Your Dopamine Addiction Is Destroying Your Career
Why high-performers burn out, and what to do instead.
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Believe it or not - This ancient practice delivers 4-9 extra years of life
Spiritual practice may be the most underused health and performance enhancer today. You don’t need faith; just consistency. The data shows better stress resilience, longer lifespan, improved recovery, and stronger social support. No robes required. Just five minutes daily.
Why Your Expensive Health Tests Are Useless (And The One Metric That Actually Matters)
VO2 max isn’t a fitness stat. It’s the single best predictor of how long (and well) you’ll live. Most professionals ignore it while chasing lesser metrics. But your oxygen engine powers everything: cognition, resilience, recovery. Ignore it, and you’re optimizing on a broken foundation.
The Performance Variable No One Talks About (But Should): Female Cycle, Perimenopause, and HRT For Women
Hormones aren’t chaos. They’re data. Female performance isn’t limited by cycles, but by our ignorance of them. Puberty to perimenopause, it’s time to replace myths with strategy. The biggest untapped performance lever? Understanding the biology half the world lives with daily.
Activate, Recover, Capacity: The Science-Backed Framework Replacing Biohacking
Longevity isn’t about hacks. It’s about structure. The Upward ARC (Activate, Recover, Capacity) is my antidote to health overwhelm. Forget perfection; consistency wins. Build your baseline, master recovery, grow capacity. That’s how you add life to years, not just years to life.
Breaking News: The Performance Edge Hidden in Adversity
Grief isn’t just emotional. It’s biological. Adversity hijacks your brain, wrecks decision-making, and compounds if ignored. But handled strategically, it can upgrade performance. Resilience isn’t bouncing back. It’s integrating pain into power. That’s the real advantage.
The Mouth-Brain Connection: The Hidden Inflammation Tax on Performance
Karla lost her first tooth. Blood, drama, and finally, triumph. But as adults, dental health isn’t cute. It’s critical. Poor oral care fuels brain fog, inflammation, and cognitive decline. Want a performance edge? Start with your gums. And maybe ditch the mouthwash.
Breathe Like Your Life Depends On It (Because It Does)
Breathing: overlooked, underestimated, and silently wrecking your health. Nasal is better than mouth. Slow is better than shallow. And fixing your breath might beat your supplements. I’m now training with a breath coach. 25,000 reps a day; might as well get them right.
Low T, Low Life
I crashed, tested, and turned to TRT. It worked; until I realized I needed a long-term fix. Testosterone isn’t just a “guy thing,” and most people (and doctors) miss the signs. Forget the boosters. Fix your lifestyle first. Then, and only then, consider the needle.
I’ll be back.
Crushed by back pain, I hit rock bottom in 2024. No surgery, no shortcuts. Just 8 weeks of brutal self-rehab, clean eating, sleep, and sanity. Down 20 kg, off painkillers, and back in control. No hacks. Just systems. I’ll be sharing what actually works. Let’s go.