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How do you create explosive energy everyday?

While listening to The Power of Intention I heard something that made sense on a level I had never thought of before. I’ve taken liberties with the story here so pick up the audio if you want to hear it from the horses mouth.

A stressed man in a small farming village went to a local teacher who was a very wise man. He told the teacher of his problems.

“My home is so crowded with all my in-laws! What should I do? There is not room to move around the house.”

After a few moments of reflection the teacher said, “Do you have any sheep?”. To that the stressed man said, “yes”.

The teacher then instructed the man to bring all the sheep in the house.

After a few days the man came back to the teacher… “You’ve made my life worse! I came to you for answers!” In reply the teacher said, “Do you have any chickens?”. The man said, “Yes”. Then the teacher instructed him to do the same thing he did with the sheep.

Of course the man came back even more angry than ever… and again the teacher repeated this pattern. This time he had him bring all his dogs.

The next time his lamas.

And finally his horses.

In one last attempt to save his home from complete and total chaos, the man returned to the teacher, finally in tears he broke down once more and said it is too much his home is far too crowded for anything useful to happen there.

And with this the teacher said, “great!” Now go remove the sheep, the chickens, the lamas, and the horses.

With that the man left and did exactly what the teacher said.

The next the teacher saw the man and asked is your home still too crowded? In reply the man said, “No it is not, and thank you! You have fixed my problems!”

So what is the moral of the story?

You must increase your threshold of tolerance for anything you want more of. Just like the man who wanted more room had to get comfortable in a truly crowded home. You will need to increase your tolerance too.

If you want energy that’s explosive and positive every day you have to elevate yourself higher than that level. Work out intensely, breath powerfully, take your supplements, and commit to eating right!

Each one of these activities  increases your threshold for these things and these are the things that will make you feel awesome everyday.