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002 Introductions For introductions: we need a communication framework: NSFAM Name + Business name Same: What is it that I'm same as you that you already understand. When you first meet someone new, people will be able to recall who you are better if you put yourself into a simple category they already understand. Example: teacher, software engineer, life coach etc Fame: What makes you interesting/ fascinating? What big brands have you worked with? What interesting projects have you landed? Think big numbers/ awards/ big awards etc Aim: What are you working on in the next 90 days?  Game: What is the bigger vision you want to achieve in the next 3-6 years?  From The Diary of a CEO by Steven Bartlett : The Money Making Expert (NEW): The 7, 11, 4 Hack that turns $1 into $10k per month with Daniel Priestley  

Hi. I  haven't been feeling great the last 2 days.  Thank you for checking on me and this space.  Process  on writing has been subpar.  And you'd think that by now, even on days I don't feel like writing, I could easily come out with something. I'm sorry to inform you, the answer is no. That's why I'm grateful for where I am. Like how Robert Greene says he's grateful for where he is.  He shared with  Steven Bartlett (on a Diary of a CEO episode ) that while  writing, he looked out the window and saw people walking their dog or jogging. That person doesn't know their ability to walk or run could be taken away from them any time. But he knows. And he's grateful that even though he may be having a hard time with the left side of his body, at least he  didn't  lose the ability to think. At least he could still focus on writing his book. --- The Real Guide on How to Write (Or How I Write) 1. Open up blogger and type 'fbr' at the top fb...

If you've been following me for a while on twitter , or you've read a couple of my posts, you know that sleep has been an issue I faced since January.  Truthfully, sleep has been an issue I've been facing all my life.  Nightmares of death chasing me, skinned and abused animals, seeing my brother get shot in the head.  Yes, I know, what is in my head? Thankfully, those memories are in the past now. I sleep happy most days, but sleep still eludes me.  Oh right, I'm supposed to talk about how I got through a shitty day. So I had a shitty day because I slept late last night and failed to wake up at my set time: 7.30 a.m.  I snoozed, went back to bed, woke up only at 10.30 a.m.  I hate it when I wake up past my usual time. Makes me feel groggy, lazy and lousy. Half the day is gone and all I did was sleep. But when I pressed the snooze button, the only thought I had was: get me more sleep.  I try to stick to the routine. But woke up doom-scrolling on twitte...

Watched Dr. Daniel Amen on the Diary of a CEO podcast by Steven Bartlett and I learnt so much I need to rewatch it to take notes. Here's some stuff I remember from the show: 1. A niece or nephew of Dr. Amen attacked somebody on the field one day.  They went back to the kid's room and found a drawing of a person hung from a tree and the child shooting other people in another.  Dr. Amen brought the child to his clinic, asked the child a few questions to ascertain his anger wasn't from childhood trauma.  They did a brain scan and found a cyst in the brain.  When they've drained the fluids from the cyst, the child did a 180 on his/her behaviours and was no longer mad. 2. It's easy to think someone is bad, so we often do that.  We need to ask why. It's often related to brain health. 3. Dr. Amen's goal is to reframe mental illness as brain health.  A lot of illnesses are due to issues with the brain. When we take care of the brain, a lot of the illnesses goes ...

/Hi and Welcome to the first post from the Being Real series where I share my personal life lessons. Being real: About sleep The recurring theme this week is sleep. From Sunday evening, I've had nightmares for 5 consecutive nights. My sleep was so horrible, lucky I had adrenaline and excitement coursing through my veins to get me through the days.  By Thursday evening, I was almost delirious.  I just wanted to have a good night's sleep.  No nightmares, happy dreams whatsoever.  I needed rest. Friday morning I woke up smiling.  You can only guess why.  I woke up with zero nightmares or dreams, as much as I can remember. But I woke up twice. (So maybe I did dream but they were not impactful enough to disturb my sleep) But I didn't check the time both times so I still felt like I had restful sleep.  I got the great tip from one of Mathew 's 50 sleep secrets you should totally check out here: I guarantee you’ll learn something new. I put together 50, yes 5...

Truly, I'm asking you the question.  How would you design the life you want to live everyday? I've been binge-consuming Alex Hormozi 's content since I watched him on Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal .  He made making money so easy .  So easy as in, make 5000 calls while learning from the best sales guy and you'll definitely come out better than mediocre and be armed with lessons that you could use to multiply your income.  That's one thing I learnt from his podcast episode with Diary of a CEO , Steven Bartlett .  Sounds easy, doesn't it? But how many people will keep at it till they reach 5000? Easy doesn't mean without hard work.  Put in the number of hours and reps and how could you not improve by leaps in 5 years? That's why I write everyday.  Maybe not here, but at least on Twitter . I don't believe in 5 years I'll still be where I am today.  Keep writing even on days when no one is reading. Keep writing even when you're tired. Keep writing e...

Doctors who've worked a 30-hour shift and get back in their car, they are 160 percent more likely to get into a car accident because of their lack of sleep and get back up into the emergency room but now as a patient.  Only 1/3 of the population is getting the right amount of sleep.  In United States, the average number of hours that people are getting is 6 hours and 29 minutes.  In the UK, that number is 6 hours and 49 minutes and in Japan it's 6 hours and 22 minutes. What that means is that there's a large proportion of that bell-shaped distribution of people getting less than that amount of sleep.  Over 8 different countries, you look at the medical curriculum and look at how many hours of education do doctors get about sleep, most doctors will only be given an hour to an hour an a half of sleep education during their entire medical school education. No wonder doctors are not treating your sleep problems, thinking about your sleep problems...

If you knew how you could optimise your mind to do whatever you will it to to get exactly what you want would you? Am still in the midst of listening to The Diary of a CEO Episode 215: The Mindset Doctor: The Secret Man Behind the World's Top Performers .  In it, Prof. Steve Peters talked about our 3 modes of thinking. The Human, the Chimp and the Computer system. The Human system is logical and very slow. When you operate in this system, your body and reflexes slow down because you're analysing as you go along. That's good in some circumstances but not in fast moving sports. The Chimp system is a primitive system although it thinks. It's more than just a reaction and impulsive system but it thinks emotionally. It'll think thoughts which are not helpful such as "Should I go faster at this point? Or should I slow down and conserve my energy?" And then it could make a decision to go faster and then burn out.  Particularly in fast sports, we'd want to ta...

off the top of my head there's so many things I'd like to share with you. just thinking for myself I'd love to share loads of stuff here stuff that could help optimise our lives help us lead happy, healthier lives,  stuff that could help us make tiny tweaks with massive return on investments. Well, if you're reading this, join me. I'm still a work in progress, forever will be,  but I'd love to grow with you and learn from you too.  --- am currently listening to this podcast episode by Steven Bartlett . I'm liking what I'm hearing. I'd recommend you go give it a listen. Will summarise what I've learnt in future blog posts.  See you in the next one. In the meantime, keep learning will you? It's so much fun. 

Set a goal, or better yet set it as a New Year's resolution the probability of you achieving it has just increased by 1050% *  Here's my New Year's resolutions write everyday  work out thrice a week  What's yours? Let's be accountability partners ;) *according to studies mentioned in  this podcast  by  Steven Bartlett . PS   If you aren't already listening to The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett , get on it . What are you waiting for?