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Do you define who you are or do you leave it up to others to do it for you?

On HPL#18 Andri discusses the importance of building a solid personal identity with Hilana Claassens.

Hilana is the National Player Development Manager for MyPlayers, which is the commercial arm of the SA Rugby Players’ Association. She is responsible for the holistic development of professional rugby players in South Africa. As a psychologist, she manages a team of player development managers spread across South Africa, all with the common goal of helping players plan and grow their own personal wellbeing.

In this episode you will learn how the develop a strong personal identity and why it is important.

We also clarify the importance of separating what you do and why you do it, that your vocation or career is not your purpose, but rather a tool you use to discover and then share it.

You will also learn the importance of relationship and perspective in developing self-awareness as crucial for accepting help and advice and to screen and ignore ‘negative noise’.

A strong personal identity is the cornerstone for living a life that values personal development and professional success. Stay tuned to an incredibly insightful discussion with a powerful woman in the South African sporting landscape.

SHOW NOTES:

MyPlayers

The Wheel of Life Exercise

The Johari Window

 

 

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What did you learn during a world-changing 2020?

On HPL#17 I afford myself some time to share a couple of philosophies on what this year taught me about leadership and how it can help you also be a better leader that is driven for performance.

Whether you lead others or just want to lead yourself well, the basic principles for building a high performance life are the same.

In this episode you will learn how a narrow focus can better help you choose what to prioritise when aiming for achievements. You will also learn that being jobless is okay and that true freedom comes from doing your own thing.

Most importantly you will learn that the core of solid leadership is to find something you truly believe in and to stand strongly for it, rather than finding something to stand against. Inspiring people to follow your legacy relies on your ability to get people to believe what you believe in and to be able to understand what motivates people’s points of view.

Enjoy the show!

In the episode I mentioned Andy Stanley’s talk on leading yourself well. I can strongly recommend it!

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We are essentially a collection of everything we have experienced in our past. The things we remember to be important for us make up our values and these can be useful in determining our life purpose.

Emile van Biljon, a Human Behaviour Specialist with the Demartini Institute, talks us through elements of his life story and how his different career shifts helped him discover his life purpose.

In this episode you will hear how he helps coach people to discover their life values and how they form the basis for building a purposeful life. We also chat about the value of personal development, particularly the role of mentors and coaches in helping people ask the right questions that can guide them to a more meaningful life.

High Performance is a result of knowing what we want. Without a clear picture of what that is, we can’t act on building the life we want. This episode will show us how to create that clarity and then convert it into a lifestyle that moves towards our purpose every day.

SHOW LINKS

The Demartini Institute

Rich Roll’s Finding Ultra

James Clear’s Habit Stacking

Benjamin Hardy’s Future Self Course

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So many of us sit all day at a desk. For most who do it’s causing a backward spiral that you may not be aware of. Or you might already have injuries that you didn’t even know were caused by sitting.

A couple of years ago I continuously twisted my ankle while running due to an under-firing left leg. I managed to trace this problem back to weak glutes caused by sitting.

In this episode I have a conversation with Stellenbosch Academy of Sport physiotherapist Nadia Clenzos.

Nadia is a rehab physio with the Springboks Sevens team, having also previously worked with WP Rugby and the Junior Springboks.

She helps me find out how reawakening the glute muscles (your butt) and just moving around a bit more during the day can avoid your muscular system from spiralling into an imbalanced mess, like mine did from constant sitting.

Tune in to find out how prolonged sitting might also be the cause of weak glutes and constant muscular issues for you as well.

LINKS:

The Prehab Guys

Born to Run

The Thomas test for tight hip flexors 

Hip flexor stretches

Glute Activation

 

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We live in an age of complexity. We want more knowledge, more skills, more roles and more tasks to drive our lives. We want busyness to be the proof of our productivity.

Ross Williams is my guest on the HPL Podcast #14 and he believes that this is the most ineffective way to successfully build a high performance lifestyle.

Ross is a relationship marketing specialist and rugby coach. He believes in simplicity, mastery and focus and strongly feels that less is more and slower is better. We tend to be more successful in the areas we are best at and if we spend more time on them, we are almost guaranteed a happier life.

He feels that we also need to take life a little slower if we are to keep our minds healthy and strong for when we really jump into seasons of serious performance.

Check out the latest episode of the HPL podcast for our chat on how to build better performance by simplifying, focusing and taking it a bit slower.

You can follow Ross on Linkedin and Twitter or check our his company, Inversion Agency.

