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“I want to produce and live in a way that enables my kids to have the same kind of experience I had growing up. That is my way of sustainability.” - Jack Candlish
Jack Candlish is the founder of Verdure, a sustainable surfboard company based out of Wellington, New Zealand.
After noticing a lack of non-toxic environmentally friendly surfboards, Jack started developing and building his own boards full-time in 2017. Using recyclable materials that otherwise would have become landfill waste, Jack aims to create affordable, high-quality boards that also have a minimum impact on the environment.
Show Notes:
Verdure: Website | Insta | Facebook
TED X Talk: Surfing the Eco-design Wave | Jack Candlish | TEDxWellington
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“When I wake up in the morning, I know that it's going to be the best day of my life. I never think about what I can't do. Make sure positive thoughts are the first ones you think in the morning. & never procrastinate.” ― Tao Porchon-Lynch
Yoga master, ballroom dancer, actress, model with the “best legs in Europe”, wine connoisseur & Guinness Book of World Records holder — these are just a few ways to describe Tao Porchon-Lynch, a remarkable human being whose 101 years on this planet were truly extraordinary.
Today I was privileged to record a podcast with @joannaraj who was Tao’s assistant, student & the author of “My Guru Wears Heels”, an inspiring book about Toa’s remarkable life.
As mentioned by Tony Robbins, “Tao was an incredible example of a life FULLY and BEAUTIFULLY lived! Born in India, she discovered a love for yoga at 8 years young — in 1926! — and spent the next 93 years committed to sharing her passion with the world. Tao was one of the few people who marched with both Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., & helped Jewish families escape from hiding during the war. When she came to America, she did films with Bob Hoe & Elvis Presley. Tao was amongst the first to bring yoga to the U.S. — she even held the Guinness World Records title as the world’s oldest yoga instructor!”Show Notes:
Book: My Guru Wears Heels
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“Pete Egoscue has totally changed my life. Never have I experienced such complete pain relief as I have by following the Egoscue Method.”
- Jack Nicklaus
Brian Bradley is the Vice President and Head of Development and Special Programs at The Egoscue Method. He is also the posture coach to many of the greatest athletes and high performers of our time from Tony Robbins to Jack Nicklaus and Connor McGregor.
Brian is on a mission to help millions of people learn how to live healthier, pain-free lives and achieve complete fitness. A frequent speaker at industry events, he presents, consults, and conducts training with corporations, organizations, and nonprofits on the topics of chronic pain, healthy living, and high-level performance. His clients include the Tony Robbins Companies, Bulletproof Radio, YPO, the Seattle Study Club, and the NFL.
Brian has been studying “true” biomechanics and human anatomy using The Egoscue Method for more than 25 years. As the Posture-Pain-Performance coach and motivational speaker, he has spoken in more than 15 countries, promoting a myriad of healthy principles for achieving success in all areas of personal and professional life. Brian believes that real and lasting change can happen when we commit to health as a lifestyle. His postural training, fitness experience and engaging personality get people of all ages moving and digging deep to get their best results.
It was an incredible opportunity to sit down with Brian and share his wisdom with you all. The Egoscue Method is truly life changing and the podcast inspires you to go barefoot, move your body and live a limitless life. To get you started i’ve included one of my favourite Egoscue Workouts Videos below.
Think less, experience more,
:Doug
Show Notes:
Brian Bradley: Instagram | Twitter
Egoscue Method: Website | Instagram
Elev8d Fitness: Vimeo
Sonima Fitness (Egoscue workouts): Youtube
The Egoscue Patch Workout - Youtube
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Not many of us think of the negative impacts a yoga mat can have on the environment, on the people who made the mat, or even on us as consumers. However, Danny, the founder of Valka Yoga, built a socially and environmentally conscious business on this thought. - Jasmine Mayhead
Danny Garg is the founder of Valka Yoga, a company dedicated to sustainability and making high quality and ethically sourced yoga gear accessible to everyone.
