Dan Go Quotes Page 2
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“Getting in shape is slow.
Getting out of shape is fast.”
“Getting your body in shape is a lot like investing.
The earlier you do it the better.”
“Hara Hachi Bu means to eat until you are eight parts (out of ten) full. Instead of eating until you are stuffed aim to eat to 80% fullness. This helps you avoid overeating and bloating while improving digestion.”
“How to build a lean and energetic body 101
- Drink water
- Walk 10k steps a day
- Eat whole nutrient dense foods
- Spend 1-2 hours a day in nature
- Lift weights using progressive overload
- Find an eating window that works for you
- Manage emotions without using food or alcohol”
“I'd do anything for my kids...
Cool, would you get healthy for them?”
“If you're able to hold two opposing opinions in your head as both true you're smarter than 95% of the population.”
“If you're lacking focus, exercise.
If you're feeling stressed, go for a walk.
If your mental health is declining, focus on your diet.
If you want a better mind put your focus into enhancing your body.”
“If your kids adopted your health habits would you be happy?”
“Ikigai is a term for your reason of being. Your ikigai is your lifes purpose. It’s what brings you joy and inspires you to get out of bed every day.
Contrary to popular belief it's not about professional accomplishment. It's about finding your bliss.”
“In Japanese the term Kaizen is made of two words: Kai meaning change. Zen meaning good.
It is about constant and never-ending improvement. It urges that even small changes accumulate to impact your life in a big way.”
“Instead of eating your stress, take a walk.
Instead of eating processed sugars, eat fruit.
Instead of sitting to do a meeting, go outside for a stroll.
Simple substitutions can make a world of difference.”
“Instead of mandating vaccines, they should have mandated everyone to exercise, eat healthy food and spend time in nature. If that happened we'd be in a much better place right now.”
“It’s better to be the oldest person in the gym than the youngest person in the nursing home.”
“Kintsugi means ‘to join with gold’.
Kintsugi is the art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold. They use this as a metaphor for embracing your imperfections and always putting back together the pieces.”
“Most of your mood and energy problems can be traced back to lack of sleep, lack of exercise or lack of nutrients.”
“Nature's Anti-Depressants:
- The sun
- Good sex
- The forest
- The ocean
- Meditation
- Breathwork
- Weight lifting
- Good friends
- Zone 2 cardio
- Walking 8-10k steps
- Nutrient dense foods”
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“Be on time. Being late means either it’s not important to you or you can’t be relied upon.”
“Not wanting to lift weights because you’ll look like a bodybuilder is like not wanting to drive a car because you’ll turn into an F1 race car driver.”
“Obesity is big business. Anxiety and depression are big business.
It's naive to think that companies would willingly give up profit for solutions that actually help solve these issues.”
“Oubaitori means never feeling the need to compare yourself to someone else.
It implies that each flower blooms in its own time and similarly, every individual has his own journey to embark on.”
“Overrated things for fat loss
- Keto
- Fasting
- Detoxes
- Running
- Cleanses
- Fat burners
- HIIT training
- 6 week challenges”
“Read non fiction in the daytime. Read biographies or fiction books at night.”
“Shinrin-yoku is known as forest bathing and it's a practice for relaxation.
The method is to be calm and quiet amongst the trees observing nature around you while breathing deeply.
Doing this lowers stress, increases creativity, and improves well-being.”
“Society has become so sedentary that a 20 minute walk is now considered exercise.”
“Some people are scared of eating eggs while having no issues putting donuts in their body.”
“Studies have shown that these plant based foods may help slow cognitive decline.”
“Swimming is an underrated form of cardio.
It’s a full body workout.
It increases lung capacity.
It's low impact on the joints.
I’d much rather prefer to swim than run a few miles.”
“The 5 Minute Rule
If you find yourself procrastinating commit to the action for only 5 minutes. You can only gain momentum by getting started. After doing it for 5 minutes you may find you can't get yourself to stop.”
“The Average Person
- Doesn't exercise
- Gets 4000 steps a day
- Doesn't get enough sleep
- Sits under fake light all day
- Eats nothing but ultra processed foods
The High Performer
- Does the opposite of the average person”
“The best thing I ever did for my workouts was leave my phone in my gym bag.”
“The literal translation of Uketamo is 'I humbly accept with an open heart.'
The sooner you can accept all the good and bad things life throws at you, the lighter you will feel. Avoid wasting time feeling sorry for yourself. Instead, embrace your reality and deal with it.”
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“We live in a world with a lot of insecure, jealous people. Some of them are our best friends. They are blood relatives. Failure terrifies them. So does our success. Because when we transcend what we once thought possible, push our limits, and become more, our light reflects off all the walls they’ve built up around them. Your light enables them to see the contours of their own prison, their own self-limitations. But if they are truly the great people you always believed them to be, their jealousy will evolve, and soon their imagination might hop its fence, and it will be their turn to change for the better.”
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