Why Most People Die Before They’re 25

Old age isn’t a physical condition. It’s a mental and an attitudinal one.

I saw a video by a guy called Prince Ea who talked about this very thing - and it reminded me.

It is so easy to get stuck in a rut.

So many people are already in it by the age of 25.

Just doing the same, comfortable things, day in, day out.

Never reaching, never growing, never challenging themselves.

Never living the life they want to live.

Living just to survive, rather than making sure they do the things that make them thrive.

The biggest problem?

You never realise it.

It’s easy to slip into, a kind of lethargy and inertia just creeps up on you.

I know this so well.

I spend a long long time not doing the things that personally gave me more Life.

The result?

No adventure, no exploration, no newness, nothing uncomfortable.

Just a kind of blah "okayness".

For sure - there were so many great excuses; but it was actually fear and worry that stopped me.

Meanwhile my life ticked away.

That grey whiney voice takes control without you even realising it.

Life isn’t lived fully - you spend your time dying slowly.

Don't be okay with a rut.

How about taking a moment to have an honest evaluation - to make sure you're not a bit stuck?

To wake up, as it were.

Now - It takes some effort, some sacrifice to change this sluggish “rut-ness”.

Someone once said this: ___________

There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy. ___________

Ain’t that the truth.

With that in mind, let me ask you two questions:

“What do you want your life to look like in 12 months time?”

and

“What has to change for you to get there?”

Take some time, write it down.

Then the third question will be:

“How are you going to do it?”

Get clear, then get an action plan together - it'll be the best thing you ever did.

If you want help, I can help - especially with the mental and attitudinal aspect of all this.

I can show you how to beat that whiney, fearful, full of excuses voice, with the simple application of some simple yet powerful tools and understandings, and my full support.

It’ll take some effort on your behalf, but your investment will be so worthwhile. Transformative even.

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Go well!

- Arjuna

PS.

Don’t do it, don’t die before it’s your time.

Be like an adult gorilla instead.

They don’t spend years dying slowly.

They live a full, rich, active, adventurous life, and then literally over a matter of days call it quits.

Now that’s style!

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How NOT To Miss Out

I used to have a case of “nah, it sounds like too much effort”. People would invite me out for a trip and if it required much effort on my behalf (read: just about any effort) -

I would decline,

My excuses being:

“Too tired.”

“Next time.”

“Not ready yet.”

“Would love to - but got to visit my grandma.”

“Would love to - but I have work on Monday, early”

Do you know those voices?

It took a while to realise what I was doing.

If I wanted adventure and the resulting injection of Life

- and I most CERTAINLY did -

I would have to put some effort into getting it.

Even if I was tired, even if work WAS early Monday -

If I didn’t get off the couch and do SOMETHING, I would miss out time and time again.

Often it was somewhere new and unknown territory that was stepping into -

I wasn’t sure, there was an element of surprise, so I didn’t do it.

One of the experts I go to regularly for advice and inspiration wrote this recently: ______________

“The only true failure in life is inaction. Don't be the person who lets every opportunity pass them by.”

- Pat Flynn ______________

When I realised this inaction and loss of opportunity, I almost kicked myself.

But like all failure, the important thing was I learnt from it.

I know that little mental thought programme is there, and so when that whiney little voice comes up I expect it.

If you want anything new sometimes you have to step into the unknown.

My fear of the unknown, now is not an unknown.

Which is excellent.

In awareness you have choice.

The biggest thing stopping you from having more of what you want is you.

Not your situation, not your job, not your relationship or your kids - nothing holds you back like your own self.

If you’d like to surpass this little whiney limited self, to not let it get the upper hand, I can help.

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Keep the peace!

Arjuna

PS.

Life is short is it not?

Squeeze everything you can from every moment.

Make it count, make it fun.

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Don't Be A Dick

I think it should be pretty easy to avoid being a dick, Shouldn't it?

Yet somehow it just happens.

Despite my best intentions, there is it.

But I'm getting better over time, me thinks.

The interesting thing is that the less dickish (IMHO - but perhaps ask my wife) I’ve somehow managed to be, the less dicks I find around me.

Isn’t that interesting?

(Like attracts like, perhaps … ?)

So how do you avoid being a dick, ALL the time?

How do you be a good human MORE?

If you look back, you remember all your great teachers, coaches, mentors very well.

And in fact you also remember the ones who made your life a misery.

I still remember the heavy vehicle driving instructor that made one afternoon of my life hell.

It’s hard enough driving a hefty truck around town without someone losing it next to you.

Yelling at someone is never a good way of getting them to do something, is it?

But I learnt from that … and hopefully it made me a better teacher, and a better human.

The fact is all your heroes, if that term can be used as the opposite of dicks, were not born like that.

Sure some were born with a certain personality, certain traits …

BUT

They all made mistakes, they all learnt, they became MORE than what they were …

And all because they WANTED to.

They were interested in putting the time in to “grow” or to “evolve”.

They kept going, all in order to live a better version of themselves.

