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MAC'S CONSISTENT HIGH PERFORMANCE THREAD: THE IRONWILL METHODOLOGY

The Actual Mechanics of Performance.....

We can do two things:

(A) Scaling Through YOU
(B) Scale Through A Skill-Based Approach

We do the former.

You’re already good at what you do. Or at least, I hope you are.

When I work with agency owners, entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, we’re not talking about learning more tricks or picking up another “hack.”

It's not that at all.

We’re actually talking about hitting levels of execution you didn’t even know existed.

Mastering the stuff that actually matters:
-Focus
-Discipline
-Consistency
-Structure
-Mental & Biological Models that create high performance.

For the first 4-6 weeks, we dive deep into the fundamentals—getting your biology and work habits aligned.

Waking up with the sunrise, clear-headed, ready to take on the world.

And hammering down structure: 4 x 90-minute deep work blocks. No multitasking. No half-assing it. Just pure, strategic focus on high-leverage tasks.

Less is more. Slow is fast.

That’s joyful performance.

The thing people don’t get? Consistency is what drives results.

Period.

The ones who come to me, they don’t need more skills.

They need to get out of their own way and start executing. They need to figure out their own puzzle, get strategic, and actually make progress.

Here’s the deal: The things that move the needle are simple—a solid offer, good marketing, and showing up on your A-game every damn day.

You don’t need more complexity.

You need to do the work, smartly and consistently.

Four focus blocks a day are more than enough to create huge outcomes—if you’re working on the right things.

From there, it’s about refining, iterating, and staying locked in on what matters—without getting distracted by shiny objects or burning yourself out.

Scaling isn’t about acquiring more skills. Most, don't need this. Instead, we're about:

-Discipline,
-Execution,
-Consistency,
-Wellness
-Balanced, Intentional Living
-Staying In Learning Mode

Success is systematic.

Take the guesswork out of it. Follow a formula.

The real question is: How can we solve yours?

Easy, when you know how. But it’s up to you—how open are you?

-Ravi
 
NEW WEEK: NEW START

Ravi's weekly kickstart - calling all the IronWill Tribe to reflect for a moment.

Your head space, must be in victory.

You are the one who shows up.

You are the one who does not care about the obstacles in your path, the challenges that may be ahead, the doubts and fears that you may have, which we all go through. You are the one who is here to WIN.

A short reflection from you all, please. 15mins maximum. And we can journal on this together at the end of the day.

RAVI'S CORE QUESTIONS FOR OUR WEEKLY KICK OFF

(1) What are you committed to creating this week?
-Who are you going to BE this week, and what are you committed to creating within your life?

(2) Who do you need to be this week to create the results you desire?
-Your inner self, must align with your outer self to realise your goals. Who will you be internally? Will you embody self belief, and decide you're going to WIN? Or will you float with the tide, carried this way and that, as your mind perpetuates patterns that are not serving you?

(3) If there were no limits, what would you create this week?
-Think beyond limitations, embrace your personal power and individual human agency. You operating at your highest level, are powerful beyond words.

(4) How can you serve at the highest level this week?
-Focusing on the impact you have on others, is where we do our best work. How can you add ridiculous value to the lives of others this week, and embody your best self?

(5) What part of you is holding you back from being who you need to be this week?
-Look inward, identify any self-imposed limitations, and I challenge you to break through them this week.

(6) What will make this week a reflection of your highest self?
-I want you to take actions and operate from a place that aligns with your highest self, towards greater self-expression and integrity.

(7) What are you pretending not to know about yourself or your situation?
-There are uncomfortable truths you're not facing them. I ask you to uncover your blind spots, so we can remove what is affecting your progress

(8) How will you honour your commitments this week, regardless of circumstances?
COMMITMENT is central to my philosophy. This means, you're going to think about how you're going to stay committed to your goals, no matter what obstacles arise. And I mean that seriously. No matter what.

(9) What would make this week a win for you, personally and professionally?
-All areas of your life, matter to me. What do you yearn for? I challenge you to step up and seize it.

(10) What is the one action you’ve been avoiding that, if taken, will have the greatest impact this week?
-No more resistance. Take BOLD ACTION - LET IT BE DONE!
 
It’s Friday... Who in the IronWill Tribe is feeling burnt out, stuck in survival mode, and not on their A-game?

I’ve got something for you...

There are three key drivers of performance that you need to dial in:

1️ Biology
2️ Structure
3️ Inner Game

Nail these, and you’ll see results in every area of your life.

Fact.

More money. More freedom. More time. Deeper connections with the people who matter most.

