1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: I get a gang. I hope you're bloody terrific. So 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: today is not really anything. In fact, I was going 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: to say, it's not mind blowing. It's not on any 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: level mind blowing. It's a really simple idea, a simple concept, 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: and the idea that I'm going to share with you. 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: You might want to give it a burl, give it 7 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: a run for its money or lack of money, or 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: you might want to try and use this very simple 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: approach in another way. But sometimes I surprise myself how 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 1: much I can complicate shit. So me, the exercise scientist 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: who owned multiple gyms and train thousands of people, and 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 1: you know who is allegedly somewhat knowledgeable and moderately intelligent 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: from time to time, how hard I can make shit? 14 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: And it dawned on me, Well, it didn't dawn on me. 15 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: My phone told me. So. I had no bloody personal 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: epiphany where I just came to some realization. But I 17 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: looked at my phone recently, which I hadn't looked at 18 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: for a while in terms of my step count. And 19 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: if you've got a well i've got an iPhone on 20 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: no phone, guru, But I think most phones, if you're 21 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: carrying them, kind of count your steps, and it told 22 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: me that. My phone told me. It came up and 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: alert and it said you are walking less steps than 24 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: on average this time last year, or something to that effect. 25 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: And I went, what the what does that mean? And 26 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: so I went in and went into the old bit, 27 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: behind the front bit, the back bit. If I get 28 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: too technical, like I'm very tech savvy, you might not be, 29 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: so I'll keep it simple. I'm being facetious, of course. 30 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: So I went in and it told me that I 31 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: was doing on average. I don't even want to say this, 32 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: four and a half thousand steps a day for the 33 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: last two weeks or something. Now, I will admit that 34 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: lately this is no excuse. This is just part of 35 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: my reality. Lately, I've sat a lot. I've been at 36 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: my desk a lot. I'm at my desk right now. 37 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: Every time I record a podcast, I'm at this desk. 38 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: I can stand, but generally I sit down and ask 39 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: why I just fucking do? I should stand more? And 40 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: with my research, with my study with Zoom, meetings, with 41 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,119 Speaker 1: the plothora of things that I do on a given day, 42 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: even when I go and I meet somebody for a 43 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: caf for a cafe for a coffee at a cafe 44 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: and a chat. Of course, it's a sit down affair, 45 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: and then you think on top of that, you lyne 46 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: down Friday hour tonight, give or take. Even when I 47 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: go to the gym, generally speaking, I'm sitting on a 48 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: motorbike or sitting in a car, and so on and 49 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: so on, and then even sometimes between sets I'm sitting. 50 00:02:55,240 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: Bottom line was I was. I just became aware of 51 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: how little steps I was taking and made a decision 52 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: to change that anyway, So I set myself a goal 53 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: straight away. I went, this is shit. I should be 54 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: doing more than this. And my goal was I'm just 55 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: going to walk rock bottom ten thousand steps a day, 56 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 1: and I said, I'm going to do it for a week, 57 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: obviously with an intention. Well not obviously, of course. Some 58 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: people just go a week and that's it. I said, 59 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: I was going to myself, I was going to do 60 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: a week, and that was going to be a platform. 61 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: My intention was to go beyond the week. So this 62 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: was I think it was now twenty days or nineteen 63 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: days ago. It was a while ago. I could look 64 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: in my steps, but it's somewhere past two weeks, not 65 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: quite three weeks. But anyway, my steps have gone from 66 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: just under five thousand to around fifteen thousand. Some days, 67 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: I'm doing twelve some days. Yesterday I did nineteen and 68 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: a half thousand, just because I did. I was had 69 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: and lots of things that I could do that I 70 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: could do walking. I'll explain that in a moment. But anyway, 71 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: I've about on average tripled my steps. Now here's what 72 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: I love. And I know this is not fucking groundbreaking, 73 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: but the truth is that most of us just don't 74 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: do it like I know that it is more than 75 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: obvious to say that walking is good for us. And 76 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: I don't have any data on this, but I would 77 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: think that as a generation, probably this generation walks less 78 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: than the previous generation, and that generation probably walked less 79 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: than the one before. Because life these days, and I'm 80 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: generalizing here, but it is so easy, it is so convenient. 