Because they saw that reaction and impatience, stress and struggle, anxiety and panic will kill you quicker than any cancer,

And squash your creativity and your skills and your life and your dreams sooner than you can say “Holy Guacamole!”

(A good guacamole is a holy thing, indeed).

And selfishness and arrogance is a path to a small life indeed.

Giving to others actually only makes you bigger.

To avoid being a dick -

You have to want more, and then take steps to get that more.

Even just mastering your impatience …

Or your anger …

Or your depression …

Or your overwhelm …

Or your anxiety …

Is HUGE.

Because not only can you have more FUN and get BIGGER, BADDER goals, easier …

You also become a different human.

And people notice that, and in their heart of hearts you inspire them to do that as well.

When you simply master your small whiney self, you effect everything around you.

So to all those on a path of mastery -

I salute you!

Keep evolving.

Keep having maximum fun.

Arjuna

PS.

No one knows they’re a hero.

And that’s what makes them heroic.

If you’re interested in more, perhaps this programme will interest you.

Tools, techniques, support, everything you need to evolve past your small self.

In other words, a “Path of Heroes”

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My (Not So) Secret Love Affair With The Rock

Don’t tell anyone. Well, you can tell my wife, she knows.

She’s okay with my secret affair of the heart.

I have a man crush on Dwayne the Rock Johnson.

You see …

Not only does he have a grand smile,

He’s cool to fans, stopping when he’s out driving, signing autographs, photos, the whole thing.

I think he probably knows his films are a bit dodgy, but he does his best to give people a good time, to entertain.

The biggest thing is that he looks like he’s just having the time of his life.

Loving every moment of it.

He works hard - witness those “FOCUS!” video of him in the gym.

(Go on, youtube it - again)

I still laugh at that.

But he’s never gets too busy to remember to enjoy the ride, even as he’s rushing towards a goal.

Man, and when Hugh Jackman and him started trading notes:

“What would Wolverine do?”

I nearly swooned.

But I didn’t cos The Rock wouldn’t.

It’s good to have heroes huh?

The fact is it doesn’t really matter what they are like in real life.

In truth, “never meet your heroes” is probably good advice.

Who they are matters not a jot, but what they inspire within you does.

That’s what he reminds and enlivens within me -

To focus, to be dedicated to something.

And yet still squeeze all the good times you can out of every single moment.

To be passionate and wanting more,

But also calm and content and solid.

I tell you, not many people have that balance.

It’s not easy when you don’t know how.

Here’s how I find it (and it works for everyone who simply practices it):

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Have fun out there Arjuna

PS.

Even though they say “never meet your heroes”,

I’d throw that out the window to meet the Rock.

That photo would go on the mantlepiece and all over Facebook fo sho.

Who would you like to sit down to share a glass of whisky or two with?

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Nothing Ever Comes Easy - Or Does It?

Nothing ever comes easy, otherwise you’d fall into it.

Like continual calm, focus and good humour.

If it were easy, EVERYONE would be like this ALL the time.

Is it possible?

To be permanently in the Zone?

Of course it is

- you’ve spent big chunks of your life laughing like a drain.

Taking nothing seriously, so you’re calm and Alive, and supremely settled.

Not swayed, while others are stressing out around you.

Full of quiet confidence, and, full of peace and contentment.

It’s only not easy just because you don’t know how.

But it CAN be simple.

It CAN be a straightforward matter of practicing that right things.

"What are the right things?" I hear you ask …

Now we’re getting to the heart of the matter.

1). Choose your attitude

Are you focusing on the glass (or life) as being half full or half empty?

2). Find the silver lining

There’s always one, in any situation, even if it’s a lesson to grow for next time

3). See how you create your own stress

Stress comes from resistance to what is happening. Don’t resist. End of stress

4). Be aware of what your mind is telling you

Don’t let the voice in your head be a reality, let it be an option.

5). Choose well

Your life equals your choices. Choose well!

6). Live present in this moment

This is the only moment that you have, in all of time, NOW is it.

Important thing:

Your habits will be counter to these - this is what makes it all seem not easy.

But recognise the more you practice, the more you rewards you will experience.

Recognise that overcoming your habits is a simple matter of doing it.

If you want the tools that will crack your bad habits and whiney voice quicker than a nutcracker through (fresh) Christmas nuts, go here for a seat:

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Have fun out there

• Arjuna

PS.

Christmas nuts?

It’s not even the season.

And the 15 year old nuts that your gran would bring out, year in year out were disgusting, were they not?

These are not the nuts you are looking for.

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Trouser Snake Stupidity

I like the weird news. Somewhere, somehow there is always someone doing something a little stupid.

Like the Darwin Awards - prizes for people evolution should have forgotten -

These stories give me a chuckle, and a quick burst of gratitude that it wasn’t me that was caught so publicly.

Recent news announced that CCTV filmed a man stealing a snake from a pet store by stuffing it down his trousers.

The owners said he was lucky it wasn’t feeding day as these snakes get very, very hungry.

Indeed.

Have you ever done anything stupid?

