Now is a great time for you to buy your copy of Unhinged Habits (or extra copies for others). The book is currently 23% off and part of Amazon's 'buy 2, get one 50% off promotion'. In addition, the book has a 4.9 rating with over 50 reviews in just a few weeks. Get yours here.
Before we begin, here's what's new:
"I suck at running" (article)
How Emotionally Intelligent People Use the 8:4 Rule to Increase Productivity, Avoid Burnout, and Find More Joy (Inc. article)
Why consistency might be holding you back (Mentally Stronger podcast)
Next, here are a few short thoughts this week
Money
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"If an aspect of what you do is holding you back, give it away without care or consideration of whether it’s a fair financial trade. What you’ll gain goes far beyond money. And the most striking aspect is that it very often leads to more money too."
-From "Want to Have More? Just Give Away More, Freely"
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"I’ve long been interested in exploring the strange ways people spend their lives. You only live once, so how we choose to fill our precious days—what to do with your time on earth until the sand runs out—is one of the most interesting questions there is to answer."
-Mark Medley from Live to See the Day
Health
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Perhaps the biggest benefit of travel is that it allows you to test out being somebody new. In a new place surrounded by new people, you're unknown. Any expectation of who you are or how you act is nothing more than an illusion of your own making.
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"We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the veranda and hit them with a cricket bat. Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privileges. Most of society’s arguments are kept alive by a failure to acknowledge nuance. We tend to generate false dichotomies, then try to argue one point using two entirely different sets of assumptions, like two tennis players trying to win a match by hitting beautifully executed shots from either end of separate tennis courts."
-Tim Minchin
Relationships
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“When are we going to get going?” Chris says. “What’s your hurry?” I ask. “I just want to get going.” “There’s nothing up ahead that’s any better than it is right here.”
-Robert M. Pirsig from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
"Unhinged Habits is one of the most refreshingly honest takes on behavior change I’ve read in a long time" -
Amazon review (verified purchase)
The book's been out for three weeks. It's been a joy sharing this thing I've worked on for many years with you.
I'll admit it though, the book is surprising a lot of people.
And that's on me. I did not do a good enough job sharing the contents and approach of the book.
Lots of people view me as the personal trainer guy or the business guy. But the real part of my life is about habits and lifestyle design. For 15 years, I've obsessed over it. But it wasn't my business. So I didn't write about it.
Until Unhinged Habits.
Perhaps that's why the book's caught some people off-guard. The depth isn't what many expected from me.
All of this to say, I hope you test out the book. And I hope you are surprised but, like, in a good way.
Whatever format works for you. Crazy enough, the audio's outselling everything else. I recorded it myself.
It's available everywhere. I link to Amazon but you can get it wherever you prefer.
Please buy Unhinged Habits here
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Here's what Mike Rucker, Ph.D., a behavioral scientist said about Unhinged Habits:
"I write and think about behavior change for a living, so I have read my way through a LOT of books about habits.
Most of them are useful, but many quietly assume a version of life that does not really exist.
You wake up, you execute your routines like clockwork, you never miss two days in a row, and progress is linear if you're disciplined enough.
Unhinged Habits is the first book I've read in a while that feels honest about how real lives actually play out.
Jon starts from a simple, uncomfortable truth. Most of us are consistent enough. What we're missing are intentional intervals of intensity and real recovery.
His tools are practical and actually usable, and he provides plenty of mental models that stick around long after you close the book.
If you are exhausted by conflicting prescriptions to grind harder, chill out, optimize everything, or let go, you'll be happy you picked up this book. It's so good, I got an extra copy for a friend."
(You can read Mike's entire review on Amazon)
Relationship expert Jayson Gaddis with his copy.
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