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Nuclear inaction: the legacy of Fukushima

Without iron-levels of confidence, your beautiful ambitions + passionate visions will die a quick death.

Confidence is a master-trait of titans and world-builders. The great news: you can install it. No matter what your life looks like now, tomorrow is a fresh day. And a new shot at your original greatness.

One Tactic to Generate Iron-Levels of Confidence

Confusion is the price of progress.

All change really is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master knows is the butterfly,” wrote Richard Bach.

Confusion is a Reflection of Growth

The real secret to exponential performance is cleaning up your interior life versus cleaning up your office.

Heartset work [introduced in The 5AM Club] allows you to dissolve the repressed regret, disappointment, shame, anger and sorrow that we all experience as we advance through life.

Toxic Emotions Limiting Your Performance?

Working on a better Mindset over 2021 while neglecting your Heartset sets up a situation of self-sabotage where your intellect knows what you should do yet your emotional world keeps you limited.

To help you embrace the idea even more fully, I recorded this quick podcast episode before a nature walk.

Mindset Isn't Everything

The average performer is pure consumer. It’s all about buying and having things. Their self-identity is based on the brands, labels and badges of the moment. Iconic producers care very little about stuff. What stokes their fire has less to do with being a consumer and a lot more to do with being a maker. For them, their compelling cause is all about using their creativity, energy, talents and time to produce value that not only delivers their personal dreams but makes the world a greater place.

Be a Creator, Not a Consumer

In today's episode, Andy answers your questions on how to get buy-in from your employees to the company's overall mission, how to appropriately respond to customers with a tight budget for their big project, and the most crucial part about the personal development space.

383. Q&AF: Getting Buy-In From Your Employees, Compromising Quality For Price & Most Crucial Part About Personal Development

A new, updated and expanded edition of this New York Times bestseller on how to reconstruct your life so it's not all about work
  
 Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.

This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:


The 4-Hour Working Week by Timothy Ferriss (Audiobook Extract) read by Ray Porter

Eric Grzybowski - Creating A New Leader

Cheryl Muir is a relationship pattern interrupter. She helps busy professional women break free from dating drama FAST and has featured BBC and Plenty of Fish.

Cheryl Muir - 5 Reasons Why You Are Attracting The Wrong Partners

Alexandra Cane is an inspirational online entrepreneur and Co-Founder of MILA Tribe a Premium activewear designed for EVERY-BODY.

She also featured on the Hit TV show Love Island and has since built a social media following of millions sharing her inspirational journey from physical transformation to spiritual, emotional and mental evolution.

Alexandra Cane - How To Overcome Perfectionism

Bestselling author of 15 books (including The 5AM Club), globally celebrated leadership expert and philanthropist; Robin Sharma is considered to be one of the top 5 leadership experts in the world. His work is embraced by rock stars, royalty, billionaires and many celebrity CEOs. 

Deeply passionate about helping children in need live happier, healthier lives, Robin founded The Robin Sharma Foundation for Children (RSFC) as a registered charitable foundation. 

Visit www.robinsharma.com to learn more.