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Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
As we get closer to the holidays, everything around us speeds up — finishing projects, planning for 2026, trying to “wrap up” the year neatly.
But I’ve been thinking about something different lately:
Maybe the most important thing you c...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
If last week was about rest, this week is about something closely connected:
Choice.
Not the big dramatic choices — those are easy to spot.But the quiet ones:
Saying yes when you don’t have the capacity.Carrying things you never meant t...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
Before we talk about goals, systems, or planning for next year…we need to talk about something most high performers ignore:
Rest. Real rest.Not collapse.Not distraction.Not escape.Rest.
This year moved fast for me - big milestones, big ...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
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This was a big year.
Not in the “everything exploded overnight” way.More in the “a lot of foundations quietly shifted under my feet” way.
I closed chapters.I proposed.I realized it wasn’t the right time to go all-in on the business.I go...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
I can think of plenty of times when I’ve felt mentally exhausted.Different jobs, different seasons - same feeling: no matter how much I got done, there was always something waiting.
The name of the game was catch up and get ahead.Becaus...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
Ever been part of a team where everything just clicked?Where everyone moved in sync - no micromanaging, no confusion, no ego?
I’ve lived that.And I’ve also lived the opposite, where energy turns heavy, communication breaks, and people s...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
We’ve reached the final part of the Progress Over Perfection series.
Over the past two weeks, we talked about how perfectionism sneaks into our lives:→ In our routines.→ In our habits.→ In the expectations we set for ourselves.
But ther...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
4:00 a.m. — Up. Meditate.5:00 a.m. — Move.6:00 a.m. — Journal.6:30 a.m. — Read.8:00 a.m. — At work.
Sounds like a dream routine, right?Until life changes — and that perfect structure doesn’t fit anymore.
When I worked in the oilfield, I...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
Lately, I’ve been falling into a lot of traps.Guilty pleasures. Distractions.The kind that quietly pull you away from yourself.
I’ve had a hard time getting back into rhythm — with my workouts, coaching, and even work.That feeling of “I...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
“You have to quit knowing to start growing.”
That line hit me hard the first time I read it in Dr. Marcia Reynolds’ Breakthrough Coaching.
Because most of us are wired to know.We want to have the answers, sound confident, look like we...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
Change is fast.Transition is slow.
We talk a lot about change - switching careers, breaking habits, starting something new.
But what happens in the space between the old and the new?
That’s transition.It’s messy. Quiet. Internal.And it’...
Hey, it’s Rafic.
Welcome back to Peak Performance Insider.
Three years ago, I almost fired off a reply I’d regret.
Pulse racing. Answer loaded. You probably know the feeling.
But I caught it.
I paused. Listened. Let the moment breathe.
The result? Faster alignment. Fewer corrections. No drama.
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