I know I have.

My wife might say every single day, but I think she might be over estimating.

She does that a bit - I often say that I must have told her a million times to stop exaggerating.

Now I think stupidity is fine, as long as you learn from it.

(That’s my excuse anyhow)

But -

Doing the same thing and expecting different results over and over again, that’s probably not so wise, don’t you think?

Yet I see it a lot.

People are quite content to tick along, going up and going down, doing the same thing and kind of hoping things will get better.

Rarely do they look to see how they can get off the self inflicted rollercoaster themselves.

Perhaps they don’t realise it’s self-inflicted.

So few stop, and ask:

“Surely there must be another way to live life than just waiting for the weekend, or the next holiday, or the next high?”

Surely there is a way to avoid pain and get more fun, in every moment?

There is - it lies in getting more aware, clear and focussed and developing free choice in what thoughts you listen to.

You might call this being mentally fitter - getting the ability to master your own mind.

I can help with that.

If you want more from your time in the outdoors:

- more performance, more enjoyment, more Flow -

As well as every single part of your life - your health, your work, your relationships, your family …

I’m running a course that will give you the tools and the understanding and the support -

- Everything you need -

To live the biggest life possible.

To stop waiting for the weekend, to stop being bored and frustrated, to stop getting worried and anxious.

To find your true potential and permanent peace.

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Good on you.

Keep the peace!

Arjuna

PS.

Don’t steal, and don’t put animals down your trousers.

And don’t tell me I never give useful tips.

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Naked Swimming

Summer is a good time for a spot of swimming, isn't it? I know it's called wild swimming these days. Back when I was a kid it was just plain old swimming.

Wild swimming does sound cooler doesn't it?

Been at the coast for a few days and got some “wild” swims in.

Then headed to Brighton to see some friends.

My buddy who lives there loves swimming naked.

I’m not a prude, but on Brighton beach in the middle of the morning?

Not for me.

For him though, it makes him feel totally alive.

Totally free, unencumbered.

Just being in the ocean does that for me, shorts on.

The cold is not the most pleasant thing for the first few moments, but then the reward kicks in.

Such a great effect on the body. It makes you come alive, everything "zinging".

That's the thing about being out in nature, isn't it?

It clears the senses.

Puts everything in perspective too.

Gives you a sense of calm and goodness.

Imagine if you could have that every day … ?

Not just after a trip away in the outdoors, but imagine if you were able to chose to be calm, clear, content and alive any time you wish … ?

It's a great thing to have.

And why not? Why not live with such a perspective, such balance, such Life?

It's a funny thing how some people don't want that.

Or maybe they DO want that, it's just they don't know how to get it.

Well, you can live like that.

And all it takes is a simple practice.

It does take you prioritising living life thriving rather than surviving.

It takes you valuing calm and Life more than stress and struggle - enough at least to do something about it.

That’s what my next course is all about.

If you're interested, the way forward is here.

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A simple practice that makes all of life so simple.

All it takes is for you to reach out and give it to yourself.

And your loved ones. When you're in good shape, it's so much easier for everyone to be in good shape.

Have a great day now! Arjuna

PS.

No seriously -

Have a great day. Choose to enjoy it. Make it so that you stay present and calm and full of happiness.

No one else will do it for you.

This one is on you!

As Much Aliveness As Possible Please

My goal is to live life with as much aliveness as possible. To squeeze every moment for all it’s worth.

To have grand adventures, to be able to tell deep stories, to laugh so much muscles will hurt.

What’s yours?

I think that’s why I get so excited seeing the Olympics.

It’s seeing someone’s dream come to fruition.

But I want that in all aspects of my life - I want aliveness, but everywhere.

I want success but I don’t want to lose myself getting it.

I don’t want to compromise my health and fitness for business either.

I also want to balance my family with what I love to do too.

How about you?

I know the single greatest thing that stops me from doing anything is always fear.

The single biggest handbrake to living a big Life (with a capital L) is internal.

Because its not really so much about WHAT you do, but HOW you do it.

I learned that early on - I could be kayaking on the river with my buddies, on a beautiful sunny day, and still be miserable.

Certain expectations weren’t being lived up to, and that made me grumpy.

No matter what, I just couldn’t be happy.

Now it’s different.

I’ve gotten great at choosing to be focussed and clear, giving my body the best chance to do what it could.

But better than that is that I’ve realised that I can be content and happy no matter what is happening.

I don’t need something to happen to make me happy.

It’s an internal choice.

And the thing that leads to Aliveness quicker than any big experience or possession or achievement.

These things are great - don’t get me wrong -

It's just it's all about the How you live, not the What.

It’s something I teach you in the Mountain Mindset Core course.

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Beyond that, have a wonderful day!

As always, you need anything get in touch Arjuna

PS.

How many people can say they lived a life free of regret and worry and anxiety?

Isn’t that a huge way to live life?

And so possible.

It’s just that no one prioritises it.

They think its the what, and they forget about the how.

Good lesson in that.