I met Danny many years ago at one of my yoga classes at Lululemon. I hadn’t seen him in several years so it was great to connect again and hear his story from growing up in New Delhi, to selling calculators while at university, working for one of the Dragons on Dragons’ Den (Touker Suleyman), to his current business selling yoga sustainably yoga products online with Valka Yoga.
I would like to show larger businesses that sustainability and profitability can co-exist. There is always room for improvement in production, supply chain and packaging. - Danny Garg
I can also personally attest to the quality of Danny’s Valka Yoga mats. As a yoga teacher and student I have tried so many yoga mats, many which smell and are made of toxic chemicals, mark and breakdown easily, or become slippery and feel plasticky. So it was a joy to find Danny’s natural rubber and cork Valka Yoga mats which I love which we now have at our studio at Te Arai Lodge.
If you would like to get your hands on one of Danny’s Valka Yoga mats make sure to enter our giveaway on my Instagram page here.
Show NotesConnect with Danny: Instagram |Linkedin
Valka Yoga: Website | Instagram | Facebook
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Sam Walton: Made in America
Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Mark Manson: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Netflix: Broken
Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends & Influence People
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Connect with Josh : Website | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube
Make Soil: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube
Edmund Hilary Fellowship talk: Soil Making for a Regenerative Economy - Josh Whiton at New Frontiers Nov 2018
Documentary: Kiss The Ground
Documentary: Biggest Little Farm
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Chris Wilkie is the co-founder of Otis Oat Milk alongside Tim Ryan. Together they are going against the grain of producing traditional dairy-based milk to find a more sustainable alternative and to something better for New Zealand.
Interestingly the best oats in the world are grown in Southland, New Zealand so it’s no wonder there oat milk tastes so delicious.
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Jerzy Gregorek (@TheHappyBody) immigrated from Poland to the United States with his wife, Aniela, in 1986 as political refugees. He subsequently won four World Weightlifting Championships and established one world record.
In 2000, Jerzy and Aniela founded UCLA’s weightlifting team. As co-creator of The Happy Body Program, Jerzy has been mentoring people for more than 30 years.
In 1998, Jerzy earned an MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. His poems and translations have appeared in numerous publications, including The American Poetry Review. His poem Family Tree was the winner of Amelia magazine’s Charles William Duke Long Poem Award in 1998.
If you want to Zoom Jerzy at midday PST time the number is: 4594418282
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“Don’t buy new, you don’t need too …Have fun. Enjoy it. Have a laugh. It’s the process of building… A real raw sense of, I did this!.” - Edward Lawley
Edward Lawley is a very talented mechanical engineer and adventurer from Taranaki. He is also the founder and builder of Ecoescape, a self contained off the grid 2 bedroom cabin that you can rent out on AirBnB here. Edward also recently rebuilt a Landrover Defender called Bernie down to the last nut, bolt and lick of paint. You can follow the rebuild here, Project Bernie. You can also follow Edward on his personal instagram here.
Make sure to go to my DOUGIT instagram page for your chance to win a 1 night stay at Ecoescape.
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Sir John Kirwan is one of New Zealand's greatest All Black rugby players. Since retiring from playing rugby he has gone on to coach the Japan, Italy and Auckland Blues rugby teams and become a leading mental health advocate. He is also the founder of Mentemia, a free app for mental wellbeing which is available free to download.
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Finn Delany is a professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers and Tall Blacks. He’s also played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2019 NBA Summer League after a short stint in Serbia playing for FMP Beograd. I first met Finn when he attended my yoga classes at Studio Red in Auckland city. We’ve kept in touch since and i’ve enjoyed following his basketball process and also seeing his great cubist paintings that he posts on Instagram. At only 24 years of age Finn has a bright and creative future ahead of him.. Follow his journey on his Instagram here and Twitter here.
Gratefully,
Doug.
