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Book of the Month: The Mindset Scorecard
This gem by Dan Sullivan is not a book that you are going to see on Amazon or on any of the best
seller lists. I actually purchased the book in preparation for the Mind Map Time Mastery
workshop that I put on last week, but I didn’t even wind up using it. It was different than what I
thought it was going to be but different turned out to be great as well!
This book lays out a simple way to create a mindset scorecard that you can use to evaluate
different life experiences and to also ‘guard’ whom you let into your life. If they don’t pass your
scorecard, they don’t get in. Its such a simple concept that I wish I had thought of it. If you are into
bettering yourself, check it out at: https://private.strategiccoach.com/store/products/226
The Estrogen Factory
The year was 2009.
Devon and I were newly dating for about half a year.
And she decided to accompany me out to my second annual Cali trip in which I was house sitting
for one of my then client’s. That place, Laguna Niguel, is still one of my favorite places on the
planet, but that’s not what this is about.
Nope. I want to talk to you about estrogen.
Coinciding with that trip, I was just coming off my first ever ‘round’ of testosterone usage. I had
not a clue what I was really doing. But Dr. J said to come off after 10 weeks, so I did. What I didn’t
expect was that when I came off, I would be, how shall I say this nicely, more effeminate than
Devon.
See, when a man goes on testosterone therapy, estrogen levels must rise too as the body is
brilliant with its feedback loops. The body will strive to keep a balance between testosterone and
estrogen levels. And, when you take ‘test’, your body will shut down its own natural production
temporarily (feedback loop again). So when you stop, after a week or two, you have low test levels
and high estrogen levels.
That was me.
I remember crying at anything that connected with my mammal brain. Devon was probably
asking herself what kind of head case I was. I couldn’t help it. So I did what I do and I did a deep
dive into the topic so this would never happen to me again (or you!). I realize that testosterone
usage is still not as mainstream as I would like to see it. Which means you may be reading this and
thinking, “This doesn’t apply to me, so let me move on.”