Lies The Government Tell Us

They lie and manipulate and steal!! Sorry - I didn’t want to throw you into such drama and bitterness and conspiracy so soon into an email.

It's not really my style either.

But I’ve just had my heart broken.

I trusted and my trust was trampled on.

I just found out that flossing has no use whatsoever, according to recent proper dentist research.

With great care and perseverance I’ve flossed every day for the last 7 years.

All because I trusted my dentist at the time. And subsequent dentists.

If you can’t trust your dentist, who can you trust?

It’s just like the low fat health advice that’s recently been debunked.

It appears sugar will destroy your nervous system where as fat isn’t that bad (in moderation of course)

So who do you trust?

What habits do you have just because someone told you it was a good idea?

Flossing is one thing, but do you realise you have certain habits that you’ve picked up from all around you?

That a person is probably the sum total of all the people they have been surrounded by?

Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) once wrote:

_____________

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I have ever known.” _____________

Interesting huh?

What I’m trying to say is question why you do things.

If you don’t know why, look deeper.

Is it because someone else has always done something?

And although you couldn’t pick your parents or your schooling, you can pick who you now hang out with.

Hang out with fun, inspiring people.

Hang out with those that are looking for new ways of doing things.

Seek out those that aren’t happy to settle for less simply because that’s what everyone else does.

And most of all, trust your inner voice.

It’s the way forward.

Take it easy out there - have fun!

Arjuna

PS.

Getting clear on what you trust, on what you know for certain can be straight forward.

It’s just that we’re never really taught how to do it.

The internal hows of living are left for us to discover.

If you’re interested, I can help!

I can give you the tools and the understandings and the support to gain inner clarity and focus so you can see your habits clearly.

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"Is That It?"

If you have the suspicion there is more to life than what you are currently living … You are right.

Life could be quite good thanks, and yet there is always more.

... If you reach out and get it.

You can sit, pretty happy, doing “pretty” good, and yet never really live the fullest of lives.

I know this because young Arjuna was there. Ticked all my boxes on my “to achieve” list.

I lived in a beautiful house in the mountains of New Zealand,

Had an perfect job which was fun and gave me the right amount of money and time off,

A group of awesome and talented friends to go and do cool stuff with,

A river I could walk to with my kayak and play to my heart’s content (that’s some seriously good positioning there)

A fun hill I could run up and back after work, just over the (above) river,

And yet …

There was a nagging doubt, a lack of contentment, a feeling that I was missing something.

I realised that I had everything, but I was a bit hollow.

Internally I hadn’t mastered contentment,

or true appreciation,

or love for the simple fact of existence.

I was always chasing the next high, the next buzz.

Always after the high, I didn’t know how to avoid or manage the come down.

I didn’t have a solid relationship because I didn’t know how to relate to women on a good enough level.

In getting what I wanted I had become pretty selfish.

(and not selfishness of the good sort that benefits everyone).

I didn’t know myself well enough to be able to manage bad moods - I just took them out on the person closest to me.

And that gets old for them pretty quick.

Every where I looked it seemed that people were saying “you have the perfect life”.

And yet it didn’t feel like it to me, as much justifying as I tried.

It came to a point where I got frustrated and confused enough to do something about it.

No one teaches us this stuff, the internals.

School isn’t about what makes us tick.

Yet it is the foundation of the very best life.

It took me a little while to find the right tools and the right understandings,

(there is so much bonkers stuff out there)

But I found a way that is practical, down to earth and real.

You just do it, and you get results.

You fill up on the inside, you get the ability to deal with weirdness that lives in each and every one of our own minds.

(don’t tell me you aren’t a little weird - you are)

By doing this you have the foundation for doing exactly what you want to do.

You have the foundation for giving to all your loved ones the very best of you.

What greater gift?

I just wanted to tell you this story because even if one of you can avoid the confusion and frustration that I went through, then awesome.

Even if you’re not frustrated - good on you by the way - here’s a way you can have more:

Mountain Mindset Core

- the “just the facts” weekend version of Mountain Mindset.

I teach you the Bright Path Ishayas’ Ascension meditation and mindset techniques.

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Keep the peace!

Arjuna

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I can’t be bothered

Feeling fluuey today (auto correct says fluffy —-> definitely not feeling that)

Can’t be bothered doing ANYTHING today.

Sore head, sore joints, snot.

You know it.

Here’s what is true:

Stuff only goes sideways when you’re tired.

Anger, frustration, depression.

All of that.

You have to protect your personal energy.

Then things can stay on a level.

Not get screwy.

Take time out - (you CAN do this - you’re not that irreplaceable)

I’ve got a zillion things to do before Thursday (tomorrow as this goes out!) and Mountain Mindset begins.

But I have to take it easy otherwise I’ll have nothing to give.

So sometimes, you gotta yourself permission to rest and do as little as possible.

You can’t charge every single day, because you’ll burn out.

AND

Just give yourself permission to be blah.

Be okay not being okay.

Laugh at yourself, watch a comedy.

I’m going to watch a kayaking video or two, too.

Just cos I love it.