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Tim Senesi is a brilliant and hilarious Vinyasa and Iyenger yoga teacher
with 10s of 1000s of followers online. He is based in Laguna Beach and is
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“"I feel so so lucky to be alive.” – Terenzo Bozzone
Terenzo Bozzone is a professional triathlete and 5X World Champion. He is also husband to a beautiful wife Kelly and a father to two amazing children - a son, Cavallo, and a daughter, Zaya.
In July 2018, Terenzo was knocked off his bike and knocked unconscious suffering sever facial and head injuries. He has since made a full recovery and had a remarkable return to racing, winning the Western Sydney half Ironman and then a week later the Western Austraila in Busselton. Terenzo now has his sights set on winning the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.
It was a real treat to sit down with Terenzo at Orphans Kitchen to discuss his dreams on and off the swim, bike and run.
Think less, experience more and enjoy ,
: Doug
Show Notes:
Terenzo Bozzone’s website
Instagram
FacebookShakti Mat
Zwift Cycle Trainer
Tom Brady Facebook Series
Chris McCormack Website
Four Sigmatic Reishi Mushroom Elixir Mix
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“One thing that I think is really powerful and I always like to leave people with is that there is no growth in a comfort zone. If there is something you’re afraid of then that is the thing you need to go after right now. Doesn’t matter what it is. When we face off with our fear it grows our self confidence, it grows our self worth. And we’re like, actually we can do this! It’s been something i’ve done consistently my whole life. And it will do more for you than anything else. “ - Sunniva Holt
Sunniva Holt is the Queen of Fire. She is a self made multi millionaire, author of two No.1 best selling self help and motivation books, speaker & success mindset coach. And she helps ignite people’s inner fire and helps them fully step into their power.
I find Sunniva’s vulnerability and determination contagious. And I feel a kindred spirit in her continual self growth, clarity of purpose and willingness to go where others won’t. I hope you get as much from this episode as I did.
Think less, experience more and step into the cave you fear the most,
Doug
Show Notes:
Sunniva’s Website
Sunniva’s Instagram
Sunniva’s Books
- The Hustle Life: 7 Ways To Raise Your Results
- Life On Your Terms : 7 Steps To Creating The Life You Always WantedGary Vee Auckland Talk
Preston Smiles Website
Alexi Panos Website -
Jodi Roebuck is an international renowned Biointensive Gardening educator, Restoration Grazing consultant and the man behind Roebuck Farm, one of the world’s most inspiring sustainable & profitable small scale working farms located in Taranaki, New Zealand.
“On a sliver of his farm, Roebuck is developing a thriving vegetable business: intensive, chemical-free – and profitable. It’s put him at the international vanguard of a new way of market gardening. And it’s a small model that could have a big impact on how we think about food security, climate-change resilience and nutrition in the very near future.”
I came across Jodi and his families fantastic small scale bio intensive Farm on Country Calendar. It’s a fantastic episode that you can watch here. Jodi demonstrated such an inspiring and holistic way of farming and something i’m so passionate about and is so needed with the current issues of climate change and human health.
'Roebuck is a huge believer in the potential of soil-carbon sequestration and its effects on healthy food production - it's a key factor in both in both his gardening techniques and his sheep grazing. "
According to the new UN Farming Report “Wake Up Before It's Too Late”, major changes are needed in our food, agriculture and trade systems, with a shift toward local small-scale farmers and food systems recommended. That is why the work of Jodi and other small-scale and organic farmers is so important.
So it was a real joy to talk to the Jodi and dig up some farming insights on how we can change the world one farm and garden at a time.
