Low carb – the way to go!
Recently, Missy put up a post on how she dropped a.lot.of.weight!
Now I’ve floated between 113.5 – 115 kg (250 – 253 pounds). I added the 0.5 because it seemed an odd barrier. (For what it’s worth, I’m 189 cm or 6’2″.)
Those of you with an NLP or similar background could say “the 250 pounds is your barrier! What would it mean being 249?” But I think you’re wrong. Australia uses metric! And my digital scales just would not go below 113.5!
I can honestly say I have tried it all! I did Jenny Craig, Weight Watches, Light n’ Easy, no carb diet and just plain old gym work.
The funny thing was that (during the past 2 years in particular!) it wouldn’t matter what I did. I could eat crap, I could eat good, but I just couldn’t go below 113.5
That was until I sent Missy an email! She introduced me to Michael Eades and suggested I read Protein Power.
Personally, I wasn’t going to be convinced by the science. (Not that I am a non believer, it’s just that you can twist science either way you like)
So show me either your own personal experience or I’ll look at your anecdotal evidence and we’ll go from there. To cut to the chase, I brought the 30 day low-carb diet solution.
How is it going? I’ve been on this for just over a week and I must say I am very very surprised! If you read the book, one thing that really stuck in my mind was:
If Food is the Problem, then Food is the Solution.
This morning I weighed in at 112.8 kg (248 pounds). I broke through the forbidden 113.5 on the second day!
To say that I am surprised / impressed / convinced etc would be an understatement!!!
I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.
Rock on!
read more“Deliberate practice” – the stuff of champions!
Over the past week or so, Justine at Tribal Writer has written a great series called “Tyler Durden’s Rules for Writing in the Zone”. In her latest post, she quotes a few sources, but made an interesting point:
“Deliberate practice” is the stuff of champions, more important than innate natural talent, and entirely within your control.
And then finishes with:
Focus on the task, not the outcome. Intrinsic motivation is the best and most powerful kind (and also what leads to external rewards).
Very clever indeed!
Her writing is very much focused on becoming a better writer, but I love how you can apply this to many other areas of your life…
What does it take to become a great violinist? A great basketball player? A great parent?
Rock on!
read moreSeth Godin's 2%
Seth recently put up a post on 2%
To summarise, Seth suggests that regardless of what you do (crystal clear instructions, ALL CAPS) 2% of people will still stuff it up!
He finishes with:
Technologists hate this choice, but it’s true. We have to plan for human failure and part of our job is to have the resources and back up to allow these people to remain in our tribe even though they’re unable to follow a simple instruction.
To me, you can read this one of two ways. Put your Microsoft hat on. Windows Vista has 15 different ways to turn off the machine.
Now put your Apple Mac, iPhone or Facebook hat on. What is the 2% there?
How do they plan for failure? What does “failure” mean for a Twitter user?
The difference here is that the “barrier” for use is so low (open a web browser, make a phone call, update your Facebook status). 2% for a Facebook user seems very very high…
read moreUpclose and Personal with Triiibes!
A few weeks ago, I decided to expand the blogs I read.
During this adventure, I found author Justine Lee Musk.
Maybe it’s just me, but more than once I’ve found articles from totally separate worlds that seem to talk to each other. Recently, Justine wrote about the concept of using Facebook or Twitter to get up close and personal with her audience.
As soon as I read this, Seth Godin’s Tribes sprang to mind. I’ve joined a few networks and found them to be fantastic.
I think Justine is trying to get a balance of accessibility vs friction. Facebook / Twitter have a low barrier to entry, but (as was suggested in the comments) has far too much noise.
Brilliant cartoonist Scott Meyer recently had a “ask me anything” Q & A on Reddit.
So there are multiple ways of connecting with your audience.
Personally, I prefer the Networks (or Tribes!) over Facebook or Twitter specifically because they have a higher amount of friction for entry.
The one question Justine didn’t answer was why? Are you looking for a forum to push more product? To connect with your audience? To better understand who out there is paying you attention?
One of the interesting things I’ve learnt from reading blogs, is how the right person can easily influenced what I buy. It doesn’t take much for me to buy Seth’s next book, or to try out a new razor.
If someone at work suggested either, I would tell them to bugger off and stop wasting my time.
Who do you trust?
read moreJust who was Ignaz Semmelweis?
Seth Godin has a great post about Ignaz Semmelweis.
Who was he? He was the dude who figure out that you will save lives by washing your hands before assisting mothers giving birth.
Seth goes onto give examples of Galileo, txt’ing while driving and appreciating expensive wine as ways in which human nature is happy to be ignorant to the most basic human facts.
What basic fact have you ignored today?
read moreProblem vs Non Problem
Great video from Steve Linder
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