It feels like laziness to me.

What I would do, if I were you, is check out the Mountain Mindset trial.

Thursday 4th August at 7pm we do begin.

Shortly in other words, very shortly.

There is a seat available.

You want it?

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Take it easy,

Arjuna

PS. Look after yourself!

Then you can look after everyone else.

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Heavy Metal Mischief

My wife bought me a large chunk of heavy metal for my birthday.

Not Slayer, no.

Don’t know if they still count, but I'm not talking about nothing to do with music

(I’m so culturally irrelevant these days)

She gave me a huge kettle bell.

(A large heavy thing you simply pick up and put down.)

I love them.

They make you strong and trim with great core and even a bit more flexible.

Number one WHY? for lumping these things around is I don’t want to get lardy,

and now I’m well into my forties that requires constant vigilance.

AND kettle bells make being in a kayak easier.

I’m stronger and have more endurance so paddling is simpler.

I don't have as much time as I used to, so when I get in my boat I want to make the most of it.

I can do more for less effort and have more fun.

A bit like having mental fitness.

Now “What IS mental fitness?” I hear you ask.

Good question.

Mental fitness is the ability to not let your thoughts stop you doing and getting what you want.

It’s the ability to:

- focus on one thing and not be distracted from it.

- be mentally “tough” - ignoring doubt and worry and just keep moving forward.

- simply “let go” - just drop stuff that’s causing you stress and overwhelm

- be flexible and adapt to unexpected change, not be stuck whining about it

- go further and faster than ever before physically

- not let your fears paralyse you, instead giving you courage to go beyond any limitation

- fully apply all of yourself and your abilities to whatever is in front of you

- laugh more and stress less

- be present and feel so alive in this precise moment in time

- tap into the Zone at will - with heightened skills and perception, and big smiles

It’s the internal strength of character that is the foundation of everything that you feel and think and say and do.

Just as kettle bells allow me the physical fitness to do more with less puff,

all day long - whether in my kayak or climbing up a hill,

Mental fitness is the same -

life means less stress and more fun, more creativity and intuition, more calm and contentment and confidence.

Do more for less effort and bigger smiles.

After all, isn’t that what life is about?

If you want a mental fitness training programme …

One that outlays a treasure map to mental strength and flexibility,

Gives you everything you need to know,

No thought, no guess work,

You just have to walk it.

The plan involves a straight forward equation of:

Do the work (simple, fun, effective), then enjoy the results …

For as long as you keep using the map.

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Any questions?

Let me know, I’d love to help

Arjuna

PS. Mental fitness makes sense when it’s explained doesn’t it?

No longer do you stress and struggle and puff and flip out in reactive ways.

You're not mentally lardy.

You're clear, calm, content, present and alive and able to ignore doubt and fear and bad moods.

Life is great.

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Don’t sit on this or you WILL miss out.

Two Game Changing Secrets

The two greatest things you can learn to be - In life and in the outdoors, in any sport or physical situation, at work and at home,

i.e. EVERYWHERE ...

The two things that will change you life forever,

Are:

a) be calm no matter what is happening around you,

and ...

b) be focussed only on this precise moment in time.

When you’re calm you don’t get tunnel vision. You can see clearer.

You don’t get overwhelmed, you can focus on the things you need to pay attention to, NOT the things that you don’t.

Does that make sense?

So often people’ll pay far too much attention to what goes wrong or what MIGHT go wrong, rather than what they can now do about it.

What you focus on, grows.

Indeed ^^^

Staying calm is the key to dealing with whatever is thrown at you with your maximum ability.

The second thing is:

When you get present you can meet the need of this moment.

You can apply your whole being, all your skill and fitness and intuition and reflexes and creativity - in other words - EVERYTHING to what is in front of you.

Even if that is "just" a conversation with your partner or your kids.

(Notice how what are actually the most important things in life so often get reduced with a "just" ...?)

Right here, right now.

Trouble is, people spend most of their day focussed on trying to change the past or predict the future.

In that, all their power is taken away to dial into what needs to happen now.

There’s so much lost energy spent on the past and in possible futures.

And you simply miss out on what’s happening right in front of you.

If you live like this?

You have NO ability to focus when you NEED to focus.

You can't switch off when you NEED to switch off.

So - practice - master staying cool and calm,

AND get the ability to direct your focus wherever you want it to go.

It will change your life.

I'm serious about that ^^^^

For the best possible foundation in these two secrets,

The greatest in tools that make being calm and focussed so simple.

The support and accountability to keep you on track,

And over 4 weeks of coaching …

Here you go -

You DON’T have any time to mess around now,

If you want a seat, apply NOW.

Or miss out.

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Take care out there!

- Arjuna

PS. Two small secrets,

Two small ways of “operating” in the world,

Yet what a huge fundamental difference it makes in your life.

Many people never learn to master their own heads, and never live the life they want.

Are you one of them?

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Word!

Being Great Versus Being Good - part 2

I was saying yesterday that the biggest difference between a Great athlete and a Good athlete is this:

The Great athlete doesn’t think too much.

