In this episode I talk about my exercise habit. I realised when being interviewed on a recent podcast (this one, I think: https://forum.podcaster.community/t/editing-with-robbie-swale/2884) that my longest standing habit actually isn't the 12-minute writing practice. Instead, it's my habit of exercising every work-day morning. In this episode I talk about that: how someone being mean essentially started it, how I've evolved it over time, how becoming someone who exercises in the morning makes it easier to DO that now, than to not do it. I also talk about the power of considering our mortality, and how future you will be SO GLAD you started exercising regularly. 

This one felt to me like - alongside learning Spanish (E6 - https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/QvYzupBRhtb) - one of the places where perfectionism got in the way of me exercising for a long time. And as I was speaking I also realised that it was the place where the talent myth held me back the most. Read more about the Talent Myth here: https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12-minute-blog/2022/1/23/the-talent-myth

I said I would link to a few things...

My article, It's Time For You To Die: https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12-minute-blog/2021/12/15/its-time-for-you-to-die

The Energy Project: https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12-minute-blog/2021/12/17/the-only-resources-that-last-are-the-ones-we-learn-to-renew

My article about my morning routine: https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12-minute-blog/2021/12/17/how-i-work-through-sadness-and-fragility-each-morning

My friend Paul Thompson and his businesses, which have helped me so much:

Worksmart Wellbeing: https://worksmartwellbeing.co.uk/ 

PT Health Coaching: https://pthealthcoaching.com/

The PT Health Coaching YouTube Channel, which is where I do all my HIITs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKcdPFoJfe1iJKjVmrsTk2w

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About the 12-Minute Method Podcast: In this podcast, I (leadership coach and author Robbie Swale) investigate why we sometimes don't do the things that deep down we really want to do. In each episode of season 1, I am going to reflect on a time in my life where I have beaten procrastination, become more productive and finally done something important to me, hoping that by doing this I will learn more about what it really takes to go from wanting to do something (but not doing it) to getting it done. And hoping that whatever you take away from each episode might help you get your idea off the ground and out into the world.

Find out more about Robbie and the 12-Minute Method books at www.robbieswale.com.