Principle: Starting work without a warm up and you’ll pull a mental hammy
Wanna get high and work?
No drugs - all natty.
Hear me out. If you wanted to perform at a high level as, say, a soccer player, you’d start with agilities, a mile warm up, some light drilling and a few sprints.
Maybe even some breathing techniques.
Probably too much to ask the average person to warm up for emails with sprints.
But 11 mins is all you need to get into an incredible mental state; to reach a mental high using just oxygen.
You already know… it’s Wim.
Tactics
Wim Hof has an 11 minute video with 108M views.
And for good reason.
In 11 minutes you will alter the state of your mind, and prepare - like a warmed-up athlete - to perform.
Try it now.
Habits/Experiments
Test this out using a self-assigned productivity or clarity scale from 1-10.
How productive or clear-headed are you during the average morning session from 9am to noon? Make a numerical judgement call about that.
If you’re average is a 5, you’ve got room to grow.
Test the Wim Hof method 3 days this week, and note your scores on that day.
If I had to guess I’d say you’ll probably notice a difference that’s statistically significant.
Mike
Today’s inspiration: Wim Hof