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How One Year No Beer Unlocked My Performance in Business And Life
Taking a break from alcohol improved my mental and physical health, and business and life.
Over the last 18 months, I have helped more than 10,000 people in the OneYearNoBeer (OYNB) community transform their relationship with alcohol. Through my own experience and those of so many others, I have become an expert in creating lasting positive habit change. But only a few years ago, things were vastly different.
Three years ago, I set myself the ultimate social challenge: one year without alcohol. Most people thought this impossible and even more thought it would be terrible for my broker business. But rather than destroy work relationships, as I, too, had feared, going alcohol-free transformed my business and my life.
Before the challenge
I would have slotted into the stereotypical finance-guy category — I trade oil futures for a living.
I was “that” social guy — first in and last out of the bar. On reflection, my world, like that of so many professionals, was awash in alcohol. Alcohol was how I celebrated, commiserated, relaxed, made friends, socialized, entertained clients, had fun. In summary, I had built a reputation as someone who was fun to be around, and…