Ein Wochenende in unserer Unternehmer-WG auf Mallorca (VLOG)

I think that's one of the statements that has really had the most profound impact on my life . All my knowledge regarding health comes from him. That means I can highly recommend all his books . The greatest danger, as Gay Henrick always says, is actually the Zone of Excellence. You always think about the worst-case scenario . He almost never arrives. [music] [music] [music] Good morning friends, welcome to the new video. It just rained a little. Mallorca is a bit moody today, but somehow the sun keeps coming out every now and then. Jard and I have had an unspoken ritual since we moved to Mallorca, but I would say about once a week we grab our laptops and just work in the morning, if we don't have any calls, just a little bit straight from bed. And I have to say, I'm rarely as productive as when I'm working in bed in the morning, making a bit of White Girl Music and then working on a single project, which is what I'm doing. And currently my focus is on working on my book. I've already announced it in one or two vlogs . I've been working on writing my own book for a few months now, and those who know me know that I had my birthday a few weeks ago, and I've been writing a letter to my future self every year for my birthday for the past five or six years . So, there's a website called futureme.org. You can check it out for me, highly recommended. You can write a letter there and then you can schedule it. As a rule, I always do it this way: I write my birthday letter and send it to myself, and then a year in the future, the letter from the past arrives. And what I always make sure of is simply writing about how I'm feeling, what I'm doing , why my life is just a description of my current status. Um, and then I always reread the letters from the previous year and I always think it's so crazy what you can accomplish in a year. And especially when I list the struggles and problems I'm currently facing. I had never before read a letter on my birthday and thought, [ __ ], the problems from last year are still there. We overthink so many things and think that everything is totally terrible and fatal . And at the end of the day, the question you should always ask yourself is, do you think it will still be a problem in a year, and then it's usually not even worth getting worked up about or worrying so much ? And these letters have helped me tremendously with that. And if anyone is now asking, Diger, you just talked about the book, what do these letters have to do with it ? I've been thinking that I want to write such a book to my younger self, with the intention of including 12 chapters. I don't know if there will be 12 in the end. I currently have 12 planned. The first two have just been finished. Um, and that in each chapter I write a letter to my younger self, or rather, I also find some letters I've already written to myself and incorporate them into this book, thus sharing various learnings about life, mindset, relationships, entrepreneurship, and all the things that have somehow helped me get to where I am today as a person, as an entrepreneur, and yes, I wouldn't have thought it would take me so long to get back into this writing flow. My last major writing projects were at university, but now I'm slowly getting back to work . It's really fun. That's why I sit here in the garden on the terrace, or I sit in the office. I use the first two hours in the morning, before my appointments start, to write on my book, and yes, it's fun, and that's what this video is also about a little bit. เฮ [music] [music] [music] [ music] Over the last few months, while working on my book, I've repeatedly drawn on my favorite books to get some inspiration, especially in my writing style, but also to take out the best findings and such. And um, one of the books I'm currently rereading is, uh, Flow. Um, I've already talked about it in one or two videos. The Psychology of Optimal Experience: how you can basically perceive your life at the highest energy frequency in order to perform better and be happier. Um, I think you can tell that many of the books I usually present go in similar directions. Um, that's one thing I find incredibly exciting in the book . Let me show you this briefly. I'll just briefly show it here. And here is a graphic that basically describes how you can build a so-called flow channel , i.e., where the correlation between the challenge and your skillset is optimally balanced, so that you get into a channel where you progress as quickly as possible, have the best experience, uh, perform best, have the most fun, and are most in the moment. Um, and you can clearly see here that if the challenge is greater than a skill set, then you have severe anxiety. That is to say, it somehow relieves anxiety and fear. You ca n't be perfect and free in this moment. Um, but if you have too many skills and the challenge is too small, then you'll get bored very, very quickly, and finding that perfect balance between your skill set and, uh, the challenge, is where you have this flow channel, and when you 're within this flow channel, you're in an upward spiral where you feel like nothing can stop you, and this is also incredibly well explained and scientifically presented in this book. And that's why this