Great simply does, where Good over thinks.

Great can flow and deliver smooth skills with fast, intuitive reactions anywhere, anytime, no matter the situation.

Good just can’t.

Maybe when there are no consequences, but definitely less and less consistently as the pressure starts to ramp up.

Now Great and Good both exist within you, already.

The trouble is tapping into that, it’s learning to be in a Great mindset more often.

In other words, if you want to be Great then you have to learn to not think so much.

The biggest tip I can give you for switching off the mind, is to not switch it off.

Counter intuitive, I know, but have you tried stopping your mind?

Hard work, indeed.

The best thing to do to increase your performance and fun factor in the outdoors and all aspects of your life …

Is learn to watch your thoughts.

To let them run but not be them.

By closing your eyes you can notice ideas and thought streams coming and going.

Let them run.

Simply come back to watching when you notice you get caught up in an individual stream.

By practicing this - if you do it effortlessly - you start to relax and settle down.

You learn to be aware of what your head is telling you, and are able to ignore it.

The mind will start to lose momentum, it won’t run as fast.

But that doesn’t really matter in that you will have discovered something very significant:

If you can be aware of your thoughts it means you aren’t your thoughts.

You are something far bigger than that.

You are not your thoughts.

They are simply an option, not the truth.

Learn to watch and ignore them.

Freedom from the limitations of your mind lies right there.

And you can set the scene for being Great everywhere.

Play with that, practice it and see what happens.

This is one of the introductory skills we get into in the Mountain Mindset trial that I’m looking for volunteers to help me test.

The trial builds on this quickly, giving more simple yet more powerful tools that bring great results, fast.

I’m excited about it - the tools and the understandings for a Great mind.

If you’d like a place, get more information and free daily email coaching here:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/outdoors/

Have fun, Arjuna

PS. Just no longer thinking so much would be so pleasant, wouldn’t you agree?

Just having something that enabled me to switch off was a serious blessing.

I like to sleep!

Rest and recovery is a big thing - and can’t really happen when your head is hammering away.

Unless you learn how to deal with it.

Try what I suggest above.

And if you want something even simpler and more powerful, opt in here.

I'll send you all the details, and you'll get free daily email coaching:

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Good Athletes Versus Great Athletes

The difference between good athletes and great athletes? Good athletes think way too much.

Great athletes can switch their brains off and fully let the body do what it needs to do.

The reason you train, the reason you practice anything, is so you can do it without thinking about it - automatically.

The biggest problem, the thing that gets in the way for most people, is over thinking.

And in a competitive situation or a situation where you could get hurt the stakes are only higher.

You tend to fall back into your default mode.

Which, if it’s over thinking, you get only more of.

The anxiety ramps up, the self-doubt kicks in, the body tenses even more and you lose that beautiful relaxed powerful fluidity.

The mind reflects almost immediately in the body.

The best thing you can do is learn to switch off certain thoughts.

One way of doing this is positive thinking, of noticing when you are being negative and finding a way of switching it around.

This kind of “glass half empty” versus “glass half full” has a dramatic effect on your body and is something that we will go into in great detail in the Mountain Mindset trial that begins August 4th.

Another way of doing it is positive visualisation of a skill or a pressure situation.

You become as calm as you can be and visualise success over and over again until that becomes your brain’s default “vision”.

Visualising is rarely a problem for people, it’s:

a) getting as calm and relaxed as possible and yet b) staying focussed and not drifting from the visualisation.

Getting to a calm, relaxed yet focussed state is also a big part of the Mountain Mindset trial. The volunteers in the trial will get the tools that bring them into this state, effortlessly.

The biggest tip I can give you for switching off the mind though is to learn not to switch it off.

It is to do something else entirely.

And just because I’m a big tease, you’ll have to wait till next email to find that out.

This one’s gone on long enough.

If you’re interested in being a volunteer to the trial and getting these sweet tools and practices that will stay with you for life?

For the details, and daily emails full of tips and inspiration like this one:

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We’re start in less than 10 days so don’t delay now…

Any questions?

Fire away, I’d love to help - Arjuna

PS. If you want to be a great athlete, not merely a good one, the mind is the next step.

Learn to get freedom from thinking too much (and about the wrong things) and everything else falls into place -

In the outdoors, at home, at work, everywhere.

Go here to get more info about being a volunteer for my trial and getting these powerful tools for life:

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Unstoppable Bastards

Unstoppable Bastards That is the actual name of a programme I was helping teach a part of last week.

Awesome huh?

There were 6 guys, all top performers in some aspect of their lives, and yet they were on a programme to give them more.

More what?

Unstoppable Bastards is all about, well, being unstoppable -

Getting what you want from life, without being one-dimensional.

There are many who are a success say in business, but their relationships are shaky.

Some are brilliant at their sport, but have no way of converting that into cash.

People are usually pretty good in one or two aspects of life.

Very rare is someone who is awesome in one.

Rarer still is someone who is awesome everywhere.

