371: High Performance Habits: How to Be at Your Best, Always Be Creative, Deliberately Focus on Energy, and Level Up with Nina Amir

Nina Amir is known as the Inspiration to Creation Coach. She helps a variety of people including, writers, dancers, conscious entrepreneurs, combine their passion and purpose so they move from idea to inspired action and positively and meaningfully impact their lives, teams, and the world. Nina offers High Performance Coaching services to help her clients learn how to find more clarity, energy, courage, productivity, and influence in their personal and professional lives. This allows them to live and work fully and to achieve their potential. She has provided coaching and training services to authors and bloggers for more than two decades, minored in psychology, and is a certified rebirther. She is a seasoned international speaker, award-winning blogger and journalist, and Author Coach and Trainer. Additionally, she is a nine-time Amazon bestselling author of such books as How to Blog a Book, The Author Training Manual, Creative Visualization for Writers, and Navigating the Narrow Bridge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZToOSRIOhwg Quotes:                                                                                                                                    “Common sense isn't always common practice. We know these things, but we have a culture that has generated a mindset where being overly busy is seen as a good thing.” – Nina Amir “We are like little power plants. Power plants don't have energy—they generate it. And we can generate whatever we want if we know how and do it deliberately.” – Nina Amir “High performance is not about peak performance—not getting to the summit and sliding down into the valley and climbing back up. It's about reaching a peak and then going to the next peak, and the next.” – Nina Amir Takeaways: 01:29 High performance isn't about working harder, but working smarter by managing your energy and psychology deliberately. 05:25 Entrepreneurs often mistake being busy with being productive, which can lead to burnout and inefficiency. 08:28 Creating new habits requires consistent commitment and understanding that your mind can be trained like a muscle. 18:06 Your body and mind are interconnected systems that can be intentionally optimized for peak performance. 23:22 Visualization and mental preparation are powerful tools for improving performance across any field, not just athletics. Resources Nina Amir (Official Site) Books By Nina Amir (Books) Author Training Manual (Book) How to Blog a Book (Book) Creative Visualization for Writers (Book) Nonfiction Writer's University (Site)