Discovering Paul Mort’s content has helped me through a really difficult period in my life. I read his latest book, F*cking Unstoppable! and here’s what I thought.
I first heard about Paul Mort when he appeared on Sean Spooner’s podcast, Life and Lessons. His say it as it is approach really resonated with me. The timing of the episode was ideal – I was going through an extremely tough time, and his straight talking approach encouraged me to pick myself and get on with things. I immediately purchased his book, F*cking Unstoppable!
Since reading his book I have been trying really hard to put his ideas into practice. I have been a million miles from getting it right, but the approaches he describes are things I’ve been trying to use each day since reading it.
He describes five elements to our lives that if we are aware of, and set goals and outcomes for, will make a real difference to our lives and the people’s around us.
The five areas (he calls them the F5) are:
- Focus
- Fitness
- Family
- Finance
- Fun
Focus: this relates to your mindset – the ability to deal with stress, chaos and anxiety and coping with all those negative thoughts that can distract you from your life. I have been very conscious of my thought processes and tried hard to keep a daily journal where I explore my thoughts and feelings and how I want to feel. I dabbled with meditation but need to explore this more
Fitness: “If you feel like shite, you will perform like shite.” Simple advice. Since reading the book I am keeping better tabs on what I eat and drink, especially the amount of water I drink, the amount of sleep I have and the exercise I take part in. Walking has really improved my wellbeing recently.
Family: Spending time with my family and friends has been absolutely wonderful lately. During this difficult period, everyone has been so great at looking after me and I have never valued them all more highly. I am determined to spend quality time with my family and friends and the book has encouraged me to make this a resolution.
Finance: This is an extremely difficult time of my life financially and I am fearful for the future. Paul Mort has encouraged me to be more aware of the importance of finance and to set goals. I am taking this F more slowly due to the uncertainty in my life. But I will get there.
Fun: I have tried hard to build in fun into my life. We have planned fun things to look forward to, and also learned to find fun in simple things like tidying the house, doing jobs around the house
I am now setting goals for each of the F5 and I believe in doing so it will make me a better person.
The book is well worth reading and you can purchase it here.