But what else is life for but to explore greatness?

The premise of this programme is that great men are never born.

They are shaped because they want to grow, to become more.

With the right tools you can become more.

And teaching some of those tools is where I came in.

I spent three hours talking about the mind, mindset and giving them some meditation tools.

It was a lot of fun and feedback was great, I think they got a lot out of the session.

Let’s hope they keep practicing, because the magic happens when you regularly apply it.

There were a ton of questions, many about becoming different or losing their edge or their passion or their drive.

It was great to put all that straight.

Meditation is so misunderstood, which is a shame as it’s the greatest thing anyone can learn to do.

But it’s so poorly taught in some places people get turned off before they can really appreciate its true power.

The only thing you lose though meditation is limitation.

It gives you the ability to be more you, not less.

If I only had one word to describe what meditation has given me?

Authenticity.

Being real.

Not hiding or feeling insecure or full of self-doubt …

… like I used to spend a lot of time being.

But content and secure in exactly who I am and what I want to do.

The greatest thing talking with these guys - some of them great players in their worlds - was that they all have a some version of self-doubt …

And it comes up often.

I was a little surprised, but they were so open about it.

But they are in good hands - what I taught them combined with the rest of the programme means that whiny little doubting voice will be well and truly ignored.

When you ignore it, it just shrivels up and dies.

Adios!

SO if you want more authenticity, realness, and the ability to ignore self-doubt and fear meaning greater performance and more fun?

Go here for more information on the upcoming trial, and inspiring daily emails like this one:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/outdoors/ It’s 5 sessions face to face sessions together with over 4 weeks of close coaching, support and accountability from me, and the rest of the guys on the trial.

If you’re ready for the next step?

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/outdoors/ Have a great day! Arjuna

PS.

If you’re not ready for a whole course, no deal. You can get a lot from these emails you can put into practice straight away.

But if you want a 4 week kick start to the best version of you in the outdoors and in all of life?

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Testicle removed in dodgy hotel surgery!?

Why? For the love of God, why? This guy has a problem with his testicle.

He got kicked by a horse some years ago and it’s giving him some grief.

So - in order to get expert help with it, what does he do?

He advertises for help with it online, finds a guy who rocks up and cuts it off in a dodgy hotel room somewhere.

You can guess what happened right?

His testicle gets super infected, he spends weeks in hospital getting his health put right.

Don’t know about you, but that seriously made me shake my head.

It did happen in Australia and they are different down that way (sorry - couldn't resist a dig)

I know guys like to be all independent and DIY “I can fix it myself” and not make a fuss, but really …

Somethings are worth making a fuss about.

Somethings are worth investing in.

Somethings you can’t fix without help.

Expert help that is.

Like your testicles.

And your state of mind.

So many guys I talk to believe stress is a fact of life.

That coming home and snapping at their partner and kids is regrettable, but sometimes it just happens.

That not being able to sleep at night because of they’re thinking too much is normal.

That having bouts of anger and depression and worry is just part of the modern world.

That having no balance in their lives, no quality time to spend with the family or be in the outdoors or even just to keep fit and the weight down ...

... is what everyone does.

The fact is:

None of this is inevitable.

None of it.

And you’re not weak if you don’t know how to deal with this.

You’re not the only one.

It takes considerable courage actually to stand up and say that the way most men are living their lives is crazy …

And you want no part in it.

So if you do?

Do something now before you need weeks or months or years to recover from your DIY.

I can help. I have the tools and the understandings you need.

You just have to have the willingness to put them into practice.

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Keep the peace! Arjuna

PS.

But if you’re ok …

If you’re doing fine just as you are …

and not really committed to really doing what it takes to master your own limitations …

and stop letting your own mind stop you ...

Don't get help. Stay as you are.

I don't mind, really.

But if you’re doing ok, and yet know that you could be even better?

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Staying Clear Of Overwhelm

Here I am sitting in my home office - I mean coffee table in the corner of my living room - with a cup of coffee in my hand. The sun is pouring in the window and all is well.

I have a ton of things to do, I'm just taking a moment. A very necessary moment.

Got lots of things to get sorted before the Mountain Mindset guinea pig trial goes live in just under two weeks.

Very exciting that is.

There’s a speech I want to get started on for a funeral of my friend I was telling you about.

That’s exciting in another way. Looking forward to trying to do her justice with a few words.

There's a webinar on meditation I'm doing tonight, also some phone calls, quite a few emails to catch up on, and a webinar I want to watch.

It's a busy day!

And then there's also the need to head off for a run later, definitely looking forward to that. Love running through the forest.

Then I’ll have a stretch and do some meditating.

Oh, and there's make sure I spend some quality time with the ex-fiancee (wifey).

All of the day’s activities are necessary. It all needs to be done.

Some of it I look forward to more than others, but finding time for all of it - especially the ones that don't seem so "productive" - means I stay sane(r).

It’s all about getting that balance.

Although it’s become second nature to me now, taking time out means the time on is so much more productive.

