Video summary
The core subject of this discussion centers on the concept of a "performance gap," which exists between what individuals know they should do and what they actually execute in their daily lives. The speaker argues that a lack of information or knowledge regarding healthy choices is rarely the root cause of poor performance; instead, the issue lies in a failure of execution, implementation, and action. This disconnect is fundamentally driven by one's mindset, approach, discipline, belief system, and identity. To bridge this gap, the first actionable step recommended is to conduct an honest self-audit by listing the activities that truly energize and fulfill you—whether physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual—and then comparing them against your actual morning and evening routines.
By honestly examining whether the things that fill your "bucket" are consistently present in your daily bookends, you will likely uncover significant areas where you are showing up as less than your best self. The speaker emphasizes that closing this gap is not just about personal improvement but is a critical act of service toward others, including family, team members, and clients. When you prioritize your self-care to ensure your bucket remains full, measurable outcomes such as productivity, optimism, confidence, energy, and focus naturally increase. This process requires vulnerability and courage to admit where the disconnect lies, but it is the essential first step toward leveling up personal habits and overall performance.
Furthermore, the speaker asserts that mindset is not genetically encoded at birth but is a trainable skill that can be improved through intentionality, particularly by adopting a growth mindset. The video concludes with a powerful ethical argument: every time an individual shows up as less than their best version of themselves, it is an act of selfishness. As leaders and owners, failing to bring your full self to the table reduces the chances for your organization or studio to succeed and reach higher goals. Therefore, improving personal habits is not merely a lifestyle choice but a moral imperative to serve the people you care about and ensure that everyone around you benefits from your best effort.
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Lack of information is rarely the
problem for any of us. Most of us, and
if we're going to keep looking through
the lens of healthy food and nutrition,
most people
know what to eat. They they know what a
healthy decision would be, but they
don't always do it. And that's what we
call a performance gap. It's a gap
between what we know and what [music] we
do. So, very rarely any of us getting
tripped up in any area of our life is it
from lack of knowledge. It's from lack
of execution, or lack of implementation,
or lack of [music] action. And the the
what connects those two things is our
mindset, is our approach, is our
discipline, is our belief system,
[music] is our identity. Can you make a
commitment to have slightly better
personal habits for the rest of 2026
than maybe you had at the beginning of
2026? [music]
But before we even worry about
improvement, we need to take an
inventory of where we are at the moment.
So, here's your first actionable
takeaway. I want you to take out a piece
of paper and I want you to draw a
vertical line down the middle. On the
left side of the paper, I want you to
come up with an exhaustive list of the
things that and I'll put it in air
quotes, "fill your bucket."
Uh if you don't like that term, use any
term that you want. The things that
energize you, the things that light you
up, the things that make you feel alive,
the things that you absolutely love
doing. And these can be things for your
physical, your mental, your emotional,
or your spiritual well-being if that's
appropriate to you.
But the things that fill your bucket and
make you feel alive physically,
mentally, emotionally, or spiritually, I
want you to come up with an exhaustive
list and write those down. These are the
things you just love doing.
Then on the right side of the paper,
and this will take a little bit of
honesty, vulnerability, and just a
little dab of courage, but I want you to
write down how you typically spend the
bookends of your day.
Your morning and your evening routine. I
want you to write down what you
typically do for the first 60 minutes
after you wake up and what you typically
do for the 60 minutes before you go to
bed.
Now, I don't want you to write down what
you think you're supposed to do,
what people on Facebook or Instagram or
TikTok tell you you should do. I want
you to write down what you normally do
for the first 60 and the last 60 of
every day.
And then to complete this self-audit,
you're going to compare the two sets of
notes. You're going to compare either
side of the line, and you're going to
ask yourself the most fundamental
question you can ask when it comes to
leveling up your personal habits. And
that is, are you doing the things you
know you need to do to fill your bucket?
In other words, is the stuff on the left
side of the paper consistently showing
up on the right side of the paper?
Now, if you do this with a little
honesty, a little vulnerability, and a
little dab of courage, every single
person in this room, myself at the front
of that line, will uncover what's called
a performance gap.
And a performance gap is [music] the gap
between what we know
and what we actually do.
And the very first step to improving
your habits and your personal
performance and production is to start
to close that gap. In other words, it's
to start to take the stuff from the left
side of the paper and make sure that
you're bookending your day with it. That
you care enough about yourself, your
family, the the team members at your
studio, and the members that come into
your studio, you care enough about
serving all of those groups that you are
going to make sure that you prioritize
your self-care and that your bucket is
full. And remember what I told you just
a few moments ago, if you're willing to
make that type of commitment, you will
see your performance increase, your
productivity,
your optimism, your confidence, your
energy, your focus. Every single
measurable analytic will increase when
you decide to prioritize your self-care.
So, my goal is to help people close that
performance [music] gap and start
closing the gap between what they know
they should be eating and what they're
actually eating. Or what they know they
should be doing and what they're [music]
actually doing. And that all comes down
to mindset. And the best part, mindset
is trainable. Mindset is something
[music] that we can all improve upon if
we're very intentional about that. It's
not something that was genetically
encoded at birth. Mindset, [music] if
you have a growth mindset in particular,
is something that can we can all work on
and improve, which is the business that
I'm in.
>> [music]
>> And if that's not motivation enough to
do it for your own personal pride and
for your own personal production and
performance,
then you need to do it for the members
of the team and the members that you
serve. If you're taking notes, either
write this down or take a picture of
this slide. Every time you show up as
less than your best self,
it's an act of selfishness.
As leaders and as owners,
every time you show up as less than the
best version of yourself, you give your
studio less of a chance to be
successful. You give your studio less of
a chance to hit that [music]
be on that path to 500k or to a marker
higher than that.
So, we need to improve our personal
habits, not just to make our lives
better, but to make the lives better of
everyone it is [music] that we care
about.