The 3 Habits That Make You Unshakeable (from a 30-Year Trial Lawyer) with Carl Ficks

Companion to the MaxLife episode with Carl Ficks

Carl Ficks, a trial lawyer for 30 years, protected his new car better than his own body until it nearly cost him, then built his whole life around one rule: protect the asset, because if you're not standing, you're not serving anybody.

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Who Counts On You

List the people who depend on you showing up well: family, team, clients, friends. Who gets shortchanged the most when you're running on empty?

What You Guard Instead

Carl protected his car better than his body. Grading yourself 1 to 10 on how carefully you actually protect each of these, how big is the gap between the top rows and the last one?

My money1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

My schedule1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

My reputation1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

My body and mind1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

The Worse Version

When you haven't taken care of yourself, who gets the tired, short-tempered version of you, and what does that actually look like for them?

Rest Isn't The Reward

Most of us treat taking care of ourselves as a treat we earn after the work. If you treated it as part of the work instead, what's the first thing you'd stop apologizing for?

Your Starbucks-Line Workout

Carl says people happily wait 20 minutes in a coffee line, and in those same 20 minutes you could move your body. What dead 20 minutes in your day could become care for the asset, starting tomorrow?

Everyone you serve gets the version of you that's left after you've spent yourself. Carl's whole point is that protecting the asset isn't selfish. It's the cost of staying in the game for the people who count on you. So which 20 minutes will you take back first?

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