Recovery for better resiliency, discipline and toughness

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2d (edited) • Intellectual/Personal Growth💡

"𝐈𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐲, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞".

I love that more than most people probably realize.

I also think there’s an important distinction that gets missed in conversations about growth, performance, and resilience.. Potential is not accessed through constant nervous system overload but I think many of us approach it in this way.

A lot of us try to force ourselves into higher performance while our systems are already chronically stressed, overstimulated, emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or stuck in survival mode.

This type of 'grinding' eventually catches up because our nervous system was not designed to just operate under endless pressure without recovery. A lot of self-development is focused around 'pushing harder', 'optimizing more', 'staying hungry', 'outworking everyone', and not slowing down. In the meantime, our bodies are asking to be regulated- asking for moments where they are not subconsciously bracing for the next impact. Healthy amount of sleep. Actual stillness. A sense of safety. A sense of real presence. Real connection with people that are actually grounding for our systems.

Many high functioning individuals don't even realize the level of dysregulation because performance is still high, there's still a high level of productivity, there's still movement and achievement. But...internally, we feel perpetually 'on', restless, detached from ourselves, unable to fully recover and kind of emotionally thin.We can be mentally tough but physiologically overwhelmed. This is a signal of survival and survival mode is not sustainable elevation. What's not addressed ends up seeping out in different ways.

To rise above mediocrity requires effort, discipline, and responsibility. It does require a level of hunger. BUT it also requires the capacity to regulate our nervous systems well enough that we can actually sustain the clarity, depth, creativity, emotional stability and growth over time. Otherwise burnout happens. An overloaded system feels heavier and things become more difficult than they need to be and then we end up judging ourselves for it "I need to be stronger" "I need to stop being lazy" "I just need more discipline" and on and on an on.

𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞.

R𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.

𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 “𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞,” 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

So.....what are you doing to recover? Not distraction or escapism, but actual recovery? Good recovery means putting yourself in a better position to operate to your potential! :)

POLL: What do you think is the biggest threat to human potential?

Shoutout to

@Wesley Penner

for introducing me to Notebook LM during a presentation in his community: executive skill journey (the infographic is through there, neat)

comfort and mediocrity

chronic stress and burnout

distraction/overstimulation

lack of meaning/purpose

lack of connection

other

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