is definitely a very, very cool book. uh, one of my absolute recommendations. [music] I'm jumping into my first calls today. เฮ [music] [music] [music] [music] So friends, I simply forgot to film earlier. I somehow got lost in a plot project and completely forgot that I'm vlogging today. Also, in case you're wondering why I speak so strangely, I've decided to go into Wiseline. Now I have to wear these dental braces all day for the next two years. Yes, if you ever see a video of me in the future and think I have a speech impediment, that's probably the reason . Look at the Hamburg license plates. True. HSV, even an HSV fan. HSV. Yeah, loser. Real things aren't bad right now. The season hasn't started yet, but yes. Yes. And now, Friday at 7:40 PM. We're now heading to the gym to train our upper bodies. Okay, let's go. So, I've changed my mind. I already had legs on my training schedule today. [music] I did n't really want to skip, but we're both doing it now [music] [singing] [music] [music] a number I think missing decimal look that I'm about to run now so much money music [music] never running out on when I'm talking to I can dum it down this m dog and I'ming out never coming down look down I don't care next I need it right now and I got going stupid dr what do I don't know We can find out. [music] [music] [music] Good morning. We've already done a little work today. We've already read the book, we've gotten ourselves a coffee, and we're now ready for the well-deserved upper body pump that we skipped yesterday. Another book that I've never talked about before, which I thought was really, really, really cool, is The Big Leep by Gay Henricks. And that's why I also read his second book this morning, called The Genius Zone. And in The Genius Zone he actually describes what he already described in detail in The Big Leep, saying that most people divide their competencies into four different zones – the Four Zones of Genius are actually divided like this. I'll reiterate here that you have an axis with talent and an axis with the time you spend on it. And similar to the flow state, the more time you spend doing the things you are most talented at, the more successful you will become. If you spend very, very little time on things where you have very little talent , then you are probably in your zone of incompetence there as well, and then there is also your zone of competence and your zone of excellence. And the greatest danger, as Jay Henrick always says, is actually the Zone of Excellence, because you gain status there, you get approval, you earn your money and you are pretty good there, but you are never in your Zone of Genius. You're never in that space where you outperform everyone else because everything that feels like play to you is work to everyone else. And many people get stuck in this Zone of Excellence and don't understand, or have no access to, the zone in which they are actually absolute geniuses. So whether you're starting a business or searching for your ultimate fulfillment in life, it's so worthwhile to explore this Zone of Genius, because the correlation between what you're really good at and what you love spending a lot of time in is real . Many people are simply unaware of this and remain stuck in this zone behind it, this Zone of Excellence, because if you are in your Zone of Incompetence, you will probably realize that you are bad and not attracting the results you actually want. And if you're really bad at something, then you realize you need to delegate. But if you're good at something, you don't notice it. And you simply don't have the capacity to deal with the things that would actually make you a very, very good choice. on you make that energy try to [music] do it how do it comp me on a different level different pedigre remember how you ch instead of meuh look at me now being his hand on me try to fit me in [music] the box like my name I know you hate to watch me become who I said I be who sleep [music] it can't be me up let me put you on to me the [music] you you make you made for this [music] Yeah. [singing] Listen to the hater K. [music] [music] [music] So, it's now Saturday noon, have fun, the sun is shining. We have a lunch date today and we drove across the island to the special restaurant S Gigs. Yes, Fil, show your reaction. My reaction? Yes, straight ahead. Oh my God. Dude, like, oh my god, that's cool, right? I picked a good one, didn't I? Super. I mentioned at the gym earlier that I'm currently rereading The Genius Zone by Gay Henricks, because I had previously read The Big Leap by him. And in The Big Leep, the author describes something like this , what do you call it? The Upper Limit Problem, and he describes how people manage to reach their Genius Zone and actually outperform everyone else completely because they are incredibly energetic, in the flow, and everything that feels like play to them is difficult for others, and that's why they outperform everyone else. People who manage to work and function in their Genius Zone all day naturally achieve amazing results. That means if they 're in the upper limit, they're successful in their careers and attract luck, success, money, and even the perfect love relationship and all that. And people who reach this point often have a mental problem called the