Storytime.
I just broke a 46-hour fast.
Was gonna do longer but decided to end it when ChatGPT wouldn't stop nagging me to eat.
The reason: Skin rash I thought was eczema turned out to be fungus.
I wanted to see if making my body inhospitable to fungus while getting into ketosis faster will reduce inflammation.
The result: Hour by hour I can see my redness fading.
This morning, everything almost cleared.
What surprised me wasn't the physical results but everything else.
Zero hunger the entire time. Almost effortless.
I experienced mental clarity and focus like I've never experienced.
I wasn’t distracted by food, even when I was walking past some really nice looking ones near where I lived.
(Weird)
I also experienced much higher emotional stability.
As an example, I’m terrified of bees. But when I was breaking my fast, a bee landed on my table… but I didn't flinch.
I just looked at it calmly and let it accompany me as I ate.
(So weird)
All my senses were elevated also. Smell, sight, hearing, taste, touch.
I realized that I'm hungrier when eating normally than when fasting.
And because of that, I realized how much mental energy I spend managing food on a daily basis.
…when to eat…
…what to eat…
…home or outside…
…how to prepare for home.
The fast stripped all that away and gave me clarity and focus.
I spent most of my 46 hours happily working away on the AI Client Factory membership site.
The whole experience of learning all these interesting things about my body reminded me of an important lesson.
“Focus on the process, not the outcome.”
And I believe this happens in all areas of life - health, business, relationship, etc.
To really home in on this point I’m going to use another example.
A little known fact about me: I’m quite a good gamer.
I even scored top 1% globally in a recent event.
Other gamers in that game look up to me because of my scores, my gear, my time, etc.
But honestly, I never really cared about all of that.
Never cared about the loot, time, or ranking.
I just want to shoot stuff after work and relax.
As a result, I grew better and better.
Because I was just having fun with the process instead of chasing after a goal.
I got good by focusing on tiny processes.
Noticing what worked, then adjusting the small things.
Repeating.
Mastery came, and with it came better outcomes.
In that way, every challenge becomes fun for me.
But to the ones who didn’t do well, every challenge is yet another thing to complain about.
So what this really led me to reflect on was the importance of being obsessed about the process, not the outcome.
Most people obsess over outcomes, and that’s why they suffer and give up long before they ever see results.
So if you’re wanting to get better outcomes in your business, remember:
Focus on the process, not the outcome
Develop mastery, and results will follow
Tomorrow I'm sharing something about how this same principle can be applied to your business.
How getting the small foundational processes right creates the outcomes everyone's chasing.
It will also be a leadup to my Black Friday Offer this year too.
Talk soon.
FELIX