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The ONE Thing

28. Increasing your productivity physically and mentally | Bulletproof's Dave Asprey

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever work hard and still fall short of your goal? It's frustrating when we muscle through a project and can't achieve our desired results. Today's guest, Dave Asprey, used to experience this frustration every day. He was in a mental fog, unfocused, and overweight... then he spent two decades and over $1,000,000 learning how to hack his biology, and he started a massive movement. Dave is now the founder of Bulletproof, author of a New York Times bestseller, and his new book is Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks. He's on the show to share the subtle tweaks you can make in your diet and environment to boost productivity, both mentally and physically.  The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: We created this episode because we received feedback from people just like you who wanted to learn more about nutrition, and we want to continue working closely with you. We want to partner with a select group of you to identify the specific information that we MUST discuss so that you can live a more purposeful life, bring more priority to your life, have more productivity, and have more profit. If you are interested in learning more and want to be one of the select Founding Members in our new community, text the word FOUNDER to 33444. We are opening the doors NOW.  In this episode you will learn... [11:22] Why the quality and type of fuel you put in your body makes a huge difference. [15:20] How to avoid "muffin top in the brain." [28:13] How you can enhance your work environment. [31:51] How you can reduce the things that make you weak & increase the things that make you strong. [36:00] The ONE thing you can eliminate that will make the biggest difference in your productivity.  AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar Check out our awesome blog! [FREE Training] How to Start Time Blocking TODAY!  Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more about Bulletproof: Coffee | “The Bulletproof Diet Roadmap” Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks by Dave Asprey  Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters Mentioned in this episode: Factor 75 Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

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0:00.0

This is the One Thing Podcast where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.

0:08.0

My name is Jeff Woods. I'm the Vice President here at the One Thing team in the last episode you heard a conversation with one of you

0:16.8

Someone who has been a fan of the one thing and has been struggling with living it for a long time and we talk specifically about a mindset shift that changed everything for her and that could possibly change everything for you as well.

0:27.5

So if you missed episode 27 go back and check that out. In this episode you are going to meet someone who is a very interesting man.

0:35.4

We are going to dive deep into how you can increase your productivity both physically and

0:41.4

mentally.

0:43.0

Maybe you've heard of bulletproof coffee

0:45.2

or people putting butter in their coffee

0:47.2

and you're going butter in your coffee.

0:48.8

That's weird.

0:49.9

I definitely thought that myself until I tried it

0:51.8

and it was awesome.

0:53.4

But Dave is someone who has had a very successful track record in business, but had a problem.

0:59.2

I'm curious how many of you out there have ever been trying so hard to get better results, whether that be in your business, in your health, in your relationships, you just, you try to muscle your way to the result.

1:10.0

But you end up frustrated because no matter how hard you try the results just don't show up.

1:15.2

That's exactly where Dave was and he are going to hear his story about you know making

1:18.8

millions of dollars in his 20s but still being you know know, 300 pounds, very, very overweight, unable to completely

1:25.8

change his health, wondering why mentally he was always foggy and unable to focus or be

1:30.7

effective.

1:32.1

And the subtle tweaks that he started to make in terms of the food that he was eating,

1:35.8

the way that he adjusted his environment, and it has created a massive movement. So this is a guy that has spent

1:42.4

over a million dollars personally investing in his own biohacking and today we're going to dive deep on how you can increase your productivity based on reducing the things that make you weak or increasing the things that make you that make you stronger.

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