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Hi Zenith Catcher, I just spent the past 2 weeks in the Dominican Republic on a workstation with two entrepreneur friends of mine. It was a great trip.
We had intense, deep discussions about political themes like the immigration challenge or the current things Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk are doing with DOGE or about business stuff, like the fact that the average customer of Starbucks has a lifetime value (how much a customer is worth over his lifetime) of almost $15k (some sources say even $30k). I very much love conversations where you sharpen your way of thinking by finding precise words to convey the main point you wanna make. It’s not always easy since I’ve sometimes experienced flaws and holes in my own thinking or argumentation. Having friends that challenge what I speak is what I believe, exactly what someone wants. Apart from eating good food and having intense conversations, we also worked (hence, we call it a workstation ;) ). Our daily routine looked pretty much the same from Monday to Friday. Waking up early in the morning. Working 6-8 hours. Going to a beach. Reading a bit. Hitting the gym (at least me) and eating a tasty dinner in Las Terrenas. Unfortunately, I got sick for a oneish day in the second week because I presumably ate some bad chicken (but frankly, this is just guessing). The way I cured myself fast, although not yet back at 100%, was by: 1) Squeezing fresh lemons in a glass and downing it straight away 2) Preparing a tee with freshly cut ginger and lemon peel 3) Eating raw garlic bulbs (great way to scare people away ;) ) 3) Drinking daily (which I have always done since 2021) my LifePlus Maintain & Protect 100 Gold. After doing this routine twice on two subsequent days, I felt way better. Apart from this short ill period, I was, and still am, re-reading the classic 12 Rules for Life by Professor Jordan B. Peterson. A self-help book that helped me tremendously over the past years. Here’s one quote that stuck with me: “I started to practise telling the truth—or, at least, not lying. I soon learned that such a skill came in very handy when I didn’t know what to do. What should you do, when you don’t know what to do? Tell the truth. “
Right now, I’m at rule 9: Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t. Every rule/chapter is for itself a fully-fledged essay that normally starts with a story, connects the rule to biblical stories, and provides a clear reason why to follow the rule and how to implement it. One thing that I like about Peterson is that I feel the content he produces comes from a genuine man who speaks his truth. I’m not feeling deceived or lied to (although I can’t always prove it), which I have felt rather often when listening to other educators on the web. This observation is part of the reason why I have always wanted to see him live on one of his tours. Fortunately, I will see him this year on May 17th in Amsterdam for the first time, first at a meet and greet and then for the actual event. During the trip, I also worked out ten times at two local gyms. I somehow feel a deep fascination for gyms, especially when traveling to other countries. I just love the atmosphere of people, all in the same venue, pursuing a shared goal of getting in shape (or staying in shape) and getting healthy (or being healthy). I just love gyms, and maybe at one point in my life, I will open one. Let’s see how this turns out. Apart from that, I also ate a lot of good food. Sometimes, I even overate since my satiety sensors have never been that proficient in detecting when I ate enough food. Something I wanna improve in my life. Said that, during a gym session, while getting in some cardio on the bicycle, I watched a podcast episode, “How to Control Hunger, Eating & Satiety” by Professor Andrew Huberman. Here are my key takeaways:
I’ll try to remember this the next time I order too many protein meals. Let’s conclude. This trip with like-minded folks was super refreshing, especially since I didn’t have a comparable trip for a long time. The cool thing was we worked (got things done) and enjoyed otherwise as well (at the beach, in the gym). I’m definitely looking forward to the next one. All the best from the Airport Madrid flying back to Switzerland, Nicola PS: I do a podcast where I pretend to have a Swiss accent (wink). 190+ episodes online about high performance and business. You can subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. This week on the Catch The Zenith Podcast: 194: My 2-Step Routine for Reflecting on the Day. Listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or my Website. Inspiring Things This Week:Podcast: Not many successful entrepreneurs are exceptional educators. One guy who bridges both worlds, from my perspective, is Alex Hormozi. His content (books, podcasts, YouTube videos) is based on real-world experience, and he can simplify business to a degree to make it accessible to everyday people. Recently, he had a conversation on the Karat Podcast. One takeaway was that short-from content gets people to watch your long-form content. If you’re interested in the creator economy, give it a watch. Click here. Learning: Why should everyone blog every day? Tim Ferriss recently posted a 1 pager that contained some things he’d learned from author and entrepreneur Seth Godin. This is just pure gold. Particularly what Godin said in terms of blogging: “Everyone should blog, even if it’s not under their own name, every single day. If you are in public making predictions and noticing things, your life gets better. Because you will find a discipline that can’t help but benefit you. If you want to do it in a diary, that’s fine. But the problem with diaries is because they’re private, you can start hiding. In public, in this blog, there it is. Six weeks ago you said this; 12 weeks ago you said that. Are you able, every day, to say one thing that’s new that you’re willing to stand behind? I think that’s just a huge, wonderful practice.” Click here to access the full post. Quote of the Week:“Koreans came up from nothing in the auto business. They worked 84 hours a week with no overtime for more than a decade. At the same time every little Korean came home from grade school, and worked with a tutor for four full hours in the afternoon and the evening, driven by these Tiger Moms. Are you surprised when you lose to people like that? Only if you’re a total idiot”
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