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1-2-3 Inner Game

  • Writer: Dhiren P. Harchandani
    Dhiren P. Harchandani
  • Oct 9
  • 3 min read

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


  • One Meal a Day

  • 1-2-3 Inner-Game

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

  • Brain Candy

  • What's Fueling My Curiosity



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I’ve been messing around with OMAD — one meal a day.


My slot is 6 p.m. Dinner.


That’s it.


The first day? Honestly, brutal. By 2 p.m. I was staring at the clock like a kid waiting for summer break.


But here’s the twist, once I made it to 6 p.m., ate my one meal, and then woke up the next day, something shifted. The hunger was there, but it wasn’t this giant monster anymore. And the upside was undeniable: more focus, cleaner energy, and this weird mental clarity, like I’d just run a software update on my brain. ⚡


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Here’s what I’ve noticed:

  • Mental clarity → sharper thinking, way fewer distractions.

  • Energy → no post-lunch crash, just steady output.


And the science-y reason people point to:

  • Autophagy → fasting gives your body time to repair and clean house at the cellular level. Basically spring cleaning for your insides.


The playbook is simple: pick a time (mine’s 6 p.m.), eat all your calories in that one meal, and that’s it. The rest of the day, it’s water, black coffee, tea, or other zero-calorie drinks.


Now, quick disclaimer: this is me sharing my personal experiment. It’s not medical advice, it’s not for everyone, and honestly, it probably sounds crazy to most people.


Don’t take this as “healthy advice”. Talk to your doctor before trying anything extreme. I’m just telling you what I’ve been playing with and what’s been working for me.



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.




What’s harder for you — physical discipline or mental discipline?

  • 🏋️ Physical (habits, food, workouts)

  • 🧠 Mental (focus, distraction, patience)

  • ⚖️ Both are equally tough

  • 🚀 Depends on the season I’m in



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


1 question to punch your brain this week


Are you chasing scale — or depth? (​Click to Tweet​)


2 questions (and answers) from me


  1. What’s the most common trap high performers fall into? Believing every hour must be optimized. Some hours should just be lived. (​Click to Tweet​)


  2. What’s the hardest part of leadership? Letting people struggle long enough to grow — without rescuing them too soon. (​Click to Tweet​)​


3 insights for the Inner Game Junkies


  1. Urgency Creates Blind Spots You can’t see long-term when you’re sprinting short-term. (​Click to Tweet​)


  2. Fear Disguises Itself as Logic Most “rational” reasons to wait are just polished excuses. (​Click to Tweet​)


  3. Growth Isn’t Linear It’s usually disguised as chaos before it becomes clarity. (​Click to Tweet​)


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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 path to happiness is widening, not tightening, your sources of joy.


Genius rarely has time to label its tabs.



What's Fueling My Curiosity


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📖 BOOK RECOMMENDATION

In Same As Ever, bestselling author Morgan Housel shares 24 short stories about the ways that life, behaviour, and business will always be the same. Armed with this knowledge of the unchanging, you will have a powerful new ability to think about risk, opportunity, and how to navigate the uncertainty of the future.

👓 INTERESTING READ (9 min)

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


Dhiren



 
 
 

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