Make sure you check out his work and upcoming workshops online, the links below and support local sustainable and organic farmers like Jodi for the benefit of all,
Think less, experience more and eat local and organic,
Doug
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Show Notes:
Roebuck Farm Website
Roebuck Farm Instagram
Roebuck Farm Country Calendar Episode
Curtis Stone - The Urban Farmer
Jean-Martin Fortier - The Market Gardner
Joel Salatin - Polyface Farms
The Market Gardens Tool Kit - Film
Eliot Coleman - Four Seasons Farm
David Asher - The Black Sheep School - Cheese Maker -
“I felt so alive. I finally felt like I was finding my true life’s purpose... (When I became consciousness) It’s been a wild journey. By the way I still don’t know what I’m doing.” -
- Trey Ratcliff
When a friend David Maxwell from Eight Wonder Travel called me to say he wanted to bring Trey and his business partner and friend Curtis up to our Luxury Lodge - Te Arai Lodge - I didn’t quite know what to expect, other than Trey knew how to take amazing photos. However as soon as Trey arrived I felt an instant connection. Trey embodies pure love, creativity and curiosity. He was so generous with his time and insights in to all things photography, psychedelic, Burning Man and life. He’s also managed to dissolve much of his ego whilst growing as a leading figure in fine art photography as well as an entrepreneur, educator and pioneer in HDR photography.
One of the real highlights of Treys' stay was filming a 360 video podcast on my favourite hike - Bream Tail - which will feature on his youtube channel soon. Another highlight was watching his Alan Watts video - Life from above - which features many years of his best drone video. His Burning Man photography album is also unreal and a portal into another world, you can view it here. And he has a new book out here on the perils of Instagram and social media.
I hope you find the podcast as conscious raising as I did. Make sure you check out Trey’s amazing work in the show notes below. And hope it inspired you to step more in to love and your heart in everything you do.
Think less, experience and love more,
:Doug
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More on Trey:
Trey Ratcliff is an artist on a mission to help spread love, consciousness and mindfulness to the world through photography and creativity. Running the #1 travel photography blog in the world, StuckInCustoms.com, has taken him to all seven continents over the past decade, and Google has tracked more than 140 billion views of his photos, all while building a social media presence with over 5 million followers.
Chris Anderson from TED called him a “pioneer” of the now ubiquitous genre of High Dynamic Range photography. Ratcliff had the first HDR photograph to hang in the Smithsonian Museum and, sales of his large-format limited edition prints to fine art collectors worldwide have grown into a multimillion-dollar business. In 2012, he moved his family and photography business to Queenstown, New Zealand, before it became a trendy doomsday contingency plan. He is based there with his wife, three children, and their dog, Blueberry.
Show Notes:
Treys blog - Stuck in Customs.
Trey’s - Fine Art Website
Treys’ Instagram
Trey’s Youtube
Trey’s Pintrest
Trey’s FacebookTrey’s Kit.com page
Instagram Page - insta_repeat
Treys new book - “Under the Influence – How to Fake Your Way Into Getting Rich on Instagram: Influencer fraud, Selfies, Anxiety, Ego, and Mass Delusional Behavior”
Life from above - Alan Watts video.
Treys TED X Talk
Books:
Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth
Michael Pollen - How To Change Your Mind
DMT - The Spirit Molecule -
“Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.”
— UnknownMatt Baxter is professional runner for Norther Arizona Elite. He completed his undergraduate degree at Northern Arizona University where he had the best ever performance by a New Zealand man at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, finishing 2nd place.
It was a pleasure to sit down with Matt after spontaneously meeting him at New Plymouth Airport and enquiring about his strange rollerblade recovery tool. And it’s so great to see a kiwi strutting it on the world stage with such awareness and humility.
Make sure you follow Matt below, run and live in the moment and keep reaching out to the universe, as you never know who you might meet at an airport.
Think less, experience more.
Doug
Show Notes:
Matt Baxter Instagram
Norther Arizona Elite - Matt’s Run Team
Final Surge Training Log
Born to Run - Book by Christopher McDougall
Eat and Run - Book by Scott Jurek -
THE ONE THING: THE SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE TRUTH BEHIND EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS
A non-fiction, self-help book written by authors and real estate entrepreneurs, Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan
Paul Chek says that life goes through 3 phases. Simplicity. Complication. Then back to simplicity. This is what it means to be an elder. To simplify and become wise. This is what this book is about!
The premiss
We all want a simpler life, less distractions, stress, demands, emails etc. And greater results, more productivity, income satisfaction from life, more time for family and friends. This is what this book is about, having both less and more through focusing on your ONE THING.
