Why I Created Aggressive Meditation

 Many of the questions I get around Aggressive Meditation are why and how did you create this? The answer is pretty simple, I didn't set out to create this, it just sort of happened by default. I know that isn't the answer you were hoping for but it is the truth. And after spending some time looking inward and really analyzing why and how this came to be it became clear to me exactly why my crazy mind developed this. 

Just to give you a little background, for 15 years of my life I played the game of football. From pee-wee all the way up to the Division 1 collegiate level. When I left the game for good it was more of a challenge to adapt to the working world than I imagined. For those who played sports for an extended period of time, you will understand this feeling. Joking around with co-workers just isn't the same as joking around with your teammates. That bond just does not exist in the same way.  In addition to that, when you leave the game you lose all the emotions that came with it. The workouts with your brothers that pushed you to your physical limit. The feelings you had before a game. The feelings you had after a big victory or a comeback where everyone counted you out. 

What I realized is that over the years, I started to develop a routine to achieve the same peak state I had during those times because I missed it so much. I realized just because I cannot play the game anymore, why should I give up on finding some routine that produces the same results and feelings? Imagine if I could recreate this feeling and went into each day ready to conquer the world like I used to in my glory days. Do you think it would give me an edge in business? Absolutely. But for me, simply going to the gym and getting a good workout in was not the same. In addition to that, over the last several years I have been obsessed  with finding ways to strengthen my mind which I never really worked on during my football career. Meditation, affirmations, tweaking thought patterns, etc is something that I never realized the value in. Why? I wrote this off as hippie bullshit simply because I did not understand it. When I really started to work on this area and then starting realizing results, it was game over for me. 

So now I was faced with the same problem every one else faces. How do I have time to do the meditation, affirmations, exercise, personal development, etc with my busy work and personal life and more importantly how do I do these consistently? In full transparency I was facing the same thoughts many of you probably have right now.  Motivational videos, books, talk tracks, etc. can feel cheesy and preachy if you consume them at the wrong time and too often. Additionally, meditation is very challenging to jump into cold and I was finding myself being inconsistent with doing this daily. The answer that ended up happening by default. I combined them all into one routine which I now use daily. That's how Aggressive Meditation was born. 

Now with this routine I am able to achieve a similar peak state like I had while playing, while also incorporating mental and spiritual aspects that leave me feeling extremely confident, centered, and humble.  And that combination has yielded tremendous results in both my professional and personal life. It is my "secret sauce". Now I may be crazy, and I don't know if this will work for anyone else, but if it helps even one person out there it was worth not keeping to myself. And that is my only mission by bringing Aggressive Meditation to the world.