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Sometimes all we need is an amazing story. Elliot’s is one that will change your life.

 

Elliot Zolile Hanabe overcame so many odds to be where he is today, working as a technical analyst for one of the world’s top rugby brands. His story is one that is so familiar in a South African context yet, where most other kids from the street never break out of poverty and desperation, he has managed to build a career in high performance…all the while still keeping a smile on his face.

 

The HPL podcast episode #13 is all about hope and hard work. It’s about making the most of every opportunity and choosing to not let the difficulties of life get you down. If there is someone who has almost earned the right to feel hard done by in life, it’s Elliot. Yet, he chooses to focus on the fact that he can still be a source of joy for others.

 

This is not a typical high performance case study, but it is a great story of resilience and hard work.

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Everyone needs a high performance plan for their money. Most people don’t even know where to start. In the HPL podcast #12, Andri chats to Geo Botha, wealth planner and financial expert from Bovest Wealth Management.

Geo is a high performer. Not only is he a partner at Bovest Wealth (a family-owned financial firm that he manages with his father and brother), but also a strong lifestyle triathlete, former junior professional rugby player, former Mr South Africa contestant and co-host of the ‘F’-word podcast.

In HPL12 Andri chats to Geo about setting up a full plan to earn and manage your wealth. In this 3-part episode you will learn how to:

1. Identify and develop your own personal mindset and philosophy about money;

2. Structure your life, earnings and budget so that your lifestyle reflects your financial goals;

3. Executing your financial plan by programming your habits and making the right daily decisions

Geo is very passionate about wealth and money, without being obsessed with it, which makes him a great guide on how to use money as a tool for building a life that creates value for everyone around you.

You can reach Geo on Instagram and Linkedin.

You can also email him for further advice or to set up a conversation about your wealth planning.

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Everyone needs a high performance plan for their money. Most people don’t even know where to start. In the HPL podcast #12, Andri chats to Geo Botha, wealth planner and financial expert from Bovest Wealth Management.

Geo is a high performer. Not only is he a partner at Bovest Wealth (a family-owned financial firm that he manages with his father and brother), but also a strong lifestyle triathlete, former junior professional rugby player, former Mr South Africa contestant and co-host of the ‘F’-word podcast.

In HPL12 Andri chats to Geo about setting up a full plan to earn and manage your wealth. In this 3-part episode you will learn how to:

1. Identify and develop your own personal mindset and philosophy about money;

2. Structure your life, earnings and budget so that your lifestyle reflects your financial goals;

3. Executing your financial plan by programming your habits and making the right daily decisions

Geo is very passionate about wealth and money, without being obsessed with it, which makes him a great guide on how to use money as a tool for building a life that creates value for everyone around you.

You can reach Geo on Instagram and Linkedin.

You can also email him for further advice or to set up a conversation about your wealth planning.

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Everyone needs a high performance plan for their money. Most people don’t even know where to start. In the HPL podcast #12, Andri chats to Geo Botha, wealth planner and financial expert from Bovest Wealth Management.

Geo is a high performer. Not only is he a partner at Bovest Wealth (a family-owned financial firm that he manages with his father and brother), but also a strong lifestyle triathlete, former junior professional rugby player, former Mr South Africa contestant and co-host of the ‘F’-word podcast.

In HPL12 Andri chats to Geo about setting up a full plan to earn and manage your wealth. In this 3-part episode you will learn how to:

1. Identify and develop your own personal mindset and philosophy about money;

2. Structure your life, earnings and budget so that your lifestyle reflects your financial goals;

3. Executing your financial plan by programming your habits and making the right daily decisions

Geo is very passionate about wealth and money, without being obsessed with it, which makes him a great guide on how to use money as a tool for building a life that creates value for everyone around you.

You can reach Geo on Instagram and Linkedin.

You can also email him for further advice or to set up a conversation about your wealth planning.

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“What your day looks like depends on where you need to get to. Every day needs to contain proofs of the end goal you want to achieve.” – Andri Stander

Who hasn’t had a rough year? It doesn’t matter what the year is. When you stretch out your timeline long enough to contain all the things that have happened to you and what you need to achieve, chances are you are increasing the level of stress in your life.

The secret to fighting this is to shrink that timeline to just focus on today. If you can make today great and then tomorrow and then the next, chances are you will achieve more than you would have if you thought about the future too much.

In this episode Andri shares some stories from some tough years in his life and what focusing on the short term does to improve personal progress towards a goal and increase performance.

Keep your head down and get done what needs to be done today and you will have a great day.