Upper Limit Problem. When everything in their lives is going too well, they think that something must be going wrong, that something bad should be happening right now, and that they probably don't deserve it. And that's the big problem: people tend to sabotage themselves at the very moment they are most successful. They start an unnecessary argument, or they start making some stupid decision, or they overthink some irrational scenario that never exists. And I see this so often with friends and sometimes with us too, and when everything is going perfectly, you start doing some stupid crap because you somehow have your own reasons where you realize, okay, yes, now I've realized again that not everything is as perfect as it seems. And I believe that's a huge skill, not only to find that Genius Zone, but also to mentally stay in that state and allow yourself to live an amazing life and achieve amazing results. And it's incredibly interesting to observe how many people are at this point, reaching their absolute limit and therefore unable to maintain it. This is the story of my life. You need to think of yourself too. [laughter] I could have said that last week when we were on vacation, everything was really nice and everything was good and I was like, oh my God, how can everything be so good right now? Something has to happen now, something has to go wrong again, because everything was so perfect last week, and I often have this overthinking feeling . I always notice it really intensely during massages; when I'm having a massage, I have that one hour just in my head and I overthink everything. We always tend to think in terms of the worst-case scenario. It's never the case that you think maybe only part of the problem will occur, because you always think the worst case will happen. Yes, but it doesn't have to happen, and in fact, it almost never does. Okay, I just quickly looked it up again here. In essence, he's saying that behind it lie inner convictions such as, "There's something fundamentally wrong with me." I do n't deserve this level of success and love. Or if I become more successful , I will leave or betray my origins. I must not become much more successful or happier than my family, friends, or other social circle. More success brings more pressure. As I grow older, more responsibilities and problems automatically arise. And if I shine too brightly, I take something away from others . I should make myself smaller so that others don't feel bad. And all of these are beliefs within us, patterns where we constantly keep ourselves small and sabotage ourselves, even though everything is actually fine. And I think everyone who hears this realizes that if you've ever gotten a good grade in school , won a big client, or somehow met what feels like the love of your life and think to yourself that it's too good to be true, you always fall into these patterns and sabotage yourself to keep yourself small . And I think it's so important to, uh, change course there. [music] [music] No tomato. [music] [music] How was it for you? What was the book that triggered one of the most profound life lessons for you? For me, it's definitely true, or rather, all the books and all the insights I've gained from Dr. Joe Dispenser has. So, generally speaking, Dr. Joe Dispenser is a really crazy guy, because the story behind him is really crazy. He once ran a triathlon or something, I don't know, and was hit by the truck and completely broken, of course. And the doctors said either he would never be able to walk again, or he would have a metal plate inserted through his entire body and would be in pain forever. Neither of those are particularly exciting insights. Dr. Jolas Pener was a neuroscientist who studied something about the brain and such. And then he thought, okay, he's currently researching how the power of thought can heal. He had therefore developed meditation, where he healed himself using only his thoughts . The doctors said that this was actually impossible. There are only these two options. And he truly healed himself through meditation alone; he is now completely healthy, can walk, is fit, is athletic, and is a doctor. JP has written several books about how he does it all . I think you are the best at explaining the placebo effect, you know, and how to use the power of thought for your own healing. And what did I take away from the book? Yes, at some point I simply decided that I would never get sick again, that I would always be healthy. [clears throat] And I think the last time I had Corona was in 2020, or I think at the beginning of 2021, and after that I never had the flu again and was never sick for long. I was a little under the weather once , but I really haven't been sick since. So it doesn't matter if Tim had caught it from someone else beforehand and was sick in my bed and I took care of him and nursed him back to health and we slept in the same bed , we kissed and everything. I didn't get sick, I didn't get infected, and that 's generally my superpower, and all my knowledge regarding health I got from Dr. Jo Spener, that is to say, I can highly recommend all of his books. I especially liked that you are the placebo. Yes, because it has completely changed my mindset about health and how you can actually change everything in your life with