Dr. John A. King used an 80/20 framework to survive severe mental and physical distress, identifying the 20% of factors that would drive 80% improvement. He read 200 books, cut red food dye and sugar, changed his environment, and built a strict exercise routine to pull himself out.
I identified the things in my life that were a problem. I drew a Venn diagram and I identified the things that if I could get that 20% right, it would impact 80% of my life. And I went after it. I read probably 200 books on different things and I started to work out, you know, food, food dye, red food dye. Now we're talking about it. Back then it would send me suicidal. Right. Too much sugar, wrong music, wrong clothing, wrong company. Wrong environment, wrong smells. I mean, everything was up for grabs, and I just had to pare it back and identify this stuff. And now we call it biohacking. For me, it was just survival.