81 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: We have so many things that allow us to not walk, 82 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: to be able to sit or lie or be at 83 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: some kind of workstation or whatever whatever resource or tool 84 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: that helps us to be less active or stops us 85 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: from being more active. I guess what I've done is 86 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: I've started to get up. So I'm generally at the 87 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: cafe at six fifteen six point thirty at the latest. 88 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: So what I'm doing is I'm getting up earlier and 89 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: i'm I'm I'm either riding my scooter or one of 90 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: my bikes to the When I say scooter, I don't 91 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: mean the stand on bloody silly things. I mean a motorbike, 92 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: scooter or one of my bikes. Anyway, I get to 93 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 1: the cafe and then from there I go for a 94 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,559 Speaker 1: walk or I just walk to the cafe, but because 95 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: the cafe is near the beach, often I'll just ride 96 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: down there. Then I'll go from there, I'll do a 97 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: thirty minute walk to the beach and around them back, 98 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: and then I still arrive at the cafe at sixteen 99 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: or six fifteen, and I do my things, sometimes another 100 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 1: little walk after that, then I'll come home. If not, 101 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: I'll walk there and do that and walk home as well. 102 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: The bottom line is by breakfast most days, so by 103 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: around eight eight fifteen most days, I've now done or 104 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: I'm now doing on average about rock bottom seven sometimes 105 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: ten thousand steps by the time eight o'clock comes. Typically 106 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: I would think it's closer to eight thousand, and I've 107 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: been thinking about so, how do I just increase my movement? 108 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: How do I just walk more without because obviously walking 109 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: takes time and we don't we can't all go, you 110 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: know what, I'm going to walk for two and a 111 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: half hours a day when we don't have two and 112 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: a half hours a day spare on top of our 113 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: current engagements and priorities commitments. So a few a couple 114 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, it was about so I'd done a 115 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: fair bit of walking and I had a I think 116 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: it was a seven fifteen. I'd been out early earlier, 117 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: I got up earlier, I walked about five or six, 118 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: had mccaffee. I was back home at seven and I 119 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: think I had a seven fifteen to eight fifteen coaching 120 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: session with someone that I coach periodically, and it's on Zoom. 121 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: Most of, not most half my coaching sessions are on Zoom. 122 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: And I sent this person a message and I went, hey, 123 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: would you be okay if instead of we do it 124 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: on zoom, we do it on WhatsApp video WhatsApp, I 125 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: have What'sapp? And they went, yeah, no drama. So I 126 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: headed outside. It was a beautiful day. I rang them 127 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: or a video, called them on WhatsApp. I had over 128 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: ear headphones on. Yes, I paid attention to the road 129 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: and traffic, but I didn't walk on the road. I 130 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: walked on paths. Ended up going to the beach. I 131 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: did about a five or six k loop from my 132 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: house and back. I spoke to that person for an hour. 133 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: I walked in that time, I would think around seven 134 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: thousand steps or something like that, six and a half, 135 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: seven thousand steps. I got paid quite well for the hour. 136 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: So I got home and I thought to myself, it's 137 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: eight fifteen. I've had a coffee, I've done two walks. 138 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: One of the walks I got actually paid to go on. 139 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: Here's another thing I was thinking. I had an awareness. 140 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: And I've done this pretty much every day since. Where 141 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: I'm I'm now doing meetings, I'm now doing coaching sessions. 142 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: I'm now doing study. I'll explain how I do that. 143 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: I'm now studying while I'm walk walking. And here's the 144 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: thing that I didn't expect. I didn't think about. I guess, well, 145 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: therefore I didn't expect it. My brain, in some ways, 146 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: my brain is better when i'm moving. I feel like 147 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: I'm a bit sharper. I feel, you know, like even 148 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: when I present. I did a gig three days ago 149 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: for AGL as I record this three days ago, and 150 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: if anyone was in that audience and listening to this, 151 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: they will tell you that I do not stand still. 152 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: I do not sit down. I do not stand still. 