the power of thought, and it is explained scientifically in his books because he is a scientist. [music] My sweets [music] [music] [music] Are you happy? It has to taste good. But that's low on sugar. Absolutely awesome . [music] The chocolate sauce and the brownies too, right? Yes, it's very tasty. [music] With pistachio cream, it's even really great. This is such a cool spoon. Do you see this? I'll give it to you. I wanted to show you the camera, but I'll give it to you. So, friends of the sun, it's now Sunday afternoon. I spent all day working on my book today. I had a very, very good deep work session today. One of my favorite tools, which is helping me a lot right now and which I have spent a lot of time with over the last few months. Actually, one of my favorite AI tools is Whisper Flow. A really, really cool app where you can basically work a lot with speech recognition among all your other tools. And I primarily use it so that whenever I have any ideas, have read something good, listened to a great podcast, done some journalism, or something like that. I've built up my own agents, like, I said, my own journals, my own, um, I have a, what should I call it? Basically, it's like a Tim's Database, a database where I store all my thoughts when I need them for content or for my books, whatever it is. I just jot down all sorts of thoughts, things I [ahem] think about when I 'm on vacation, traveling, or whatever. And, um, Whisperflow basically saves all the data you input via the voice function. And I think it's very, very nice that if you're regularly out and about, walking or traveling, you can simply speak into it using the voice function and share all your thoughts. And today I sat down and took apart everything I've had, um, in terms of thoughts over the last few months . And I've just taken apart the entire chapter structure of my book and have always said that if I've had any cool thoughts or concepts or ideas about it in my database over the last two years, he should assign them to me so that I can maybe tell some cool stories, and I realize that AI is currently an extremely powerful, let's say, growth driver for advancing such processes . I'm going to put on my swimming trunks now. She's already in a bikini. We haven't been in our garden or pool at all for the last few weeks. Therefore, we will now have another reading session. I'll give you a few more insights into my other favorite books. [music] [music] [music] So friends, a book or author whose books I have probably consumed most by far in recent years is this good man here. Not this good woman, but this good man here. Um, I've learned a lot , a lot, a lot, a lot from Tony Robbins over the past few years, and I just took the time to summarize my favorite statements from Tony Robbins on the topic of state management. And the thing I appreciate most about Tony Robbins, and funnily enough, is also what Janet often appreciates most about me, is the point that Tony Robbins once said, and I think that's one of the statements that has really had the most profound impact on my life . The number one key to success in life is to master your own state. If you can manage and master your states, there is nothing you can't do. And I have often noticed that I can influence my own state, that is, the condition I am currently in in my life, and that this can lead to a better experience in my life. And I've compiled my five favorite learnings on State Management from Tony Robbins, using all the books and my AI, and it was really fun to pick them out for you, and I want to share them because they are truly some of the most amazing life lessons. So learning number 1: You don't experience life as it is. You experience life as you are. That means that the very first thing you should do when you have issues, problems, or challenges in your life is not to solve the problem first, but to first adjust your state. And by that I mean the state from which you are observing the problem . That means that as soon as you are in a different state, you have a different perspective. A different perspective can help you make better decisions. Therefore, don't solve problems first, first edit your state. Then learning number 2, physiology first, emotion. Follows Motion. What does that mean? The fastest way to change your state is through your body. It's very easy to optimize your posture, adjust your breathing, and adjust your facial expression . You know how it is, if you start smiling like 30 times, you automatically get into a better emotional state, or adjust things like your movement , your voice, or simply listen to your favorite music, or get into a frequency where you can perform better. If you adjust your physiology first, it will also be easier to adjust your state. Learning number 3: Where focus goes energy flows. One of Tony Robbins' most famous quotes. And it's quite good that you shouldn't ask yourself why something might not be working in my life right now. Yes, because then I'm focusing on the defeat or the problem, but we should always focus on the solution, yes, direct our energy or our focus precisely towards it, so that our energy flows there. Shouldn't we be asking ourselves why something isn't working, but rather what I can do to make it work? As soon as we ask the right questions in our