This is a question I get literally after every single talk or keynote that I give. Here's What I Answer... Alcohol is the most abused sleep drug in our society, because it reduces our sleep onset latency, which means that we fall asleep faster with alcohol. And this...

All leaders have an eye on their business KPI’s like revenues, growth rates, profit margins, stock price etc. But what about those numbers that indicate your personal performance and recovery status? LIKE THIS SLIDESHARE? Please share it with 2-3 friends, colleagues...

SUMMARY 🙏 Thank you XING , New Work Stories for having me as your podguest. It was super fun to talk with you Lisa and Alexander about strategic recovery and to share some tips and tricks how to wake up more rested and energized every morning without sleeping...

This article is an excerpt from a Slideshare presentation - click here to check it out. Can you figure out which sleep graph fits to which pre-sleep activity? Please take a second and try to solve the “fun” quiz before you jump to the solution at the bottom if this...

Start from age 30 we lose 5% of our muscles per decade - UNLESS we use them... LIKE THIS SLIDESHARE? Please share it with 2-3 friends, colleagues or family members who need to see this. Thank you! FOLLOW ME WANT MORE ? No problem, register for the newsletter. Never...

In the last seven days I had the big honor to give the keynote presentations for Boston Consulting Group (BCG) New Year's receptions in Frankfurt and Stuttgart (click here and here for more event pictures).   The overall topic on the agenda was #sustainability...

SUMMARY 🙏 Thank you XING , New Work Stories for having me as your podguest. It was super fun to talk with you Lisa and Alexander about strategic recovery and to share some tips and tricks how to wake up more rested and energized every morning without sleeping...

Two Simple Steps to Start Enjoying Your Well-Deserved Downtime For the majority of my life I was unable to unwind. As a former tennis pro, strategy consultant, corporate executive and e-commerce entrepreneur, rest and recovery always felt like a waste of my precious...

Yesterday evening I had ice cream - a lot. Here’s how it destroyed my recovery at night: An important indicator for your recovery status is how fast you reach your lowest resting heart rate (RHR). I usually reach it very fast after drifting away. But with yesterday’s...

McKinsey's Giles Watkins recently published an article on "What to do when you're awake at 3 a.m.". First of all, THANK YOU Giles! It's great to see that McKinsey & Company, the leader of an industry that is, let's say, historically not known for prioritizing...

Late exercise destroys your deep sleep. A tired mind is not enough to sleep deep. We need a tired body too. And the best way to make our body tired is to move it, to exercise, to strengthen our muscles, to boost our heart rate, and to increase our mobility. But here's...

Stress has a really bad reputation in our society. Our culture has conditioned us to minimize stress and avoid it by any means. And for those unfortunate occasions when we cannot avoid it, we try to apply some sort of coping strategies to get through it with minimal...

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SUMMARY Many people call him the greatest Quarterback of all time. Tom Brady is the 5 x Super Bowl winner with the New England Patriots, hand 4x Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP). Tom just turned 40 and he published a book called… “The TB12 Method – How To Achieve...

SUMMARY This is a true story from one of my coaching clients who reveals the REAL (but sad) reason why he works his ass off until Breakdown. The reason is very typical for high performers and Type A personalities. In this video you will learn strategies how to fix...

SUMMARY Have you ever been afraid to come across as arrogant? It’s the #1 reason why people do not allow themselves to be confident. And it‘s a pity because confidence is one of the best traits you can have, while arrogance is one of the worst. So the key question is…...

SUMMARY Every time I post a quote about focusing on my Instagram or Facebook I get a lot of mails from you guys. In term of: Hey Chris, I really want to focus but I´m so addicted to my mobile that I just can´t and can you help me with that? Mobile phone addiction is...

SUMMARY Nutrition is a very sensitive topic. There’s so many opinions and approaches out there and I will not comment or recommend any of these. What I WILL do is tell you a little story about Tim who made me care about High Performance Eating with 1 simple question....

SUMMARY People come to me and say ‘Chris, I need more energy. What can I do?’ There’s many great tools to refill your energy tanks but today I will show you the fastest. It takes less than one minute and can be performed anytime and anywhere, without anybody...

SUMMARY How can I get confident like Muhammed Ali or LeBron James? This is a question I get asked a lot… No matter how successful, rich, good-looking, talented or blessed. We all struggle with our confidence and self-worth from time to time. Some of us temporary,...

SUMMARY Why is it so hard for us to stay focused? Because we are addicted to distraction! The reason for our addiction is very simple: our iphone has become our #1 source of dopamine, which is the same stuff our brain produces when we smoke, drink or gamble: it’s...

SUMMARY Fear is the #1 reason why most people never live up to their full potential. Fear of failure, rejection, loosing, winning, other people’s POV… But there’s not many people out there who have the courage to admit their fears. And I can understand it. It’s hard...