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
Alexander Graham BellOr you live in New Zealand where there is no ozone layer.
The book is broken into 3 parts.
The Lies: They Mislead and Derail Us.
The focusing questions: "What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?"
Extraordinary Results," which details how to make the above principles actionable.
To Start…
“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is just an employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.”
―Jessie B. RittenhouseThere can only ever be one thing that is most important. This book is about finding that.
When you look at successful people in any field they got there by doing one thing very well. Kelly Slater surfed. Federer played tennis. Steve Jobs built technology. Jerry Seinfield created comedy. Seinfield for example spent hours writing jokes everyday. Warren Buffet reads and invests everyday. Even companies do this just ONE THING. Google’s one thing for example is search. Amazon started just with books. Nike just with shoes.
The one thing in common everyone’s one thing was founded on passion and purpose that drove them to put in a disproportionate amount of time into their one thing. Malcolm Gladwell called this mastery 10,000 hours.
Be like a postage stamp, stick to one thing until you get there. - Josh Billings
Doug’s Tip
What is you One Thing? For me I used Dan Sullivans unique ability framework to find it. Your unique ability is the one or two things that continually motivated and energises you. Normally you’re unaware of it. You have it from the age of 7 and it can be found through many means. One way is to send 20 friends you trust asking them what value you add to their lives. For me this was,
Enthusiasm and humour.
Networking.
Creating and sharing ideas.
This is how I add the most value to the world and what I love to do and this is where my ONE THING resides.
Part 1
We’ve been taught so many lies and mistruths that have conditioned and limited our thinking. There are 6 main lies or mistruths listed in the book.
Everything matters equally.
Multitasking.
We must live a disciplined life.
Willpower is always on Will-call.
A balanced life.
Big is bad.
These lies divert us from our greatest potential.
First everything does not matter equally. And we cannot do everything. Therefore we must priorities what is important. If we can’t say no to somethings our Yes has no value. Success is about doing the right thing not everything right.
Multitasking the Buddhist called the monkey mind. We can’t actually do many things productively at once. Juggling is an illusion. You’re actually catching and throwing one ball at a time. Switching between tasks cost you 25 - 100% extra time.
Self discipline is another lie. Successful people aren’t disciplined they just have habits.
Willpower is a battery that runs out. Willpower doesn’t work by Benjamin Hardy goes into more depth on this.
We’re never in balance are trying to be balanced is stressful. We are continually like a pendulum swimming from one extreme to another.
The other is that you shouldn’t dream or think to big. Somehow we should place limits on out thinking. Big is bad myth? Big is not bad. Who told you you have a limit. Thinking big is required for exceptional results.
Sabeer Bhatia arrived in America with $250 dollars and big plans. He had a belief that he could grow a business faster than any business in history. He created Hotmail and sold it for $600 million. What set him apart his mentor said was the size of his dream.
J. K. Rowling planned 7 years at Hogwarts before writing the first chapter. Sam Walton set up a tax estate for his family that saved an estimated $13 billion dollars. This is growth mindset.
If you put fleas in a jar, they will pop up and hit the top of the lid. They will jump and hit the roof. Fleas will jump and will never jump out of that jar. They will never jump outside. Very early in life you were told and taught what you can and couldn’t do.
Note on happiness.
Happiness happens on way to fulfilment. Seeking it isn’t the way. Making it about something bigger than you is. Discover you’re big WHY. This is what ever gets you excited, motivated and energised. Absent purpose pick a direction.
Why only ONE THING?
Andrew Carnegie, the man often referred to as the greatest industrialist of the 20th century, was standing in front of a room of wide-eyed students at Curry Commercial College. [1]
“‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket,’ is wrong” he counselled. “I tell you ‘put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket. Look round you and take notice; men who do that do not often fail.”
The question is, which basket do you watch? More to the point, how do you know which basket is the right basket, to begin with? The answer is you ask a question, one that removes ambiguity.