Biology is non-negotiable.

I don’t work with people chasing extreme, unsustainable practices.

I work with those who want a zen, peaceful, joyful approach to high performance.

Most people don’t respect their biology. They push past it at their own risk.

And most performance programs? They miss this completely—that’s why they leave so much potential on the table.

Not my tribe.

My people know the power of optimizing biology:

-Watching the sunrise
-Ice baths
-Saunas
-Managing Artificial Light At Night (ALAN)
-Grounding/Earthing
-Inner Game
-Sleep Optimisation
-Breathing Optimisation

Doing whatever the f**k it takes to gain the edge

Why play on hard mode?

Optimize your biology. Get structured. Get consistent.

Make it easy to win.

Stress and survival mode, doesn't work for any goal in life.

....Ask me how good my relationships were when I was in extreme grind mode? ;-)

Focus, flow, clarity, and execution.

Ease. Grace.

The high-achievers I work with, whether they’re agency owners, CEOs, or founders, come to me with the same issues.

-Burnout
-Mental fatigue
-Not operating on their A-game
-Feeling reactive instead of proactive
-Poor sleep and wellness habits
-Overwhelm and anxiety

The fastest path to results?

Optimize your biology and lock in your structure:

-Watch the sunrise and start your day outside
-Work in 4x90 minute focused blocks on what truly matters
-Wind down with an evening routine and manage your light environment

Do this consistently for 90 days, and you’ll see results.

Be fierce in your focus.

Hold yourself accountable.

Soon enough, you’ll see the shift.

That's some game from me. If you have any comments or questions for me, of if there's anything I could help you with, feel free to comment below or DM.

Always open to a chat and genuine convo.

Happy Friday. Hope you crush.

Yours,

-Ravi Sandhu
 
A more personal post today…

Here's the thing.....

Real transformation, going from just getting by, to completely blowing past your limits, is not about what you know.

....It’s who you ARE.

Inner Game, in other words.

Looking back at my journey, I now realise how it all connected.

How there were countless moments where I had to face myself.

Moments where I sat there, questioning every single part of my life. Fat as hell, anxious, depressed, feeling like utter f**king horseshit.

With brain fog, fatigue, and just in a life that felt freakin' empty.

Moments where I felt like I was losing my mind.

And then…The IronWill era......

I woke up.

I got serious.

I said enough is enough.

And just like that, something clicked. It was like flipping a switch. I changed my entire f*cking life in a single moment.

.....Yes, it WAS a slow evolution and gradual process.

But when it happened, it was just a decision. A moment. One second, living in a haze, the next, everything was crystal clear.

The factors that pushed me to wake up, were complicated.

But the truth is, until we do, we're just coasting.

Stuck.

I was 29 years old, living a completely unremarkable life.

I had a job, I liked the people I worked with, and I wasn’t miserable.

But man, I was far from happy.

-I was 40 lbs overweight.
-I was dealing with a lingering sense of anxiety despite years of working on myself.
-Even after overcoming severe clinical anxiety and being a former housebound agoraphobic, I still wasn’t functioning.
-I still felt like something was missing.

I’d spent years doing the work, but I still felt like shit most of the time—brain fog, fatigue, you name it. I was alive, but just existing.

I traveled, I saw the world, but no matter what I did, there was always this void inside me.

My life wasn’t it. I knew that.

Two weeks before my 30th birthday, something snapped.

I was done.

Done with just existing. Done with feeling like my life was some placeholder for the real thing. Done with feeling like shit every day.

I wanted more—I wanted connection, love, purpose, community.

And I was f*cking done waiting for it to happen.

I had followed my first mentor, Andy, online for years. And at that moment, I made the decision.

This was it.

I threw myself into his program with everything I had. I was willing to do whatever it took to change my life.

Why? Because I asked myself one question:

Can a guy who was once a housebound, anxiety-riddled agoraphobic—too scared to live, too scared to die—can he turn it all around?

Can he fix the things that are broken?

I had a list of problems a mile long. But I was determined. I had heart.

In one year of coaching, I:

-Lost 85+ lbs
-Got promoted twice
-Moved to London and faced all my demons head-on
-Went from crippling anxiety to going on 100 dates in a year (yeah, that happened...)
-And completely turned my life around.

The problems I had? They’re gone. They don’t exist anymore.

If you compared the guy I was to the guy I am now, you wouldn’t even recognize him.

I had constructed The IronWill Methodology inside my brain, for years. I had the ability and potential. I just needed the right space and guidance, to bring it out.

Which was what I did, and which is now how I am honoured to serve others.

