At A Glance

Partly Revealing the Suspense: A sneak-peek into the project that’s kept me busy for the last 2 months.
Proven Productivity: Defeat procrastination with Serial Timeboxing.
Fit Formulas: Get stronger with GTG and lose fat with NEAT.
Manly Matters: On confidence, “Age is just a number,” and others’ opinions.
Article of The Day: An Undervalued Life Skill Worth Learning from Top Thriving Companies
Bonus #1: A mind-rewiring book I’m loving — Power vs. Force by Prof. David Hawkins.
Bonus #2–3 YouTube diamonds I’ve found of late.

Partly Revealing the Suspense…

Boy, I’ve been humbled.

A project I expected to take 2 weekends has taken 2+ months.

Amazon legalities. Print-formatting. Professional designer help. Multiple feedback+change iterations. Sorting out technical wrinkles. Tiring customer care back-and-forth.

But the final result is a creation I’m incredibly proud of. Any guesses?

I want to make a few tiny enhancements before sharing it with you — the next Manximize-1–2–3 edition will open the curtains.

Now, onto the newsletter.

Proven Productivity

Analysis paralysis is the #1 time-murderer.

Oscillating between confused head-banging, Omegle prank videos, Instagram stalking, and working — your productivity goes to the dogs.

Serial Time-boxing is the best antidote — decide the day’s tasks and cage them inside rigid time blocks.

Pro Tip: Align your most important daily tasks with your highest-energy time periods — for most people, it’s the morning.

When you precisely know which task to tackle when, procrastination flies out of the window. I stole this habit from my friend Akshad Singi — you’re free to steal it from me :)

If you're interested in science-based productivity techniques like serial time-boxing, the “Peak Productivity” eBook might prove beneficial to you. Learn more about it here.

Fit Formulas

Formula #1

Grease The Groove (GTG) is a technique to become stronger with any movement — pushups, pullups, squats, deadlifts, you name it.

GTG is simple — doing very low-intensity sets of the movement multiple times a day, aka “practicing” the exercise.

This sheer repetition “greases” your neural pathways — and lets your brain fire up the exercise’s neural circuit faster. Plus, your form for the movement also improves.

Say your max is 20 pushups in a set, you’d rep out sets of 4 to 6 pushups throughout the day — a pull-up max of 10? Bang out sets of 2 to 3.

Here’s a deeper dive into GTG — the science behind it and how I used it to fire up my pushups and pullups

Formula #2

Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) is the energy you burn outside exercise — be it walking, talking, drumming your fingers, or taking a dump.

Since NEAT comprises up to 50% of your daily calorie burn, you can burn up to 1000 extra calories by optimizing it.

All you have to do is move more! While the Ultimate Fat-loss Bundle’s NEAT-Burner Idea List shares in-depth ideas to optimize your NEAT, here are 3 core ideas:

Walk while you talk on the phone.
Shake your legs or drum your fingers while sitting and working.
Take the stairs instead of the elevator.

The goal is to move more — use your creativity to invent ways and tweaks to boost your NEAT.

Manly Matters

#1 — “Age Is Just a Number” Is Bullcrap

The older you grow…

The lesser your time, energy, & motivation.
The more your responsibilities.

It’s 5x easier to work 14-hour days or finish an Ironman at 25 than at 45.

Work hard now — to avoid working 5x harder later.

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#2 — The Source of True Confidence...

Competence.

You can’t fake, buy, or steal competence…

You can only develop it through hard work & consistency.

Build competence.

Confidence will automatically follow.

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#3— “Don’t Care What Others Think” Is Bullshit

Evolution WIRED us to care about others’ opinions.

Instead, choose opinions that matter…

— Go-getter friends
— Inspirations
— Mentors

Not…
— Trolls
— Haters
— Jealous relatives.

Opinions must pull you up — not drag you down.

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Article of The Week

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Bonus #1 — A Mind-Rewiring Book I’m Loving

This book is — Spirituality weds science.

Prof. David Hawkins has crafted this masterpiece by combining mystical teachings, religion, quantum physics, chaos theory, and 20+ years of painstaking research.

Halfway through this book, I’ve already irrevocably changed — so has my fundamental worldview.

Attractor patterns. The map of consciousness. M-fields. Strong & weak attractors. Vibrational energy levels. Truth-ascertaining Kinesiological testing.

The concepts are truly mind-bending — this is a must-read for truth-seekers and the intellectually curious.

Bonus #2: 3 YouTube Diamonds I’ve Found of Late

A System For Achieving CEO-Level Productivity by Masculine Theory
My DEADLY Dating Mistakes (So You Can Avoid Them) by Hamza
How to Get Ahead of 99% of People by Alex Hormozi

Productivity + dating + goal-achievement — have a blast!

Every M123 Edition Is an Invitation for Discussion...

Not a one-way monologue from my end.

So, I'd love to know your thoughts, insights, and topics you'd love to see me cover.

Cya in the next M123 edition - till then, have a great fortnight ahead!

Godspeed!

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