News, Tools, Tips & Tricks: #2

Today on the podcast I welcome author, educator, and hedge fund advisor, Adam Robinson. If you don’t know who Adam is, let me give you a little background. He is the man who cracked the SAT before co-founding The Princeton Review and in fact, wrote the only test preparation book to become a New York Times best seller.

Adam is a rated chess master with a Life Title and was actually personally mentored by Bobby Fischer. He was an undergrad at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and later earned a law degree at Oxford University.

There was so much I wanted to talk to Adam about that we ended up talking for nearly 4 hours. To make it a bit easier to consume, I divided the podcast into two parts (you can find part two here), but don’t let the length of this episode discourage you. Adam really delivers and shares some amazing insights that I’m excited for you to hear.

Creating a life of focus, purpose and mindfulness is a tough thing these days. If you’re like me, you want to bring forth your gifts to the world, but you’re pulled in a thousand directions, plagued by overwhelm, distractions, a ton of messages and emails, and so many obligations that it’s causing you to put off doing the important work you want to do in life.

You would like to:

• Be more mindful and find a greater sense of focus in your life
• Be more effective in your work and life
• Achieve a sense of peace and calm amidst daily uncertainty
• Accomplish projects without getting waylaid and distracted by a thousand other directions

Unfortunately, it’s not always so easy. The Demons of Chaos stand in your way:

1. Other people’s demands, and a pile of emails and messages
2. Distractions from social media and other online comfort foods for the distracted mind
3. Putting important things off because of the uncertainty & discomfort of them
4. It’s not easy dealing with these difficulties, and finding the mindful focus you’re looking for.