We’re continuing our discussion on buffering, but today I specifically get into pornography, something that has affected many of our lives either directly or indirectly – mine included. As with many other buffers, pornography entraps us in a cycle of shame and guilt that only causes more negative feelings and an increasing desire to then escape from them. And we all know the downward spiral from there! Because porn is so easily accessible and always only a few clicks away, [...]

Last week, I mentioned buffering and how it affects your health. This week, I want to go into what buffering really is, how it prevents us from making progress in our lives, and why it is a total Beta Condition trait. Buffering can be anything we do to keep us from really experiencing reality. I know I’ve done it in my life, and whether it’s pornography, food, alcohol, drugs, even people-pleasing, it’s fair to say this is something everybody on [...]

This is the final part of our series on health and this is the really important part, brother. We’re talking about how you can improve and develop your health so it’s as good as you want it to be. There are a few components to this, so you want to hear this. When it comes to developing optimum health, there are a few things that stand in our way. We have beliefs about who we are, how healthy we should [...]

We’re talking about health again this week, brothers. From last week, we know that health is not measurable in and of itself, rather it is measured by your actions. What you can measure it against, however, is the standards to which you hold yourself to, rather than the standards your Beta condition holds you to, like simply not being so unhealthy that you are sick – that’s not exactly aiming high. Your Alpha expects more from you. All throughout our [...]

I’ve got the first of a three-part series for you guys today all around the subject of health – one of the three pillars of the Alpha state. However, unlike wealth and relationships, health is a different animal, both in the ways we use it and how we measure it. When you think of the word healthy, you think of low body fat, low resting heart rate, big muscles, or maybe the ability to run fast. Well, health is not [...]

We are continuing with our series around future-focused thinking this week with the real crux of the matter – actions! Guys, what I’m sharing with you today might sound a little out there at first, but trust me on this, it is 100% fact, and I’m going to prove it to you right here. Actions are neutral. Straight up, your actions and the actions of those around you are nothing more than neutral circumstances. Any action can be broken down [...]

I’m concluding the topic of Future-Focused thinking this week with probably the most important part: leaving the past-focused thinking behind. We know what future-focused thinking is and how it incorporates confidence, but now it’s time for the meat, the real how-to. If left unsupervised, your Beta condition loves to look into the past, look at everything that has happened to you and believe that it has led you to where you are. It uses the past as an excuse. Well, [...]