You ask a focusing question.
The focusing questions.
"What’s the ONE THING I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?" Slash I would feel deeply accomplished.
Powerful questions lead to powerful answers. Questions are the answer.
It’s important that the focusing questions is specific. We can’t manage what we can’t measure.
You’re one thing could be for any aspect of your life.
Example: Deepen my spirituality by spending time in nature 3/4 times a week
Don’t go big. Go small. Pair down to the one disciplined out of everything you could be doing. This creates space for everything else you need to do.
Michael Phelps for example. He figured out if he swam 7 days a week for 6 hours a day to get a 52 training day advantage over his competition. This was something that could be measured and managed.
Instead of him creating a foundation, building businesses, getting sponsorship, or trying to be the greatest swimmer of all time. He did his highest priority. The lead domino. Which was swimming everyday. Interesting to note one day out of the pool cost him two days in training due to losing water feel.
The domino effect
The domino effect they figured out in science. That a domino could knock down another domino 1.5 times its size. By the 73rd domino you would reach the moon.
Everyday there is a lead domino. This is the psychology. We must ask ourselves what is the one thing we can do today, that pertains to the one thing for the week, for the month, for the year, for my life. That if I did just that it would make everything else easier or unnecessary.
What would produce the highest growth, that would set me up pertaining to the one thing for me this week, for.
Bryce Langston for example started with his Living Big in a Tiny House Blog a few years back for his own personal interest. He posted regular content. His latest video 6.5 million views in 4 days!
Goal setting to the now
Someday Goal
Whats the ONE THING I want to do someday.
Five-Year Goal
based on my someday goal what’s the ONE THING I can do in thh next five years.
One-Year Goal
Based on my five-year goal, whats the ONE THING I can do this year?
Monthly Goal
Based on my one-year goal whats the one thing I can do this month?
Weekly Goal
Based on my monthly goal whats the one thing I can do this week?
Daily Goal
Based on my weekly goal whats the one thing I can today?
Right Now
Based on my daily goal whats the one thing I can do right now?
Make success list
Success is sequential. Success builds on success. Aristotle said it best when he said:
'We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.'
What we are looking to do if this system works for you. For the rest of your life. We’re looking to build habits that create the highest version of success in your eyes. Your definition of success is different for different people. What does success look like for me with my family, with my relationships, with my business/career, with my health?
What is then the one thing that would make everything easier or unnecessary in each area of my life?
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. - George Halas
Choose 3.
This is a roadmap to your success. Choose 3 domains, career being one of them. Knock it out 4 hours a day. 5/6/7 days a week.
Spirituality?
Physical Health?
Personal life? Fun, play, recreation?
Key relationships? friends, partners etc. Great place for love languages.
Book in Holidays every quarter.
Job/career. business? If you have both can be two different domains?
Podcast 2X per week. Find a new coach/mentor after that.
Finance
Buy land in Te Arai.
Don’t go alone!
Mentors, coaches and accountability partners are needed to get results. That’s why I set up Divine Masculine. A high level mens conscious coaching group based on ManCave by Preston Smiles.
But you can’t do it alone. Everyone has mentors. Success leaves clues. George Martin was a record producer and regarded as the 5th Beatle. Tony Robbins had Jim Rohn. Jeffery D. Jacobs advised Oprah to set up her own company rather than just be talent for someone else. Harry J. Sonneborn convinced Ray Kroc to buy the land of McDonalds. Scott Jurek loved running and his best mate, Dusty Olson, happens to be a great runner and his pacer.
Create discipline
Create discipline in one thing so that it create automaticity and creates space for you to be less disciplined else where.
Takes 66 days to make or break any habit! We have a life time to build these habits.
Willpower does not work. Willpower is not on role call. It’s a battery. We must make and create and use our willpower early in the morning. Then manage ourselves in the evening. There’s a great book on this called Willpower Doesn’t Work by Benjamin Hardy.
Create momentum.
Men in particular try to bash and smash and will there way through life and cause stress and issues.
