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Ideas To Help You Operate At Your Highest Level

83 - Time Restricted Eating 03/11/2017

83 - Time Restricted Eating Could eating only when the sun is up really make a difference in your health and longevity? The research says that time-restricted eating can have a profound effect on your health. In this episode, Jeff share's what he's learned over the last month from trying this new approach. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/5159764

82 - Snow Angels 02/25/2017

82 - Snow Angels It finally snowed in February! I realize that sounds funny but it's been a very warm February by Nebraska standards. The fresh 3 inches of snow provided the perfect opportunity to get outside and play in the snow, except this time Jeff did it in nothing but a swimsuit to do some self experimentation he and Zack have been working on for the last couple of weeks. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/5116618

81 - The Voices In Your Head 02/14/2017

81 - The Voices In Your Head Who's voice do you hear in your head when you want to eat a donut? Or when you don't want to get out of bed? Or when you just don't feel like giving your all? In this episode we talk the value of intentionally developing those voices so you can better hold to your own personal standards. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/5083611

80 - Uncompromising on the Standards 01/21/2017

80 - Uncompromising on the Standards Welcome back for season 3 of the Ax & Yoke. We're starting this season with a little project to help Steve become more uncompromising with the standards he's set for himself. Like many of us, Steve knows what he wants to do in order to operate at his highest level, but for some reason or another just doesn't do the work. Zack and Jeff are going to help Steve get it done once and for all. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/5011837

79 - Move More And Exercise Less? 12/05/2016

79 - Move More And Exercise Less? Isn't working out an hour a day enough? Maybe not, if we're sitting in a chair all day. Today we talk about a book by Katy Bowman who encourages us to begin moving more during the day and to not sweat the hard workouts. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4885460

78 - Man the Rudder 11/25/2016

78 - Man the Rudder To man the rudder is to keep the balance of the vessel in check. Going too far in any direction leads to trouble. When developing our character we must balance what's in our nature with the version of ourselves we chose to show the world. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4861301

77 - I Wish I Was A Baller 11/05/2016

77 - I Wish I Was A Baller Finding the sweet spot for growth...it's more uncomfortable than you think. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4806912

76 - Time to Muster 10/30/2016

76 - Time to Muster Steve recaps lessons learned from his recent trip to San Diego to participate in the first annual "Muster" event hosted by most recent man crush Jacko Willink. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4786454

75 - Fitness Experiment #471 10/15/2016

75 - Fitness Experiment #471 Join us as we experiment with new exercise programs designed to get better results by doing less work. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4729003

74 - Road To Character 10/08/2016

74 - Road To Character Should we aim for something higher than happiness? Join us as we wrestle with that question and more as we read and discuss the introduction of David Brooks' "Road To Character". /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4728989

72 - Lessons From The Mountain 10/02/2016

72 - Lessons From The Mountain Join us as we discuss the first ever A&Y Expedition to Pike's Peak and what we learned from each other and about ourselves. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4712701

73 - Random Show 09/28/2016

73 - Random Show We cover a lot of topics on today's show so that we can catch you up on what we're reading and listening too so we can operate at our highest level. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4701808

71 - The Strangest Secret 09/04/2016

71 - The Strangest Secret Jeff pays tribute to Earl Nightengale and his "The Strangest Secret" cassette tape. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4641798

70 - Monsters of Productivity 08/27/2016

70 - Monsters of Productivity Steve shares some ideas for how to us the panic monster to help us be more productive. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4606088

69 - The Paradox of Choice 08/20/2016

69 - The Paradox of Choice Steve uncovers the idea that more options are not necessarily better. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4589565

69 - The Paradox of Choice 08/20/2016

69 - The Paradox of Choice Steve uncovers the idea that more options are not necessarily better. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4589562

69 - The Paradox of Choice 08/20/2016

69 - The Paradox of Choice Steve uncovers the idea that more options are not necessarily better. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4589561

69 - The Paradox of Choice 08/20/2016

69 - The Paradox of Choice Steve uncovers the idea that more options are not necessarily better. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4589555

68 - The Power of Influence 08/13/2016

68 - The Power of Influence Jeff shares a story that reminds us of the power we all have to influence others. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4589549

67 - Bring Out the Best In Others 07/30/2016

67 - Bring Out the Best In Others Our roles as parents, managers and leaders have one objective in common, to bring out the very best in others. There is one simple (not easy) approach that trumps them all, it's coaching. The more we can slow our rush to provide advice and instead ask questions the better we will be in helping others operate at their highest level. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4553736

66 - Travel Light 07/16/2016

66 - Travel Light Lessons learned in the Desolation Wilderness. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4519877

65 - Humility is the Reward 07/02/2016

65 - Humility is the Reward Failure and what it can teach us if we're willing to hear the lesson. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4487430

64 - Resources vs Resoursefulness 06/25/2016

64 - Resources vs Resoursefulness Are you guilty of blaming your lack of resources for your troubles? We all do it. In this episode, Steve gives us some ideas how to get over it and make progress anyway. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4469799

63 - Joining the Mighty 4% 06/19/2016

63 - Joining the Mighty 4% We often talk about the importance of starting things to learn what you should do next. We call it "putting the cart before the horse". It's a great recipe for getting off your couch and saying "Hell Yes" to the ideas and dreams in your head. But what should we do when we start things but can't seem to finish? We start behaving like the Mighty 4%. This is an elite group, because they're the ones who create the most value and they do it by doing one thing really well. They finish what they start. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4454169

62 - Raising Our Standards 06/12/2016

62 - Raising Our Standards This episode is a tribute to Chris Moore who passed away last week. Chris was an inspiration to us and the creative work we do. He taught us that "big growth comes when you begin boldly and keep at it." /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4436063

61 - Is Work Life Balance A Myth? 06/05/2016

61 - Is Work Life Balance A Myth? The Four Burner Theory challenges us to think about work life balance and what it takes to be successful. It heats up a debate on what tradeoffs we make in order to operate at our highest level and leaves us asking if it's true, and if it's worth it? /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4419623

60 - Mental Models: The Cheat Codes to Life 05/29/2016

60 - Mental Models: The Cheat Codes to Life If you’ve ever played video games as a kid, then you know the game designers hide secret shortcuts and cheat codes in the game for gamers to discover and use in order to beat the game. Charlie Munger says we should be using 80-90 mental models to optimize our decision making. These mental models are like the cheat codes of life and they’re more important than your circumstances in determining your destiny. In this episode, we how discuss how leveraging the right mental models greatly improves one’s ability to operate at their highest level. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4401864

59 - Do We Really Understand the 80/20 Rule? 05/21/2016

59 - Do We Really Understand the 80/20 Rule? Everyone who's ever tried to become more productive has heard of the 80/20 rule. What's surprising is how few people actually understand it's real value and even if they do understand it, fail to use it often enough. In this episode, Zack and Jeff talk about the 80/20 rule and this guy name Pareto who discovered it in 1896. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4385000

58 - Chasing Wonder 05/16/2016

58 - Chasing Wonder Our phones have removed the need to think and wonder anymore because we have the world of information at our fingertips. This week we discuss the value of returning to wonder and contemplation. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4373459

57 - The Most Fun Way To Improve Your Life 05/08/2016

57 - The Most Fun Way To Improve Your Life It's the little things that matter most in life and it turns out celebrating those moments can improve your life. /episode/index/show/axandyoke/id/4352269

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