I smashed it and achieved everything I set out to achieve, proved it to myself over and over. I beat the odds. I haven’t slowed down, and I’m sure as hell not stopping anytime soon.

So, what changed?

I woke the f*ck up.

I found the right people, the right guidance, the right community.

I learned how to harness The IronWill Methodology to unleash my potential.

From that moment before my 30th birthday, I’ve been pushing myself further than I ever thought possible.

Since then, I’ve:

-Built IronWill, my performance and accountability company, where I help agency owners, CEOs, and high achievers obliterate their limitations and crush their revenue goals.
-Lived all over the world—waking up on beaches, watching the sunrise, living the life I once thought was out of reach.
-Cultivated an incredible network of people who push me further every day.
-Built the kind of deep, fulfilling connections I once thought were impossible.

All of this came from a single moment.

ONE decision to stop suffering and change my life.

I stopped playing small. I aligned myself with a vision, went all in on my mission, and haven’t looked back since.

I’m not slowing down. Not this year, not next year, not in this lifetime.

Here’s the truth:

Victory is there for ANYONE willing to do what it takes to go GET it.

You have the power to create whatever you want, but you’ve got to wake up first.

Will you take the leap?

I say HELL YES

-Ravi
 
Your "Why" vs. Your Working Model of Reality

Got a packed day today, but here's some sauce.

Everyone’s always talking about your "why"

That deep, meaningful purpose that’s supposed to drive you to greatness.

And sure, for some people, their "why" lights a fire under their ass and keeps them going.

But here’s the thing... having a strong "why" is only part of the equation.

There’s something just as powerful imo, but almost nobody talks about it: our working model of reality.

Let me break it down.

For me, my model is pretty simple:
-I get to decide what’s important.
-I get to decide what I want out of life.

And as long as I’m willing to put in the work for a long enough period of time, learn from my mistakes, and keep improving, then I will win.

End of story.

If I don’t have what I want yet? It’s not because I’m incapable. It’s not some cosmic sign that I’m meant to fail.

It just means there’s something I haven’t figured out yet.

Hitting a sticking point doesn’t mean it’s over—it means I need to get smarter, work harder, and figure it the f*ck out.

It’s not the end of the line.

It’s a sticking point. And sticking points can be solved.

The way I see it:

As long as I’m making progress in the areas that actually matter—Health, Wealth, Relationships—and I’m finding peace and meaning in the process, I’m on the right path.

If I’m doing that, success & outcomes are inevitable.

It’s really that simple. And here’s why it works for me:

Creating any outcome I want comes down to three things:
1️ Biology
2️ Structure
3️ Inner Game

These are the pillars of the IronWill Methodology—and they keep me on track.

If I’m handling my biology, keeping the right structure in my life, focused on work blocks that actually matter, and building better inner game, I’m going to keep growing. It’s that straightforward.

In sum..........

Own your sh*t. Take full responsibility for what’s in your control.

No excuses, no waiting for the perfect time, and no blaming external factors for why we haven't gotten where we want to be.

We create our own reality, and if we don’t like it, we change it.

Now, off to a client call in Williamsburg, which is becoming a bit of a hub for IronWill.

A bunch of "my people" seem to be concentrated there.

Go figure.

-Ravi Sandhu
 
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Here’s Why You’re Stuck—And How to Get Unstuck the IronWill Way

Let’s cut to the chase....

Every market is saturated.

Everyone’s awake to the possibilities. If you’re not in a demand-capture business like accounting or medicine, you’re in the demand generation game, and the only thing that levels the playing field is YOU.

No tool. No tactic. No strategy will save you.

Just YOU—building your audience, adding value, owning your sh*t, and operating at the highest level.

How You Win:

(1) Clarity creates breakthroughs.
(2) Energy & faith move mountains.
(3) Never, ever fking quit**.

A guy I worked with couldn’t pay his bills, borrowing money from the bank and his parents. Scarcity was his reality.

Now? He’s running a multiple six-figure business, making $40k a month.

Why?

He didn’t quit. He stayed in the game. He stuck with it, through every setback, and followed the timeless principles of performance.

Business, life, and relationships reward the tough-minded—those who believe in themselves, their mission, and the process. If you can learn, adapt, and iterate until you win, success WILL find you.

Here’s the truth:

Most people lose the war in their head before they even get started. That’s why only 1-5% of entrepreneurs make it. But you don’t have to be like them.

The difference between success and failure isn’t about how smart you are—it’s about whether you can stay in the game long enough. It’s about being relentless in refining, testing, and pivoting until you win.

What you’re after might seem out of reach, but it’s not impossible.