When we clench our way through there’s no space or god, allah, the divine, the conciousnness that rolls in the ocean and powers the sun. The gress doesn’t try to grow it just grows. The sun doesn’t try to shine, it just shines.
What is the one thing? We over plan, over analyse, over think. IF success if an iceberg. It’s purpose at the bottom, then priority, then productivity, then profit. People see productivity and profit. Purpose drives everything. What is that? That is what ever calls you forward.
What is your one thing? There is 3 type of answers. Doable. You know you can. Stretch, has to get out of the comfort zone and do things you’re not used to. And possibility, is to go beyond what you can even think.
Time block it out.
When I spoke to David Heinmeir Hasson this was his definition of a successful day. To do 3-4 hours of his greatest most productive work.
Everyday is 4+ hours of your number 1 thing. Best done in the morning.
Give up to go up. Sacrifice short term to get the heights in the long term. Elevation requires seperation. Take care of what is most important to you.
Good Vs Great
Theres a big difference between the two. In the book they divide an entrepreneurial approach and purposeful approach. Entrepreneurial is doing what you do naturally. But this hits a ceiling of achievement. Purposeful approach is doing what comes unnaturally, this has no ceiling. Good is the enemy of great.
Follow the path of mastery.
Move from “E” to “P”
Live the accountability cycle.
Mastery is a mindset that requires 10,000+ hours. Founder of Judo got burried in a white belt because he had the master mindset that he was always a student.
There are two great mindset to life. Being accountable or being a victim. Life happens but it is how you respond that matters the most. Victims avoid reality, blame others, don’t ask questions, comes up with excuses, hopes that things were better.
Accountable people ask questions, find solutions. own their life, acknowledge reality, seek the truth.
The 4 thieves of productivity.
The fear of saying no. You have to be able to say NO to give power to your yes. Counterbalance. Pull away and go in to that cave, lab, gym. Other people can’t see what you can see. Get in the practice of saying NO to the good so you can say YES to the great. If it’s not a fuck year it’s a NO!
Fear of chaos which goes with saying NO. Life gets messy. You can’t do everything at the same time. Chase two rabbits you will end up with none. Get used to things being out of balance for now.
Poor health habits. This is movement, sleep, food and water. Feed your body, your brain and feed your dream.
Environment. Desk, workplace, home. This is also friends and family. Let go of these anchors. Not that these people are bad they just can’t see it what you can see.
Friedrich Nietzsche: And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music
Highly productive persons daily energy plan.
Meditate and and pray for spiritual energy.
Eat right, exercise and sleep sufficiently.
Hug, kiss and laugh with loved ones for motional energy.
Set goals, plan, and calendar for mental energy.
Time block your one thing for business energy,
Here’s the secret. When you spend your early energising yourself you get pulled through the day with little additional effort. It creates positive momentum.
Surround yourself with positive people who lift you higher.
The greatest journey starts with the smallest step. Story of Wolf. The Cherokee told his grandson about the internal battle within people of two wolves. One if fear. One is faith. What wolf won? The one that was fed the most.
Lastly
Eckhart Tolle says it’s more important how you do it rather than what you do. Set a vision for your life. Then be present with your ONE THING and everything you do. This creates harmony in your mind and for all of those around you. This is what helps increase the consciousness of the planet and gives you the most power, enjoyment, enthusiasm and results.
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“Let’s have some fun here. See this as an opportunity not a threat.” - Michael Campbell during his 2005 US Open Win.
Michael Campbell is one of New Zealand’s greatest ever golfers and only other major winner alongside Sir Bob Charles. In 2005 Michael won the US Open beating Tiger Woods and best friend Retief Goosen. He returns to the game this year to play the 100th edition of the New Zealand Golf Open, and to compete on the Senior Golf Tour.
It was such a wonderful experience to have Michael and his beautiful fiance Gunnell stay with at our luxury lodge in Te Arai and to share his passion for the game of golf and giving back. And also his passion for cooking and life in general.
