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

• Lessons from a Mumbai Cab Ride

• 1-2-3 Inner-Game

• Want the Mindset of a Winner? Learn the Crucial Steps to Reach your Goals

• Growth, Profit, Freedom: You Can't Have All Three (Until You Do)

• Brain Candy

• Rundown of Cool Stuff This Week

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I was in Mumbai this past weekend. My motherland. 🇮🇳

And for the first time, I felt something I’d never really felt before, a kind of patriotism, a pull, like the roots tugging at me.

Maybe it’s age, maybe it’s perspective, maybe it’s just finally slowing down enough to feel it.

One thing about me: whenever I’m in a foreign city, I talk to the driver. Always.

Chauffeurs, cabbies, Uber guys, they’re the real storytellers. They’ve seen it all, they’ll tell you the truth unfiltered.

This time was no different. My driver in Mumbai told me about what it’s like being a Muslim in India today.

The subtle racism, the doors quietly shut, the hustle needed just to earn dignity.

And it hit me.

Entrepreneurs face their own version of this. Not religion, but resistance. People doubting you, systems tilted against you, subtle bias that says: “this isn’t for you.”

And yet, the ones who make it are the ones who push anyway. Who keep showing up. Who earn their seat at the table no matter what the odds look like.

That’s what I took from that ride. A reminder that resilience isn’t about the pitch deck, or the product, or even the funding round.

It’s about how you move forward when the world feels tilted against you.

If you’re an entrepreneur, or know one who would benefit from creating clarity, aligning their team, building momentum, and growing their business with the Bloom Growth system, I’d love to connect.

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

1 question to punch your brain this week

Are you actually building a life… or just building a busier calendar? (​Click to Tweet​)

2 questions (and answers) from me

1. How do I know if I'm winning? Look at energy, not revenue. If your battery is draining, you’re scaling misery. (​Click to Tweet​)

   
   

2. What’s the mindset shift that compo? Stop optimizing tasks. Start eliminating them. Growth is subtraction, not addition. (​Click to Tweet​)​

3 insights for the Inner Game Junkies

1. Motion isn’t momentum. Don’t confuse busy with progress. (​Click to Tweet​)

   
   

2. Accountability is love. Holding people to a high bar is how you show you care. (​Click to Tweet​)

   
   

3. Meetings reveal culture. If your meetings suck, your culture does too. (​Click to Tweet​)

I recently had a great conversation with Seline Shenoy on The Dream Catcher Podcast. We spoke about what it takes to create the mindset of a winner, and the crucial steps necessary to reach your goals. Enjoy the episide below.

Growth, Profit, Freedom: You Can't Have All Three (Until You Do)

Available now on Apple Podcasts and everywhere you get your podcasts

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

The winners say yes before they have the playbook, then build the plane while they’re already in the air. Momentum first, manual later.

Facts. College at 19: “Ugh, boring lecture, let’s skip.” College at 39: “Wait, you’re telling me I can just read, think, and debate ideas all day? Sign me up.”

Moral of the story: Learning doesn’t get old. The older you get, the hungrier you get for it.

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

📖 ​Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

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

Dhiren