153 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: I move the whole time. And I find when I am. 154 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: I don't know why I didn't fucking apply this to 155 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: my other work earlier, but I find when I am moving, 156 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: I think better, I have more clarity. I think my 157 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 1: cognitive function is five or ten percent better. I think 158 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: I have more creative ideas, maybe just because my brain 159 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: works a bit better, because maybe I'm getting a bit 160 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: more oxygen because I'm moving my limbs and I'm not 161 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: sitting in a chair, and also I'm out and about, 162 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: non connected somewhat to the environment, and I think that 163 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: also puts me in a different biochemical state. I think 164 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: I'm a bit happier. I think there's a few more endorphins, 165 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: a little bit more dope. I mean, because I'm not 166 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: sitting in a fucking chair looking at a fucking gigantic 167 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: screen like I am right now. Maybe I need to 168 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: do podcasts move there's a thought. But anyway, I'm out 169 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: and about and while I've got I'm holding a phone 170 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: and I can see what someone's face and they can 171 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: see me. The audio is good, the video is pretty good. 172 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: Everybody that I've done this with has been more than 173 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: happy for me to do that. I tell them what 174 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: I'm doing and why, and it makes no difference to them. 175 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: They still get now with me. They still get coaching 176 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: with me. We still connect and talk, spend time together. 177 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: There's no disadvantage for them. And one of the dudes 178 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: that I do it with now I've done two sessions 179 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: with him, he's now doing the same. So instead of 180 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: sitting in his office or at home on zoom, he's 181 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: now every time we would walk together and do it, 182 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: but he's in an hour away from where I am. 183 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: So he's out and about on his phone. He's getting 184 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: in six or seven thousand steps. We're having an hour together. 185 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: I'm doing the same for me. It's been a game changer. 186 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: It's been a game changer. I'm tell you how I'm 187 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: doing my research and my study. So you might think, well, 188 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: how on earth can he Obviously there's some stuff I 189 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: can't do. But what I have asked myself is what 190 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: are all of the things that I normally do at 191 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: a desk? What are the things that I normally do 192 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: at a desk or sitting on my ass or standing still? 193 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: What are the things that I could potentially do? Obviously 194 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: we can't do everything in that capacity, But what are 195 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: the things that I can do walking, walking and talking, 196 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: or walking and listening, or walking and connecting in some 197 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 1: way without compromising the quality of what I'm producing, creating 198 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: or doing and in fact, maybe even enhancing it. So 199 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: when I get back from a one hour walk and 200 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: talk or walk and coach or walk and meeting, when 201 00:11:55,559 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: I get back, my energy is generally better than before 202 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:04,199 Speaker 1: I started the hour. I come back energized. I come 203 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: back energized. And what has happened to me over the 204 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: last I think it's nearly three weeks. Me, have a 205 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: look at my phone. Just let me just ting up 206 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: right now? Wait, what's it? Heart? Health, health, brows activity. 207 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: I'm looking, I'm looking. I know this is terrible. I 208 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: know this is terrible. Okay, So I started on I 209 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: started on November eighteen, So what is that that is that? Well, 210 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: and it's December seven now, so it's I guess it's 211 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: the best part of three weeks. But what has happened 212 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: over the last I've done nothing different. I haven't increased 213 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: my food or decreased my food. I know what my 214 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: resting heart rate is. Normally, my resting heart rate is 215 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: normally around seventy, which is not great. It's not terrible. 216 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: My resting heart rate is normally around seventy sixty eight. 217 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: It can be seventy four, but generally it's about but 218 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: my resting heart rate, and I've only done this the 219 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 1: last three mornings, just out of curiosity, not because it's 220 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: a concern or a worry. But my resting heart rate 221 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: has been closer to sixty five each day, and it's 222 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: just because I've I've gone from from move I've literally 223 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: tripled my movement in terms of walking. My energy expenditure, 224 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: of course, has gone up. I can't I can't verify this, 225 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: but as somebody who's measured thousands of people's body fat, 226 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: including my own, I would say I'm about two percent leaner. 227 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: I would say I've lost one to two percent of 228 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: body fat. I've also lost a one point five kilos, 229 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 1: which I probably didn't need to do, but I was 230 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: eighty five. Give you'll take. This morning, I weighed myself 231 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: out of curiosity. I was eighty three point five, same 232 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: time a day, same class, those same protocol. So the 233 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: weight loss is real, and I think I'm I think 234 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: nearly all of that is fat. Not that that's a 235 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: big thing, but I suffer from I navigate high blood pressure, 236 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: which is genetic. It's not lifestyle related, of course, but 237 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: I know when my blood pressure is lower when I 238 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: take medication. I take a thing called Averpro every day, 239 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: which is a blood pressure medication, and then after I 240 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: take that, sometime later, I start to feel lightheaded and dizzy. 