“Everyone has a talent. I believe everyone on the planet is talented at something. It could be music, art, sport, business, cooking. Everyone has a particular talent on this planet, it I just a matter of finding it. It is like walking or driving a car. You’re going to make mistakes on the way. But you’ve got to find your passion. I was lucky enough to find my passion at Golf at a young age… everyone has something that’s very special. And all it is about is digging in their and finding it and (in return) you will find your way.” - Michael Campbell
To win tickets to the 100th edition of the New Zealand Open this year to watch Michael and former podcast guest, Ryan Fox, play simply share this post, tag 2 friends you would love to share the experience with. All going well this will also include a round of golf at 2 of New Zealand’s best courses, Arrowtown and Jack’s Point.
Think less, experience, give and golf more,
Doug
Show links to come:
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“But mostly I get up each morning to raise our infant daughter to become an extraordinary woman”. - Nat Cheshire
Nat Cheshire seeks the extraordinary with relentless vigour. He is a painter turned architect turned father with a trans-disciplinary practice, Cheshire Architects, that he shares with his dad Pip. Operating across a huge breadth of types and scales, fields of luxury and austerity, newness and age, roughness and refinement, he sees diversity as a strength, not a weakness. And extreme discomfort as a gateway to a life worth living.
He was a driving force in catalysing Aucklands architectural resurgence with the brilliant Britomart precinct, City Works Depot and numerous other projects. Nat’s work has been awarded eight Best Award gold pins in four years, is twice the winner of Metro’s designer of the year, HOME’s home of the year (for one of my favourite builds, the Twin Cabins) and twice its product of the year. His work is regularly published in global editions like Monocle, Wallpaper, Dezeen and Dwell. He seeks the extraordinary rather than the perfect in the pursuit of a new architecture and a new city.
He also prefers a two hands full of toil than the quietness that Ecclesiastes prescribes.
“Better a handful with quietness than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind” - Ecclesiastes
It was a privilege to have the opportunity to sit down with Nat for a chat on everything from the surrealness of being a parent, his relationship with the broader cosmos, lack of social success growing up, working style and thoughts on architecture and living a fulfilled life. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.
Think less, experience more and embrace the discomfort,
Doug
P.S. Are you a man? And do you live in your purpose every day or do you feel restless and without a sense of direction? Do you lack confidence in yourself as a man? Do you lack camaraderie and community to hold you to a higher standard? Do you feel there must be more to life? If so, or if you’re just curious to step up to a higher level join my mens group Divine Masculine kicking off 1st Jan 2019. Find out more here.Show notes:
Thinking Architecture by Peter Zumthor
Japanese castles: Stephen Turnbull (might not be actual reference)
Bird by bird: Anne Lamott
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“The evidence now is pretty remarkable in terms of using vitamins and minerals of the treatment of mental illness” - Julia Rucklidge
Dr. Julia Rucklidge is nutrition researcher and Clinical Psychologist at the University of Canterbury.
For more than a decade, Dr. Rucklidge has been at the forefront of nutrition-mental health research, investigating the role of micronutrients in the expression of mental illnesses including ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, anxiety and more recently, stress and PTSD associated with the Canterbury earthquakes.
Her research provides compelling evidence for the critical role of nutrition in mental health and explains why this knowledge will revolutionise the way our society treats ‘mental illness’.
You can help support Julia’s amazing research and the important work of the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group at the University of Canterbury by donating here:
They are also looking for volunteers to participate in their studies, including pregnant woman. You can find more details about volunteering here.
Yours happily,
Doug
Show notes:
Facebook: Julia Rucklidge - Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group
Instagram: UC Mental Health and Nutrition
Ted Talk: The surprisingly dramatic role of nutrition in mental health | Julia Rucklidge | TEDxChristchurch
Food for Thought Give a Little Page
NZ Wellness Association Talk: Food For Thought - the critical role of nutrition in mental health
Macronutrient product list from the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group
Background music: Arthur Ahbez
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