1-2-3 Inner Game

Welcome to 1-2-3 Inner Game, your weekly hit of actionable strategies to achieve a high-performing, healthy, and thriving life.

Today's Highlights

• Laughter, Lattes, and Late Nights

• 1-2-3 Inner-Game

• The Inner Game of Real Growth - UnMute Podcast

• Brain Candy

• Rundown of Cool Stuff This Week

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Spent the week with family, the kind where you forget what day it is because it’s just food, laughter, and little moments that stick.

Late‑night games of Codenames where everyone suddenly became a master spy (or a terrible one).

Heated debates over one‑word clues that led to the loudest laughs… and somehow morphed into equally passionate arguments about what the best coffee is.

(Turns out everyone’s a barista after midnight.)

Those are the nights you look around the table and think: this is the real stuff, the kind of memories that don’t fade.

Here's some Inner Game wisdom to chew on this week

1 question to punch your brain this week

If you had to 10x your impact without working more hours, where would you start? (​Click to Tweet​)

2 questions (and answers) from me

1. How do I know if I’m on the right path? If it feels hard but aligned, you’re probably on it. Growth isn’t easy—but it is energizing. Watch how it feels after the work. (​Click to Tweet​)

   
   

2. What’s the simplest success formula? Clear goal → consistent action → ruthless focus. That’s it. Not sexy. Not flashy. Just unreasonably effective. (​Click to Tweet​)​

3 insights for the Inner Game Junkies

1. Every successful person you admire? They started before they felt ready. The only difference is they moved through the discomfort instead of waiting for permission. (​Click to Tweet​)

   
   

2. Burnout often isn’t from doing too much. It’s from doing too little of what feels meaningful. You can hustle 16 hours a day and still feel empty if it’s misaligned. (​Click to Tweet​)

   
   

3. Discipline without direction is just punishment. You can be ruthlessly consistent. But if it’s on the wrong thing, you’re only getting better at going nowhere. (​Click to Tweet​)

🎙️ Just dropped a convo with my dear friend Andreea on the UnMute Podcast.

We jammed on the Inner Game—how your mindset actually drives (or blocks) your growth, business, and life.

Worth a listen if you’re in the game of building and want to level up from the inside out.

Check it out and let me know what lands.

Brain Candy Tweets That Made Me Think, Laugh, or Go ‘Huh, Interesting!

Health isn’t a checklist; it’s a practice. A process. A lifestyle. You don’t just do it once—you live it.

The real question: What’s the next niche that’s about to go mainstream? My bet’s on personalized longevity hacks (peptides, anyone?) and real clean water becoming the new coffee culture.

But here’s the thing: the 'character-building' years are where the real magic happens. That’s when you’re sharpening skills, learning resilience, and setting the foundation for the next big win.

So if this year feels like a grind, don’t sweat it. You’re just laying bricks for the cathedral you're building.

Here’s a rundown of some cool stuff I’ve been diving into this week.

📖 ​The Secrets of Happy Families by Bruce Feiler​

📖 ​The AI Driven Leader​

I'm rooting for you to continue crushing it! 💪🏼

Dhiren