If you had a blueprint that showed you exactly how to do in 60 days, what most people can't achieve in a full year, would you follow it? If you could disappear for a couple of months, level up beyond anyone's wildest expectations, and then come back as a newer and better version of yourself, would you take that opportunity?

Read closely because in this article I'm going to give you my formula for doing just that.

There comes a point in your life when you look around and you realize that your current situation is no longer serving you well. Maybe you’ve played by the rules all your life, you’ve done everything you’re supposed to do, and you’re living the “American Dream.”

But now you realize that what society told you to go after is not actually what brings you fulfillment or purpose.  Or even worse playing by the rules, following the status quo left you feeling aimless, depressed, or unhealthy.

If you feel anything like this then you’re definitely not alone.

"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation." — Christopher McCandless

88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy meaning they’re on track towards the premature onset of preventable chronic disease. Some estimates suggest that 75% of Americans lack a clear sense of purpose or direction. And men who work in corporate jobs suffer from the highest rates of erectile disfunction than any other occupational category.

I don’t know about you, but that sounds more like a nightmare than a dream.

But since you’re reading this article, I don’t think I need to make a convincing argument that the standard life model just doesn’t cut it for a lot of people.

So now you’ve decided that this isn’t the life that you want for yourself anymore. You know that you can be way healthier, mentally and physically. You know that you can take the exit ramp from the status quo and create what I call a “designer lifestyle” custom tailored for you to align with your purpose, your vision, your values.

The good news is that you can absolutely create whatever reality you want for yourself, and you can do it much faster than everybody thinks is possible if you approach it with an extreme level of intention.

I know this because I’ve had a few big life transformations where I leveled up and basically became unrecognizable to the people who once knew me in the past.

Most people I’ve met in the last ten years have a hard time believing that I was once a super unhealthy person. I was the center of a million jokes about being skinny, timid, and unhealthy.  It became such a core part of my identity that nobody, not even I, could see myself as anything otherwise.

But today it’s a very different story. I went from being laughed at for being skinny and weak to doing pushups in a handstand and building a business around my fitness.

More recently I went from living in Chicago working my corporate 9-5 job to living in Europe as a solo-entrepreneur, spending way more of my time working on projects that I’m passionate about and living life on my own terms.

Recently I took a look back at what I did wrong and what I did right. I found all of the commonalities throughout my experiences as well as all of the elements that really drove rapid change for me, and then I reverse-engineered the process.

I’ll admit I didn’t do this out of the goodness of my heart, I did this because I want to have a framework for myself in the future so I can save myself a bunch of time.  Any time I have my sights set on a new life goal, my time window for forcing massive change in that particular area of my life is 60 days.

What’s so special about 60 days? Well, it’s about the amount of time that it takes for new habits to be formed, and habits are the leading indicators of life.  You show me a man’s habits, and I can tell you where he’s going. So, to change one’s life, one must change his habits.

With that said… It just so happens I have a blog so it only makes sense that I share my process with you so you can also reinvent yourself so fast that everyone will think you used a cheat code.

So, grab a pen and paper. Get ready to read closely and take some notes because if you can nail this down, 60 days is such a small price to pay for a lifetime of being in closer alignment with your truth and with your values.  And if you stick around to the end, I have a special offer for you, so stay tuned.

There’s this book called the Top 5 Regrets of the Dying written by Bronnie Ware, who was a hospice care nurse taking care of people who’ve reached the end of life.  Naturally she would develop a sort of bond with these people, and they would tell her about their biggest regrets in life.

The common theme across all of the regrets was that they didn’t allow themselves the opportunity to live fully.  They played it too safe, they followed the rules of society, they dedicated too much of their lives to things that didn’t matter instead of prioritizing the things that matter to them like spending more quality time with people and living life on their terms.

Now that I have access to this wisdom that people left behind, I can’t imagine being 80 years old and looking back knowing that 60 days was the difference between really LIVING my life and merely existing.

So, let’s start off by talking about the single most important component of any transformation, whether it’s a lifelong journey or a 60-day sprint which is…

Getting Your Mind Right

Anyone who tries to fundamentally change their life without first doing the inner work to be in the right frame of mind is destined to fail because in most cases, your mind is the weakest link.

I talked in my last article about how the cognitive and psychological functions in your brain need to be trained just like your muscles. Your mindset is a muscle, and you need to build mental fortitude so it’s strong enough to endure the inevitable psychological resistance that you’re going to experience as a result of growing and pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone.

“Your mind is the governor of your success. It will decide how far you go.” – David Goggins

But unfortunately, people haphazardly jump into new transformation efforts without doing the inner work first.  I saw a lot of this with my fitness clients who have these grand expectations of dropping a bunch of weight and having a smooth path toward looking like an action figure, but the moment they face a bit of uncertainty or adversity, they’re ready to call it quits because they didn’t condition their mental. They didn’t build their psychological strength.

This leads me to the first prerequisite for rapidly transforming your life which is knowing your “why”.  What is your reason for doing this in the first place.

This it’s so important to nail down because the ability to endure discomfort is directly proportional to your “why.”

"Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how” – Viktor Frankl

So, the stronger and clearer your reason for experiencing discomfort, the higher your ability to endure said discomfort.

Let’s talk about a strategy for making sure that you have a strong enough “why” to carry you through, and it begins with…

Anti-visioning to set your purpose, your values, and your goals

I always like to say that “your pain is your purpose.” Or in other words, solving whatever problem is your greatest source of pain today is your current purpose in life.