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033. Olympian, Jon Edwards, on The 3 Secrets To High Performance – Part 1

Written by Ash Roy | Jul 20, 2015 10:06:42 AM
 

Olympian, Jon Edwards, on the 3 Secrets To High Performance – Part 1

Olympian, Jon Edwards, on the 3 Secrets To High Performance – Part 1

Jon Edwards is an Olympian, a business owner, a blogger, a husband and a dad to two beautiful children. Jon has been on ESPN Sports Illustrated details magazine CBS and NBC and today he’s going to talk to us about how you can take the techniques Olympians use to make your life and your business better to increase your productivity and dramatically improve your performance.

Key points (with timestamps)

  • 2:25 – Brief overview of Jon’s journey as Olympian and Entrepreneur
  • 8:52 – Three key abilities
  • 10:35 – The fourth key
  • 11:35 – How physical capabilities apply to an online business environment
  • 16:00 – Jon’s story about Dvorjak keyboard
  • 19:23 – A story about learning new skills
  • 24:10 – Jon’s take on the importance of sleep
  • 26:53 – Managing activities and resources, and staying focused
  • 32:20 – The importance of feedback
  • 40:50 – Lifestyle Creep
  • 41:58 – Talking about high-performance
  • 44:15 – “The majority of the workforce is operating in a fatigue state.”
  • 44:52 – Learning how to visualize the things you want to accomplish
  • 46:26 – Mindfulness as meditation in action
  • 48:50 – Cultural and Educational Entrenching