If you feel like you’re not getting ahead, it’s because you’re not being strategic enough. The skillset you have right now can take you further if you’re willing to refine it, work on it, and adjust when needed.

There’s a ton of money to be made, incredible people to meet, and amazing opportunities out there—but only if you’re willing to stay in the game. Only if you’re ready to put in the work, every single day.

And here’s the kicker:

It all comes down to YOU.

That’s why at IronWill, I focus entirely on performance and execution.

I’m grateful for every person in my community. But if you want to win, you need to understand this:

-Winning takes relentless commitment.
-You need to pick ONE idea, commit to it, and then go 10x harder than you think is possible.

We can help with that. You don’t have to do it alone. But you need accountability. You need mentorship. You need support.

Ask me how I know.....

Most people are stuck because they’re not connected to their mission.

Carl Jung said it best:

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you’ll call it fate."

If you’re drifting through life, disconnected from your purpose and stuck in disempowering narratives about what you’re capable of, you’ll never win. Winning starts in your head.

Performance & execution are king.

In the right environment, with the right support, you can build unstoppable momentum. But winning the war in your head? That’s not a one-off. It’s a daily battle. You have to do it over and over until your mindset is locked in and your vision is crystal clear.

Let’s get to work. The world rewards those who show up, push through, and refuse to back down.

That’s IronWill.

-Ravi
 
What You’re Tolerating is Killing Your Performance...

Let’s cut straight to it

If you’re letting distractions slide, accepting excuses, or putting in half-hearted efforts, don’t be surprised when your results reflect that.

You can’t tolerate mediocrity and expect greatness.

Your focus, your commitment, your discipline—these are sacred resources.

If you don’t fiercely protect them, your progress WILL slip. It's something I see a lot....

Accountability isn’t optional.

Without it, your goals are just wishful thinking.

STOP making space for distractions, excuses, and low standards.

Ask yourself: What specifically have you been letting slide—your mornings? Your focus? Your health?

Your focus and discipline are priceless. If they were money, how much would you have left right now? Start treating them like the assets they are.

Action steps that actually elevate your game—because it’s time to stop coasting and start making REAL progress.

This Week’s Challenge..........

Take a hard look at your outcomes right now, across business, health, and relationships—what have you been tolerating?

What’s ONE area where you’ve been playing small, letting yourself off the hook, or settling for less than you’re capable of?

No compromises. No excuses. Just one change.

Maybe it’s your routines have slipped, maybe you're pulling late nights, and spending too much time on social media

Or maybe it’s your focus in your business, or your commitment to your health, fitness, and function.

Whatever it is, commit to changing it THIS week.

STOP tolerating less. START living up to your potential.

Watch the video.

Make a choice....

Are you going to keep settling, or are you ready to push through the discomfort and get serious about your performance?

What’s ONE thing you’re going to stop tolerating this week? Drop it in the comments below—and let’s hold each other accountable.

-Ravi

 
You Don’t Get Lucky. You Put in the F**king Work....!

I had a call today with one of my clients. The guy just hit a huge win this week.

But then he said something that threw me off. He was worried it was just LUCK.

I stopped him right there. HELL NO. It wasn’t luck. It was HIM.

He’s the one who showed up every single day, for months, even when it was hard.

He’s the one who kept pushing when every part of him wanted to quit.

He didn’t see it at the time, but I did. He was making progress.

Incremental, slow, but undeniable progress.

He was growing, and he didn’t even realize it.

And I get it. I’ve been there too. It’s easy to question yourself when you’re deep in the grind. You wonder if you’ll ever make it.

And yet, you don’t get lucky in this game. You earn it by showing up, for days, weeks, months, and years.

You grind. You evolve. You push through the doubts. And you don’t stop.

EVER.

The universe isn’t handing anything to you. But it WILL reward you for showing up and doing the work.

ALWAYS.

That’s how you get what you want. That’s how you go from stuck to unstoppable.

And we do this over and over again with IronWill Performance Principles.

Now, let’s talk about YOU......

Are you relying on luck, or are you showing up every day, doing the work?

Are you pushing through when the doubts creep in, when quitting seems like the easy option?

Success doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when you dig deep, do the work, and never f**king quit

So, what are YOU doing today to earn your success?

This is Joyful Performance. This is what IronWill is all about.

Aligned.

Mentally content.

With a smile on our face
😉


-Ravi





 
Inner Game Thoughts: Recommended Viewing

Please watch this video at the timestamp above.

This aligns with IronWill's thinking on performance, performance development (and recovery), and may explain why you are (or are not) getting the outcomes you seek.

