The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No. 24 — 9th July 2023 Focus on Front-loading If you ask a regular gym-goer about the best way to build muscle, you might hear something like this: Work on the fundamental exercises called compound lifts. Focus on challenging yourself by lifting weights you find heavy or challenging. Maximise how much you can lift by positioning your hardest exercises at the start of the workout. Keep upping the weight over time, and be consistent. You’ll see...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No.23 — 2nd July 2023 Today at a glance: Why happiness is so hard to understand Who can we learn about happiness from What do Joe Rogan and Naval Ravikant think of happiness Notes on understanding happiness What is happiness? Have you ever tried to describe happiness? If you have, you know that it’s harder than it sounds. Like me, you can probably recognise what happiness is when you feel it, and you also know what needs to happen for you to...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read
The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No. 22 — 25th June 2023 Today at a glance: For those who are serious about their goals, taking control of your information diet is one of the highest-ROI activities you can do. This week’s Juice Boost explains what an information diet is and how it can improve the quality of our mental state: Information diets An information diet is the fuel that powers our mind. Like a nutritional diet, each of us has an information diet — and like our...
almost 3 years ago • 2 min read
The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No. 21 — 18th June 2023 The only two people you should aim to make proud I recently came across a quote that said: There are only two people you should aim to make proud. 8-year-old you and 80-year-old you. At first glance, I appreciated how the idea reminded me to stay true to my values — both in terms of what I wanted as a child as well as what I might want in the future. I didn’t go beyond that initial interpretation, but simply stashed it...
almost 3 years ago • 3 min read
The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No. 20 — 11th June 2023 Systems vs Goals We’ve all been told that the best way to achieve what we want in life — building a successful business, living a healthy lifestyle, spending more time with our loved ones — is by setting clear, actionable goals. For many months, this is how I approached what I wanted too. I set clear targets for Juice’s app, for the weights I wanted to lift in the gym, and for the number of people I wanted to reach...
almost 3 years ago • 2 min read
The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No. 19 — 4th June 2023 Idea Being a beginner is scary. We don’t know much about how the game works, who the best players are, what the best strategy is, or how we’ll hack our way to success. What we do know, is that we want to graduate from beginner status to mastery. This is a situation we face several times in our life, especially in our late teens and 20s. In assessing where we want to set up our foundation for a prosperous future, we...
almost 3 years ago • 3 min read
The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No. 18 — 28th May 2023 This week, I went down the Ikigai rabbithole. I wanted to understand why millions across the world began embracing an ancient Japaense idea. Once I dived deeper, I began embracing it too. Here’s my interpretation of Ikigai and how it initiates purposeful living. A brief background Ikigai is a centuries-old Japanese way of life, native to the Okinawan Islands. It represents the intersection of passion, mission,...
almost 3 years ago • 2 min read
The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No. 17 — 21st May 2023 Idea I recently came across a mental model called Hanlon’s Razor. A ‘razor’ is a philosophical rule of thumb used to simplify decision-making by cutting through unnecessary noise. Hanlon’s Razor states that we should not attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by stupidity. It encourages a more generous interpretatation of bad results, where we don’t assume others are bad actors, but understand their...
almost 3 years ago • 2 min read
The Juice Boost Bite-sized wisdom for goal-chasers No. 16 — 14th May 2023 Idea We’ve all struggled with self-doubt. When we step outside our comfort zone and try something new and bold, the questions come flooding in: Are we worthy? Are we good enough? Do we deserve to be here? As difficult as it may be, it’s worth examining why we think this way. Self-doubt usually stems from a negative self-image. At our core, we don’t feel confident about our abilities or progress till date, and that image...
almost 3 years ago • 2 min read