Why caring less about the wrong things frees you up for the right ones, and the one question from Mark Manson worth asking yourself.
Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life
Life
Episode 145: Communication, Love Island and Divorce
Nigel swapped his Wi-Fi router without telling anyone the new code, which got us talking about assumptions (and Love Island).
The book that pretty much changed my life: Awaken the Giant Within
How Tony Robbins’ Awaken the Giant Within helps you make real decisions, ask better questions and set standards you keep.
Episode 143: Until You See It
Nigel caught me out with a pub quiz question about badminton, and it turned into a chat about the beliefs we never question.
How The Power of Habit explains my nightly gratitude journal
How every habit runs on a simple loop, why you replace bad habits instead of breaking them, and how to make a new one stick for good.
Episode 139: Don’t Slash Your Tyres
Nigel lost four ounces in a week and kept going. Why one flat tyre is no reason to slash the other three.
The Power of Now, explained by a cartoon turtle
Eckhart Tolle’s big idea in plain words, why the present moment is the only one you get, and how to be in it without dropping your goals.
Episode 138: The One About Recovering To Win
Nigel watched Andy Murray come back from two sets down, and we got onto tiny wins and the bit left in your tank.
What 75 Hard taught me about deciding first
Back on Power of Progress after finishing 75 Hard. Why it took me a year to start, and why I decided on the whole 75 days before day one.
Episode 136: The One About Fragments (and vulnerability)
Nigel put me on the spot about writing I’d kept hidden since my teens, and what it took to finally let people read it.
Episode 135: Are You In Your Own Diary?
Nigel got asked how much time he keeps just for himself and couldn’t answer, so we talked about getting into your own diary.
Episode 134: The One Where Nigel Gets Controversial
Nigel stirred things up over Naomi Osaka and the press, and I argued you can break any rule if you’ll take what comes.
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Hi, I’m Neil
DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.