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[Music] hi it's Robin charmine I hope you are great this is for you and it's exclusive because you have a membership in the habit camp program.
This is an important one because it's all about the habits and the routines and the rituals of positivity. When I was a litigation lawyer, I'd sometimes roll my eyes and laugh at this idea of positivity or inspiration. Yet now, when I think of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo did it not only because he had the acumen and the skill, but because he had the inspiration to push his magic into the world. You look at the Taj Mahal, you look at the Eiffel Tower, you look at the great healthcare innovations, you look at the great scientific advances of humanity, you look at putting a person on the moon or an airplane. All of the great inventions, architecture, much of the great artistry, some of the most beautiful music like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, all of these innovations, inventions, and advancements occurred because inside a human heart, there was positivity and inspiration.
We live in a very messy world right now. You must protect and battle-proof your positivity. Without it, there's no way you're going to do amazing work in the world. Productivity without positivity is an empty victory. So let me share some of my ideas that you can use to help you become a much more positive person.
Number one: the 30-day news fast. The job of the news is to terrify you and to addict you. So avoid the news for 30 days, please. So you drop into a state of flow state much more often. You'll increase your creativity, you'll feel better, you'll cut inflammation in your body, which leads to disease, and you'll just start being much more Zen, which will increase your creativity, productivity, performance, and lifestyle.
Number two: definitely install a daily meditation practice. You could micro-do it and just do two or three minutes. I love one-hour meditations or two-hour guided visualizations. At least five minutes every day, meditate. Meditation improves your digestion, meditation improves your moods, meditation improves your ability to concentrate, meditation increases your longevity, meditation just makes you calm down, focus more, make better decisions, and become a much healthier human being. There are a lot of good meditation apps out there. As a bonus for you, to thank you and show my appreciation for you being with me here in the habit camp program, I'm giving you a meditation I have created that you can use as part of your morning routine.
The next tool to help you be more positive is the PPP, the pre-performance paragraph. Just writing out one paragraph in your journal about the day you want to live is very, very powerful. Willpower researchers call this a pre-commitment strategy, a PCS, a pre-commitment strategy. Just writing out a paragraph about the ideal day you want to live, being compassionate, being positive, being productive, taking good care of your health, spending time with the people you love, working on your spiritual life. It's very powerful. Writing out a paragraph before you live your day will help you generate the willpower and commitment to live out much more positive, productive, peaceful days.
The next strategy to be more positive is to clean out or do a detox of your ecosystem. You can change the world, or you can be around energy vampires. You can't do both. So you can't have toxic people in your life. And you might say, "Well, this toxic person is my brother, sister, relative, whatever." Well, love them from afar or practice selective association, but don't spend time every day chatting or physically being with people who are bringing you down. It will dramatically affect your positivity. Your ecosystem or your environment is not only the people, but look at your workplace, look at your home, look at your car, look at the physical places that you inhabit because mess creates stress. You want to be a minimalist. You want to have clear places, bright places, inspiring places. When you look at your entire ecosystem and clear out the negativity, the toxicity, the messes, what you'll find is you have much more energy and you'll free up what's known as cognitive bandwidth, which will increase your artistry, creativity, and definitely your energy.
And then the final idea to help you be more positive is one of my favorites, and it's morning exercise, in particular, the morning sweaty exercise session. When you sweat first thing in the morning, you'll feel so much better because you release dopamine, you reduce cortisol, the fear hormone, you'll release serotonin, which is the feel-good neurotransmitter, you'll release norepinephrine, which will dramatically increase your ability to focus. When you exercise first thing in the morning, you'll increase your metabolic rate, you'll just become healthier, it'll improve your mood, it'll improve your digestion, it'll increase your longevity. You will just feel so much better. You will definitely feel much more positive when you are exercising first thing in the morning, at least for 20 minutes. I want you also to hydrate because hydration through drinking water boosts metabolic function, which is so necessary for longevity. I also encourage you, while you're exercising, music is fine, but at least four days a week, I want you to listen to a podcast or an audiobook or something that will enrich your learning because the leader who learns the most wins, and education really is inoculation against disruption.
I have this philosophy that I love to teach to the billionaires and sports stars and movement makers that I coach one-on-one, and it's the 2x 3x mindset. What's the 2x 3x mindset? Well, it's to double your income and impact, triple your investment in two core areas: your personal mastery and your professional ability. So make sure you exercise at least once a day. If you want to do the second win workout when you finish work, that's another hour, whether it's a yoga class, spinning, nature walking, a mountain bike ride, whatever it is, it is so powerful. Then you get two workouts in at least five days a week. It's very powerful. It'll be so good for your overall positivity.
Thank you for being with me. I need to continue my nature walk.