241 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: And that's because my blood pressure has lowered itself naturally 242 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: because of all of the additional movement I'm doing and 243 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: the energy expended through the day, the ban on my feet, 244 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: the walking, and so I'm going to see how that 245 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: tracks for the next two or three weeks. But if 246 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: that prevails, if that can keeps happening, where I start 247 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: it to feel like And that's because on top of 248 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: my blood pressure being lower, I'm now taking maybe too 249 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: higher dose of Averpro, which is, like I said, my 250 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: medication which might need to be adjusted. Thanks Mum and 251 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: thanks Dad for those high blood pressure genetics. Anyway, I feel, 252 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: and this is going to sound like a sales pitch, 253 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: I feel happier. I don't really get a lot of 254 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: stress anxiety, but I feel maybe calmer. And yeah, for me, 255 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: it's just been a good thing. Oh yeah, and sleep. 256 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: I'm sleeping like a fucking world champion because I'm moving, 257 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: because I'm walking about three three and a half times more. 258 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: Yesterday I did, like I said, just under twenty thousand steps, 259 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: so which is almost four times what I was doing. 260 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: Just because it worked out that way, I think I'm 261 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: more productive, I'm more efficient, even though I'm taking more 262 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: time to walk. Nearly at the very least, I'm listening 263 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: to a podcast or an audiobook that's teaching me something. 264 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: Every now and then, it might be something just for 265 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: entertainment and amusement. Generally, it's something that I want to 266 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: listen to because it's a topic or a subject matter 267 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: or an area that I want more knowledge on. So 268 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: I'm learning, I'm learning and walking. I'm coaching people and walking. 269 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: I'm doing business and walking. I'm studying and walking. Oh yeah, 270 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: I was going to tell you how I do that. 271 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:38,359 Speaker 1: So what I do is I take notes or I 272 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: you know, like I'm working on multiple papers at the moment, 273 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: and a whole lot of different concepts and terminology, and 274 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: I'm always reading and rereading things from certain papers, and 275 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: sometimes I might have to read and reread a couple 276 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: of paragraphs a ten or twelve times because it's reasonably 277 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: complicated to let it sync in and to really get 278 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: it and to really remember it. So I have a 279 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff like that which I need to keep 280 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: going over, and even with my own systematic literature review 281 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: that I'm doing, which is going to be one of 282 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: the papers that I publish, you know, writing my introduction, 283 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: writing my methodology, writing, you know, all the different bits 284 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: and pieces that make up that paper. So what I'm 285 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 1: now doing is I'm recording. So instead of reading the 286 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: one paper or the one page or the two pages, 287 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: instead of reading them fifteen times, I'm reading them out 288 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: loud into my phone. I'm recording it. And as I read, 289 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: I pause as I'm reading, and I give commentary and 290 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: I explain and I talk about the connections between these 291 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: different ideas and concepts and you know, my research and 292 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: different outcomes, and it's it's like I'm giving me a seminar. 293 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: I record that, and then I go and I listen 294 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: to that, and I can listen to it again and again, 295 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: and what I wish I thought of this earlier, by 296 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: the way, But one of the things that is true 297 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: for me is that I'm a better experiential learner and 298 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: auditory learner and kinesthetic learner than I am a what's 299 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: the term, but by reading, you know, so where a 300 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: lot of people can read something, understand it, remember it, 301 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 1: and then bibbity bobbedy boo, that shit's locked in. Well, 302 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,159 Speaker 1: that is not me. That is not me. For me, 303 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: it takes longer to maybe to understand it. I'm okay, 304 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: I can understand it, but to remember it and then 305 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: to have it on instant recall. I remember about a 306 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: year ago I was reading about a thing called the 307 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: false consensus effect. And I've spoken about this multiple times here, 308 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: and it's just false consensus effect is just the idea 309 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: that I think that everybody thinks like me, So everyone 310 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: thinks like me. That's a consensus. But it's called the 311 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: false consensus effect. That is a flawed idea. And I 312 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: remember reading that. I remember reading about how people think 313 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: that other people