A motivational YouTube snippet in which the speaker confesses personal self-sabotage, argues that change requires an identity shift (new habits and routines), and recommends defining daily non-negotiables and a larger purpose to sustain motivation. The speaker also links overwhelm to being under-planned and shares a personal burnout anecdote (waking at 4:30 to write, gym 7–8, office, writing until 10).
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15 countries
4:30 in the morning
7:00 to 8:00
Until 10:00 PM
For most of my life, I was my own worst enemy. That was very much. I knew what I needed to do, but I get in my own way sabotaging everything from relationships to my health to my professional success. And over the last decade of working with people in 15 different countries now, I've seen that this is a characteristic that pretty much all of us share. You can have the perfect plan in place, you can know what you need to do, you can do all of the personal development stuff, but if you don't follow through, it doesn't matter. And that's why for me, it's really figuring out what do you need to do to get the results that you want. And then how do you create a shift within yourself to make it happen? Because one of the biggest reasons why people struggle with this is on an identity level. Because who you are today and the habits and behaviors and routines that you've developed, you've become comfortable in that. Whereas the next level of you and the growth you want to create, that's going to require a new person. And this is why we have that internal battle, because our unconscious mind likes things to be safe. It's quite easy to do the right things when you're feeling motivated and energized and you've had a full night's sleep. Okay, that version of me who's achieved that, what were they doing? What was he doing? Every single day? The non negotiables, routines, the behaviors, you figure that out and then push yourself to show up as that person in everything you do. Deeper level, they don't know why they're doing it. Because if you don't have a bigger purpose that's pushing you to make this happen, you're always going to be struggling with willpower and motivation. Whereas if you've got a why that's bigger than your excuses, that's how you can show up regardless of what's in the way. Whenever anyone comes to me saying that they're overwhelmed, 99% of the time that overwhelm is to be under planned. So I was getting up at 4:30 in the morning to work on the book, then going to the gym from 7 to 8, going to the office, getting home, writing again till 10 and then going to sleep. And I massively burnt myself out doing it. So.
