctly. Know when to tap the brakes and know when to put the pedal to the metal.

Don’t be afraid to take a break, *and* don’t be afraid to go hard.
You’ll need both to make it big.

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Becoming The Only: If you want to dominate your space, it’s time to lean into what makes you unique - and use it to your advantage.
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This Is Just The Beginning: Most people fail their New Year’s Resolutions, which is why it’s time to do something different. Fuel up, lock in, and let’s go.

1. Don’t forget that how you rest fuels how you rise.

@drgurner: The secret benefit of well-rested focused work, is that it reduces your hours dramatically. Responding to an email when you are well rested & energized is twice as fast, as the same email that drags out when you are tired. Fatigue extends your workday Energy compresses it.

2. Stay in your lane, focus on yourself, and keep building.

@TheAlexaPowell: The more you mature, the more you realize you are not responsible for babysitting other people's insecurities. Their assumptions, judgments, projections, and versions of you they’ve created in their minds are none of your business.

3. You get to choose. Are you going to let yourself rise to the occasion?

@WrongsToWrite: Feel the pain of change or suffer the feeling of regret.

4. If you know you’re capable of more, then don’t just beat yourself down - use those standards as fuel to build yourself up.

@drgurner: Being "hard on yourself" isn't a bad thing. It's holding a standard. They're usually fierce, determined people who want something badly & have a high bar. You can’t give a lazy person “ambition,” but you can channel being “hard on yourself” into great drive.

5. If you want to 10x your effectiveness, start by doubling down on your strengths - and outsourcing your weaknesses. Unchain yourself and see how much faster you can run.

@splashmanpb: Spending money to save time and for convenience in your life and business is money well spent. Did you not make money to live an easier life? "why would I spend money when I can do it myself" is such a low-IQ thing to say. This is how business owners stay overwhelmed.

6. This is why “most people” don’t achieve success - if you want to be different, rise to meet the challenge.

@Ayotheauthor: Most people don't want to raise their standards They want the bar for success to be lowered

Let’s talk about you.

If I ask you, “What’s one thing you know you should be doing to move forward on your goals,” most of us have an answer. Something pops into your mind - one action, one decision, one hard call…so I’m going to ask you a harder question:

Why aren’t you doing it? Why are you selling yourself short?

Whatever obstacle you’re facing right now, it’s time to be honest with yourself. Think about what’s stopping you from taking action - face it, own it - and make a plan to move forward in the upcoming week.