think like them, and I went of 314 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: course they do. I've experienced that so many times, where 315 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 1: people just operate on the assumption that what they're thinking 316 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: is what someone else is thinking, or that what they're 317 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: they're thinking and saying will be easily understandable for someone else, 318 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: And that's not always the case. It's kind of like 319 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: that my intention will be their experience paradigm, which ain't 320 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: the truth anyway. So that that idea in psychology is 321 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 1: called the false consensus effect, and I remember reading that 322 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 1: and thinking, oh, yeah, I'm going to use that. The 323 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: next day, I was doing a talk and I went, so, 324 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: there's this thing in psychology, there's this idea and it's 325 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,479 Speaker 1: called and I couldn't remember it. I couldn't remember it. 326 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: I knew it, I knew what it was, I just 327 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: couldn't remember the term. And I'm I reckon, I reckon. 328 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: It took me two weeks, befo, I could even just 329 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: remember that fucking term remember and so, and that for 330 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: me happens many times. But here's something also weird about me. 331 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: Once I do remember something like once it's in, it 332 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: pretty much never leaves. And that's a that's a good 333 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: thing and a bad thing. I mean, there's Literally, there's 334 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: stuff that I learned twenty five years ago in my 335 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: first degree, not twenty five, twenty yeah, wow, twenty three, 336 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: twenty four, twenty two years ago. Really there's stuff I 337 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: don't need it anymore. I could, I could, I could 338 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 1: delete those files. I don't need them day to day. 339 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: I never think about that stuff or talk about that stuff. 340 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: I don't need to refer to it. I don't need 341 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: to bring it up, so to speak. But that shit 342 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: is still in there. So I'm some times a slow learner, 343 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: but once it's locked in, it's locked in. But anyway, 344 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: my long winded story is this new kind of protocol 345 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: that I'm using where I'm reading, but I'm reading out 346 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 1: loud and I'm asking questions. So rather than just writing 347 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: the question down, what is the relationship between you know, 348 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: this focus or this construct or this idea and meta accuracy? 349 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: Rather than just reading that and contemplating that, I'm reading 350 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: that out loud and then I will answer that question 351 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: in real time. I will record my answer and my 352 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: thoughts around that, so that then when I'm out walking, 353 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: I can listen to that and keep pondering that. So 354 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: I'm still studying. I'm still focusing on my research. I'm 355 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: still exploring and investigating ideas, albeit not sitting at my desk. 356 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 1: And so for me, and again I'm not recommending that 357 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: you should do that or that this is great for you, 358 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: But I got to say, I'm just really enjoying this 359 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: new thing, and I get excited because for me, as 360 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sixty one, and for me, life is 361 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: just an ongoing experiment. And I think I think every 362 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: one of you who listen to this you want to 363 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: be better at something. That's why you listen. You want 364 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: your life, or your health, or your relationships, or your 365 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 1: mindset or your results, or your mental health, or your 366 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 1: operating system or your habits or your lifestyle or your 367 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: actions behaviors. You want those or some of those to 368 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 1: be better. And the way that we create better is 369 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: by sometimes trial and error. Let's try this. Let's try 370 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: walking and talking. Let's try walking and studying. Let's try 371 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: walking and coaching someone. This is what I've done. Anyway, 372 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: I'm not suggesting you do the same. Maybe your simple 373 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: idea or your simple concept is not walking. Maybe it's 374 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: something else, but I can't see any I don't want 375 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: to commit to forever, but as I record this today, 376 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: seventh of December twenty twenty four, two fifty one in 377 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: the PM, I can't think of any reason why I'm 378 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: going to stop this other than I can't walk, Like, 379 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: why would I? Why would I stop doing the thing? One? 380 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: It's free. Two it's increasing my energy mentally, emotionally, and physiologically. 381 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: There are benefits to this. The people that I'm talking 382 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: to are getting the benefit from having me in a 383 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 1: better state when I'm coaching them. So there it is. 384 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 1: It's my simple idea. Maybe you want to try a 385 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: version of that, Maybe you want to implement that kind 386 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: of idea with a different kind of behavior or a 387 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: different kind of variable, But nonetheless the concept is the same. 388 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: Sometimes simple is best, all right, Tim, have a great die? Yeah, 389 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: love y'all, eh,