lives, we have a different focus and at the same time a different state. So change your questions, change your focus, change [music] your state. [music] [music] Point number 4 to adjust his state . Meaning creates emotion. Tony Robbins says: "Events don't create our emotions. The meaning reattach to events does." That means we don't say, "Hey, [ __ ], I just failed or I didn't manage something," but rather, what can I always learn from this? How might this wrong decision protect me? Yes, that's good. Janet is saying something , I don't know if you've heard it, but when your flight is delayed, you might think, for example, hey, if I had been at home or if I had gotten into a taxi at the destination airport, maybe there would have been some kind of accident or something. That means if we associate a different emotion with something that is initially negative for us , it can suddenly become positive. Or another good example, which I just advised a good friend of mine yesterday: she had an apartment viewing , unfortunately didn't get the apartment, and someone once told me— because I also once got rejected for my absolute dream apartment— just imagine that the neighbors were really awful and, I don't know, rapists or terrorized you. Something really bad. No matter how great the apartment is, if you have such psycho neighbors, it's not a nice experience to live in, and that helped me accept not getting the apartment . Yes, so Main Main Take, meaning creates emotion. What might a primarily negative event have potentially protected me from? This is a very, very nice reframe for such things. We give the matter a different meaning, are consequently in a different emotional state, and therefore have a better state. So always ask yourself, what else could this mean? What else might this situation mean for me ? And learning number 5: your peak state can always be trained. And that's what Janet always sees in me, and no matter how bad my day is, how do you always say that I'm so able to quickly get myself into a good state? If you're having a bad day, but you have a webinar that day, for example, and everything seems to go wrong beforehand, you manage to get yourself into a good energy state right before it starts. I mean, I watched your last webinar , and you absolutely nailed it, even though you were in a bad mood beforehand, or it could have ruined the day, but no, you managed to get yourself back into your good energy state. So, I wasn't in a bad mood because I had a bad day , but because, uh, we unfortunately had two links and somehow 800 people from the webinar were in the wrong room. That was the background. But yes, I think it's very much the key indicator for success: being able to quickly influence your state , no matter how bad the things that are happening are, and being in your peak state as much as possible. You can see this repeatedly throughout the video. I believe that whether we talk about the Genius Zone or the Flow Flow State, we see time and again that people who manage to spend as much time as possible in their Peak State each day and consciously bring themselves into this Peak State are the people who can achieve the most incredible successes in their lives . That means some things that are extremely helpful are so -called priming or smaller rituals, such as meditation or small things that automatically bring you into a better state, or so-called conditioning, i.e., conditioning yourself. At the end of the day, your task is not to wait to feel better or for God to suddenly put you in a better state, but to take responsibility for your state, influence it yourself, and thereby attract better results in your life. At some point, you have to learn to access your desired state almost at the push of a button, and then you can perform at your best and are probably also the happiest in your life. [music] So, Jan and I have another project this year. Are you happy? Yes, [music] our plan is to run a half marathon together. Not an official one, just for us. But I have never jogged 10 km in my life, and today I am going for the second time in my life to jog 10 km. Exactly . Completely relaxed in Jet Zone 2. So, my Zone 3. Ready. [music] [music] [music] So, I don't know the distance as three kilometers. Three. Hi. [music] So, 5.5 km. We're going to jog over to that statue up ahead and then back. How are you feeling? Okay, I think I'm even a two at [music] . Zone two? Yes . It feels that way. [music] Castle [music] and [music] 7. [music] We actually have more kilometers already, but I always tell Jan that we are not yet ready to push them a little more. [music] I think we're doing 12 today, but I say we're doing 1. I'm just filming a bit in between, let the [music] play for a bit and then I'll do a few sprints and catch up. But now the sun is very, very pleasant. [music] Do you think I'm lying to you about the distance? It's kilometer 9, I know it, I can feel it. [music] So friends, we've just gotten back from the run and I've already worked my magic . This contains one kilogram of chicken breast marinade with lemon and tomatoes. So, on Sunday evening the gains will be saved here, and I would recommend that you subscribe to the channel, check it out again next week, and until then Janet has nothing else to say. Hey! Ciao! [music] [music]