We are not living in physiological equilibrium.

If you're in the stress state, which many are, your ability to do anything really, is enormously impacted.

Productivity, requires us to be in a calm, balanced, joyful state of life.

Stress, hustle, grind, and "pushing ourselves" prolong our existence in the stress state, and kill our ability to focus, want to do anything, and make it nigh on impossible to get anything meaningful done.

IronWill is about diagnostics, problem-solving, and FIXING underlying performance problems

If I have identified you as an "inner game" client, it is for good reason

|You likely have unresolved emotional trauma, which is active in your subconscious brain, and is keeping you in a perpetual state of tension, every day of your life

And your goals in life, will simply not materialise until this is resolved

The body in it's infinite intelligence will perpetually throw you off, make you procrastinate, make you not want to do anything, give you feelings of fatigue, boredom, anger, sadness, fear and anxiety

UNTIL you start to deal with this issue directly

We are a group work program, for this reason, to build the sense of community, support, TRUST, and to create a space where we can get to the root of issues, and begin work in resolving them

This, requires:
-Cultivating SAFENESS: Something I'll be doing a lot more teaching on
-Rebuilding The Self: Working through beliefs, patterns, and resolving them, so we can rebuild who you want to be
-Emotional Processing & Deep Coaching: Work you'll do with me directly
To unlock EFFORTLESS JOYFUL PERFORMANCE and be able to produce whatever you like in business and life, if your sticking point is that you're embodying a mind and body that carries doubt, fear, anger, scarcity, and it is manifesting as TASK RESISTANCE, often what the body does as a CLUE to get you to heed it's call and start the journey within.....you have to solve your particular puzzle

The IronWill Method was designed for this and is the most complete system I am aware of

The biological base building work gives us the underlying nervous system foundation for us ti awaken to, and find our actual wounds and issues

The structure & systems based approach to work habits allows us to reknit our brain for focus, deep work and flow states

And our inner game system, allows us to go through the deep psychological healing, recovery, and transformation, required to essentially arrive at EQUILIBRIUM, wholeness, and integration

The various ideas I have to educate you on in this process, are to help you put the puzzle together

And it is seasons at times in IronWill

This season, is about deeply restoring the nervous system, and building reserves in our effortless performance foundation

-Ravi
 

THIS Is What Unlocking Joyful Performance Looks Like – Featuring THE GOAT Dr. Chris Palmer
🐐


Forget needing "good genes," a "perfect past," or a "lucky break."

Joyful Performance is your birthright.

It’s what happens when you reset your biological foundation, heal your inner world, and finally let go of burnout and self-doubt.

✨
You stop feeling drained and start accessing effortless, sustained energy, motivation, and drive.
✨
Your work, goals, and life begin to align in a way that feels… natural.
✨
You genuinely want to win, and you enjoy the journey getting there.

This is Joyful Performance in real life.

-Ravi
 

A Message I LOVE

THERE IS NO EXCUSE. NOTHING IS STOPPING YOU.

You know my story.

For most of my life, I was drowning in anxiety. My self-esteem was in the gutter. I felt like absolute shit—lonely, isolated, trapped far below my potential.

Why?
Because I genuinely believed I wasn’t good enough.
I thought my voice had no value. My existence felt like it didn’t matter.

I carried a crushing inferiority complex and let FEAR dictate my life.

Until...
Three weeks before my 30th birthday.

It hit me like a brick wall:
I’d NEVER been on a date.
NEVER felt romance or connection.
Still looked and felt like absolute garbage, even after years of trying to fix myself.

And that moment?
That was it.

I decided:
ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH.

I was DONE with mediocre.

Not just done—
ABSOLUTELY FKING DONE.**

I had no idea if I could succeed. No clue if I had what it took. But I made a decision:
I would BREAK MYSELF DOWN and BUILD MYSELF BACK UP to BECOME SOMETHING IN THIS WORLD.

Fast forward to today—
That same guy, who once doubted if he even deserved to exist, has lived a LEGENDARY LIFE.
I’ve inspired others, I’ve transformed myself, and let me tell you:
THE COMEBACK IS STILL HAPPENING.

And you know what?
GREATNESS is just around the corner.

So hear me when I say this:

LET NOTHING HOLD YOU BACK.

There is NOWHERE YOU CANNOT GO.
There is NO ONE YOU CANNOT BECOME.

If someone has a problem with your dreams, your ambition, or your drive?
FK THEM.**

This is your life.
And you get to create it TOO.

Whatever you do, remember this:

NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER GIVE UP.

— RAVI
 
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