No Limits – A book on performance optimization of our lives with tools & maintenance manual for the billion dollar body – body, mind & soul.
If you are always intrigued about how to pack a lot more productivity in your days and are tired of tracking & testing hacks that listicles & gurus keep sharing; this is your encyclopedia.
Mukesh Bansal, founder behind Myntra & Cure.fit; at least packs 25+ good book learnings into this one in a bid to decode a manual to draw max out of life.
And its not just around health & fitness (diet, habit building); it also addresses mind & soul with mindfulness, meditation, creativity & purpose search. A simple read with at least 50 productivity hacks peppered across text for people who want to skim through.
Here are some gems from the book –
Ø Thoughts around plasticity of brain & body – Humans have spent 90% time on earth as hunter gathers & 10% working in agricultural fields; thus to believe you are too old to pick up a musical instrument at 40 is naïve. Your mind is plastic to learn at any age.
Ø What's needed to max performance – Deliberate Practice, Ignition, master coach, mindset (growth), will power, creativity & meaningful purpose.
Ø In life, in every sphere you can apply Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey – aspiration, odds, evil, effort, coach, right path, victory.
Ø Deliberate practice is all about those 10,000 hrs narrative to master anything.
Ø Ignition triggers our practice – inspiration from an idol, environment, parents etc.
Ø A master coach often shortens your journey with correction/feedback on practice.
Ø Strong mind & body together work to boost your muscle you flex most (to make it stronger).
Ø Sleep is a key maintenance process to boost performance.
Ø Meditation helps us to attain higher freq of brain activity associated with bliss.
Ø Mindset decides whether we work on ourselves to grow Vs believe its all about innate talent and stay stale.
Ø Will power keeps you going despite distractions during deliberate practice. It is cultivated with 3 drivers of sleep, fitness & food.
Ø One needs to taste, read & experience different things/fields to boost creativity.
Ø By understanding and channeling all the power of your mind and body into your true purpose, you can make magical things happen in your life.
