No Limits: The Art and Science of High Performance

by Mukesh Bansal

Both these iconic champions swear by their habits. No matter what the occasion or celebration, both of them politely walk out of any social event by 9 p.m. so that they can sleep on time and be fully recharged for their training in the morning. Similarly, they don’t eat anything unhealthy that isn’t going to help them perform better on the field. You must think that they have some kind of superhuman willpower. But that’s not the case. Not too long ago, their eating habits and lifestyles were not that different from an average person’s habits. But there came a time when they decided to start cultivating habits that were in line with their ambitions, and now these cultivated habits have become second nature. Now these deliberate behaviours happen on autopilot for them, without invoking any particular willpower. As they say, ‘Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition.’