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We perform really well when our system is turned on and in motion during the day and is shut down properly every evening. What I didn’t realize is that the skill isn’t being taught unless you are on a high-performance team or your parents are on point and accountable. In order to show the value of honoring your word and not giving up, I want you to learn the skill of turning on the human system. The method, again, is simple . . . but not easy.

Most of us have a human system that has never intentionally been turned on and, clearly, has never been turned off every day. You, as the driver of this human system, must learn to intentionally turn it on and off every day to succeed.

The method will only take 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at night. The first thing you do after waking and the last thing before lying your head down for sleep. Fifteen minutes to turn on and 15 minutes to shut down the human system.

The two-part method is to sequentially turn on the functional parts of the human machine: