The past week was a good one for both of us on different fronts. Abdulmohsen, having made progress with his health goal of going to the gym but not working on the idea generation guide he's writing, brought up the topic of trade-offs between our goals. We ended up discussing The Four Burners Theory (that success requires abandoning one or two of the "burners" in your life: Health, Family, Friends, Work).

We don't agree with the theory but trade-offs are definitely something to consider. We also discuss a few strategies on how to achieve success on multiple fronts.

Other topics we discussed:

- What motivated Abdulmohsen to achieve his gym goal

- "Each of us has their own Everest to climb" and the importance of celebrating your own goals no matter how small or insignificant they seem to others

- Walk and talk meetings

- The book Badass: Making Users Awesome, by Kathy Sierra (and why it's such a badass book)

- The limited reserves of energy and willpower that we have and how taking on too many cognitively straining tasks and activities can deplete us of willpower and we end up making bad decisions

This episode also featured a special guest: Abdulmohsen's infant son Tareq in the background (we're still not sure if he was agreeing or disagreeing with what we were saying).

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