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Why We’re Walking - Project GWR Week 6

Hi everyone, and welcome to week six. When people hear seven marathons in seven days, they assume we're running. We're not. We're walking, and that's a deliberate decision built on what low-intensity work actually does to your physiology. This week I explain what happens inside your muscles when you go easy for a long time, why it's healing both of us rather than wearing us down, and why the most useful thing you do today might be the least impressive.

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Stress Is a Spark - Project GWR Week 5

Hi everyone. This one was filmed at sunrise, before I headed downtown to give a speech, on a morning where there was more to do than there was time to do it. That's the week most of you are having too. This week is about the thing that decides whether all that hard work puts you on a growth trajectory or a burnout trajectory, and it isn't working harder. I'll show you the two numbers I track, the two tactics that move them, and the one hour I want you to defend tonight.

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Fuel and Heal - Project GWR Week 4

Hi everyone, and welcome to week four. We've covered slowing down, choosing something big, and building systems. This week we're in my kitchen, because the two allies Ingrid and I are relying on most are our physiology and our psychology, and both of them run on what you feed them. I'll walk you through what's actually on our counter, why each thing is there, and the two small changes I want you to make this week.

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Practices are Better Than Willpower - Project GWR Week 3

I want to talk about why big goals sometimes freeze us completely, what your brain is actually doing when that happens, and why the answer is never more willpower. In this video I share the daily protocol Ingrid and I have been running for eight months, and the one small audit I want you to do today.

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Choose Your Antarctica - Project GWR Week 2

Hi everyone, and welcome to week two. Ingrid has a saying she lives by: find your possible. This week I want to talk about how you find it. We registered for seven marathons on seven continents in seven days, and some days I still don't know if it's possible. In this video I explain why a goal that big changes your behaviour more powerfully than a sensible one does, and how daily stress becomes the bridge between where you are now and where you want to be.

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Slow Down to Speed Up - Project GWR Week 1

Hi everyone, and welcome to the first week of the Great World Race Project. To get us started I want to share why Ingrid and I stopped all of our cardio training to get ready for seven marathons in seven days. That sounds backwards. It wasn't. In this video I explain what happened when we stopped, why our injuries finally healed, and the one question I want you to answer before we set our next health and wellbeing goals.

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