By prioritising a state of calm and balance, stress and anxiety doesn’t have a chance to creep in  and start messing things up.

Busy-ness can’t mess with my mojo.

I feel like I have more fun, I enjoy just about everything.

And I’m a better person to be around.

It’s so nice not to be overwhelmed. I have been there before and it’s not a pleasant state.

You owe it to yourself, and your family, to not be overwhelmed and frantic.

Why not take a moment?

Just to breathe, to stop, maybe to close your eyes and just be right here.

Balance - a good priority to make in your day, a good thing to find.

Have fun out there Arjuna

PS. I’m still taking applications for the Mountain Mindset trial.

I need a handful of fellas who can act as guinea pigs / lab rats, so I can test and prod and poke and see the results of this new programme.

If you want the tools to leave overwhelm and never come back, instead choosing to be calm and clear, then you are in the right place.

If you want to ability to choose to be in the zone at will - with heightened senses and skills - in life and the outdoors, I have what you need.

Enjoy your life and the outdoors, be better at it, and leave stress and anxiety and fear behind.

A tall order, but I'm ready for you!

We go live in under two weeks, and we’re filling up, so if you’re interested get in there soon.

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Is The Outdoors A Selfish Waste Of Time?

Someone once told me that the outdoors was a selfish waste of time. That the risk, the time away, that it's nothing productive, all of it - they couldn't see the point.

I laughed my head off.

The outdoors makes better people.

Better people help make other better people.

When I first joined a kayak club the thing that was what impressed me the most:

The nature of everyone I met.

Of course, I loved being on the water and learning how to keep this plastic tub upright. Seeing what was around the corner, testing myself against the river.

Making the boat and extension of my body. Or perhaps it is making my body one with the boat? Anyways...

An appreciation that no matter how good I got there was always a greater challenge.

A realisation there would probably always be fear, and I could give in to it, or I could test the boundaries of it.

The more I went beyond fear, the easier it got to do it again.

On the river, the rock, and in life too.

The joy of sitting around the campfire at night, tired, happy, content.

Needing nothing.

Grateful for a hot cup of tea or a mug of wine from a plastic cask.

So happy to crawl into a smelly sleeping bag at the end of a full and rich day.

It changes you, being in the outdoors.

It makes you more self-contained, reliant. Confident. Not arrogant, but content in yourself.

Not needing approval somehow.

Humble too - knowing and appreciating such valuable knowledge and experience and assistance that has been freely given to you.

And passing it along, just as freely.

There’s a love for experience, and a realisation that sometimes the simple things are the most beautiful, and soul satisfying.

A knowing too that no matter how dark the night may seem, the dawn always comes.

There’s always a smile to be had, no matter how grim it may appear.

And that’s the most important thing in life - smiles, and love, and fully being alive.

Living the “goodest” life possible.

My life is so much better because of the outdoors, but also because of the people I met who love the outdoors too.

They remind me, constantly of what is truly important.

They, and the nature itself, made me realise I wanted all of life.

Not just surviving, but truly Living.

That’s what it’s given me: Life, with a capital L, always, no matter what.

Freedom from just getting by; a tool to make the most of each and every single friggin moment.

Do you want the same?

Do you want everything from Life?

If you do, if you want to help me test out this new programme of mine (for free) …

(I’ve decided to call it Mountain Mindset, because that’s what it gives you even if you’re not there)

Go here for everything you need to know, and to get daily emails just like this one:

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Any questions? Just reply, I’d love to help.

Have a great one, - Arjuna

PS. I was going to call it Mountain State of Mind but it was more words so I erred on the side of simplicity.

Simplicity is best.

Always.

Keep it simple!

What's The Best Thing You Can Ever Do For Anyone?

Sometimes we have it all back to front. I did this myself for many years until I realised how absurd it was.

How, in my wanting to do my absolute best for loved ones I completely missed the point.

You see -

People are running around trying to get something for their loved ones.

Security, wealth, money, education, good experiences.

Which is wonderful.

But in the trying to get it for them, they forget one crucial thing.

They get so lost in the getting that they are never there for their loved ones.

Literally - as in always working …

But also when they have their loved ones right in front of them, they are still at work.

Thinking and planning and scheming.

Never present.

All for a good reason of course - but nonetheless, absent - even when you are physically there.

The best thing you can do for anyone?

Be right there with them.

Obviously you can’t always physically be there.

And you don’t want to.

Your job may mean you need to be elsewhere.

Getting into the outdoors and making sure you’re nourished on a physical and spiritual level will also mean you’re away.

But when you are with them - fully be with them.

Don’t miss a moment by getting lost in thought and stress.

The greatest thing you can do for anyone is give of yourself to them.

Not in things and money - but your attention, your presence.

Do it and watch your relationships blossom.

It's so simple, yet so poorly understood.

And if you want help getting out of the trap of thinking too much and being more present?

There are still some places for volunteers.

To get the info, and emails like this one, go here:

https://arjunaishaya.leadpages.co/outdoors/

Don’t miss out!

(On really giving to your loved ones) - Arjuna