FML11: Self-Massage, Mastering Credit & Being the Hero of Your Own Story
ALCHEMIZE FML
Newsletter #11
Weekly Tips, Tools & Strategies to alchemize your Fitness, Money & Life
“You are the hero of your own story.”
— Joseph Campbell, American Writer
What story will your write about your life?
Greetings my fellow Life Alchemists!
I experimented with a new format on my podcast this past week. It's called Alchemize Life Upgrades 1.0 & I share the mic w/ Brian Turner (YouTuber, Bodybuilder & Coach) & Maxime Sigouin (Podcaster & 7-Figure Fitness Coach). We share a ton of things we've implemented in our life to upgrade our fitness, health, mindset, money & more. If you're looking to level-up in life definitely give it a listen & view the show notes for tons of links to books & other resources.
Without further ado, let's FML! Your weekly dose of actionable tips, tools & strategies to Alchemize your Fitness, Money & Life to the Next Level!
FITNESS: Develop the skill of daily Self-Massage.
I like to think of my body as a super high-performance machine. In order to perform at its highest level it needs to be tuned up daily. All the parts & gears must be well-oiled so that it doesn't break down & so that it can reach the highest levels of performance day-in & day-out. One of the ways I do this is through the habit of daily self-massage. My four favorite tools for this are: (1) Theragun Pro, (2) Foam Roller, (3) Theracane & (4) Neuro Ball. My daily morning ritual includes 10-30 minutes of self-massage using these tools. This habit keeps my muscles young & my body tuned up for peak performance.
MONEY: Develop an empowering relationship with Credit.
Credit is not good or bad. Credit is a tool. Credit, when used strategically, can be an incredibly powerful ally to grow your wealth. When used improperly it can cause a lot of harm. Just like a knife can be used to make preparing food infinitely easier or a knife can cause a lot of pain if its edge isn't respected. I've been on both sides in regards to credit. I used to get crushed by credit card debt, ridiculously high interest & late fees before I had my major money-makeover. Now I use credit to save $1000s on travel, shopping & rent every year. I teach my coaching clients how to use credit in responsible ways to empower their financial freedom. The easiest way to begin developing an empowering relationship with credit cards is to practice always paying in full so you are not charged any interest. This can be setup automatically with every credit card. Once you have this practice under control you can start strategically utilizing the right credit cards to get travel points that can be redeemed to fly for free & get free hotel rooms. You can also use points to shop for stuff on amazon. And now you can even pay rent with a credit card & get points back to reduce the cost of your rent with the Bilt Mastercard (use my referral code to support this newsletter).
LIFE: Be the hero of your own story or movie.
Any time you are facing a challenge in life, pretend to be the hero in a story or movie of your life. Then write down all the things that hero would do to overcome the challenge. Now you have an action-list of what to do next and even more importantly you are now in the mindset of a hero who can & will overcome whatever comes up because this movie is going to have a happy ending (if that's the script you want to write).
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Sending you all lots of Energy & plenty of Dragon Magic!
Justin "Dragon" Carl