In order to achieve your goals they must have specificity. And once you have a very specific “macro” goal, you must know how to break that macro goal into smaller “micro” goals.

But the most vital part of achieving goals has nothing to do with the steps, the tactics, or the tools. The most important part of making sure you achieve your goals is to properly define your “why.” Without defining your most important why’s your goals don’t have a deeper meaning.

Talk about some of the benefits you’ve experienced since shifting your focus towards health. How has it impacted your ability to do high-level creative work on a day-to-day basis?

The most profound shift I’ve seen in the last two years since really cracking this code is how much more quickly I’m able to do the same high quality level of creative work.

For example, when I was editing Burn Notice (pre-Fitness In Post), 12-14 hour days were typical, and I was even putting in unpaid work on the weekend because I just couldn’t keep up with the workload. I was secretly napping almost every day, and the only way I could focus on the job was if the deadline was looming and I had an insane amount of work to accomplish in a short period of time.

Fast-forward to editing Empire (post-Fitness In Post), and I was leaving at 7 or 8 almost every evening to put my kids to bed, I was usually delivering cuts early, yet I was dealing with tighter deadlines and higher volumes of footage on a creatively complex show.

Most importantly, I was no longer working secretly on the weekends to keep up, and I wasn’t crashing and burning every single weekend from burnout. I had energy to spare and Monday morning I was ready to jump right back in.

What’s Fitness in Post all about, and what’s the grand vision for it going forward?

Fitness In Post is the resource I desperately wish had been available to me 10 years ago when I was ready to give up on this industry and my life. I had no tools that were specifically designed for someone working long hours in a highly creative job who just didn’t have time to hit the gym.