The C.O.D.E Model

Updates | Breathwork | Free Workshop

Hi Philo fam 🤓

The purpose of this weeks letter is to share:

• What’s coming up soon

• What I’m learning this week

• And what I’m working on

I call it a “Letter” and not a “newsletter” because I’m writing to YOU and not marketing cringy spammy advertisements.

Anything I share will always come from a heart centered space with pure intentions of educating and helping you.

As I’ve shared before, I am not a guru, I’m just some guy who is willing to share everything I’ve learned and am learning along the way.

I want to make sure to ONLY deliver VALUABLE information that can:

• Inform you

• Increase productivity

• Reduce mental suffering

I don’t go too deep into the model of the week because I’m hosting a workshop this upcoming Tuesday, July 26th that’s all about it.

Please do me a HUGE favor and let me know if this is helpful or not by voting yes or no in the poll at the end of the letter.

Ok, let’s get to it 🤓

What’s Coming Up

I always like to get to the gist right in the beginning, but, if you click the links below be sure to come back for the rest.

• Content Batching, Collecting, Organizing, Distilling Workshop July 26th @ 11 am PST.

• Somatic Breathwork (live) Online Session August 14th @ 12pm PST.

What I’m Learning This Week

Simplification and diversification.

But wait, that doesn’t make sense.

You said simplification…doesn’t diversify mean more?

Let me explain…

We are overwhelmed with information and it’s coming from so many different streams of input.

I spoke about one mental model that helps focus on results in a world of over stimulation in last weeks letter 👉Here's a Mental Model That 10x-ed My Results.

I’m reading up on methods of collecting, organizing, distilling, and expressing (distributing) information.

• 1️⃣ Because I f****** love this subject

• 2️⃣ Because it helps streamline systems and processes so that “I can save time and money in order to do more of what I love at scale” 👈 quote from @mattgottesman that I just can’t seem to shake 🧠💦

• 3️⃣ Because it adds to the upcoming free workshop on July 26th

I’ve been researching different models such as the Hub & Spoke, Content Matrix, Content Webs, and more.

All of which inspired this model that I’m calling the C.O.D.E. model.

Collecting, Organizing, Distilling, Expressing

This model SIMPLIFIES the process and DIVERSIFIES the reach.

It’s the CODE to unlocking freakishly insane results off ONE piece of long form content.

I’m going to break this down in detail along with some other models with Matt during the free workshop.

What I’m Working On This Week

1. Final touches on the The SON™ candle company.

2. Prepping workflows for the free workshop.

3. Preparing for the live online breathwork session hosted by yours truly Aug. 14th

4. Somatic Breathwork - Upcoming Practitioner Trainings, refining team processes & S.O.P.’s and creating KPI dashboards.

Some of you may already know but for those of you who don’t.

I recently stepped back from a 12 year chapter of my life which was owning/operating a cannabis edible company in Arizona called Baked Bros.

Since then, I’ve joined Somatic Breathwork as Director of Business Development.

As well as launching an experiential candle company called The SON™, launching Q4 of this year.

A BIG thank you to all of those of have followed me along the journey of creating this on my instagram.

Your feedback has been tremendous and gravely influenced the creative direction.

• 👉 Join the waitlist to stay in the loop.

• 👉 Join the Facebook Group for prayers, meditations and more.

Additionally, my good friend, brother in arms and mentor Matt Gottesman and I are working on making a space for a creator community.

He’s what you’d consider an “OG” in the creator community space. If you have haven’t tuned into him yet I highly recommended doing so.

We’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time 🥳

Which has finally come to fruition i.e the free monthly workshops where we literally GIVE away our templates, tools and processes for systemizing workflows.

If you haven’t been able to tell by now. I’m obsessed with creating workflows, studying mental models, frameworks and optimizing processes.

Choosing an niche makes you a commodity. Choosing an obsession makes you the only one. ~Justin Welsh~

But let it be known that this is a healthy obsession.

Now some of you may be thinking. Holy 💩 this guys does a lot!

And you’re right, I do…and I love it.

But the only way I’m able to not break under pressure is time-management (I’ll definitely share more in a later letter) and to prevent the building up of pressure in the first place.

I do this through healthy expressions such as walking, exercising, and breathwork practices.

Mental health is becoming more and more understood, but the treatments available still don't address the body's role in trauma and stress.

It's time to change that.

Trauma and stress affect our minds and bodies, so we need to treat them together, not independently.

This is the “psyche and the soma” or you’ve likely heard this referred to as the “mind-body” connection.

Somatic breathwork is a modality that addresses both the mind and body by starting with a bottom-up vs top-down approach.

This exercise uses rhythmic breathing to help you release trapped energy and emotions in the body. See an example 👉 here.

Somatic Breathwork is a way to “express the pressure” ~Steven Jaggers~

If you haven’t participated in a Somatic Breathwork session you can learn more about it:

• 👉 here

Or if you have and are about due for a healthy expression then you can sign up for an online session held on August 14th.

• 🌬 Sign up here

In order to slow down and lessen the noise we need to first become aware of the thoughts, emotions, and sensations that are constantly running through our mind and body.

Once we are aware of this internal chatter, we can begin to let go of them one at a time.

It’s like watching clouds pass by in the sky; we can simply observe them without becoming attached to them.

This actually takes me back to Peru when I had undergone a Huachuma (San Pedro) ceremony.

My intention going into the ceremony was to be accepting of change.

After all, change is inevitable or what’s that saying?

“Death, Change, Taxes are all guaranteed”.

At least you can defer the taxes 😅

I remember looking up at the rich blue sky and the clouds colliding into one another stretching and morphing in shape.

Did you or do you ever look at the clouds and make sense of the shapes?

I chuckled and thought to myself “the clouds don’t question the nature of change, they are only and always accepting.

As we become more adept at letting go of our thoughts, we will find that it becomes easier and easier to remain in a state of stillness (the body will become still and the mind will become slow).

In this state, we will be more open and receptive to new ideas and experiences.

We may also find that we are able to access a deeper level of wisdom (a cardinal virtue) and understanding.

The next time you find yourself feeling overwhelmed or frazzled, take a few minutes to sit quietly and let go of your thoughts.

You may be surprised at how refreshed and calm you feel afterwards.

Have an amazing week ahead and I encourage you to see if you can make someones day just a little brighter today 🌞

Nadeem Al-Hasan

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Free Workshop

Matt Gottesman and I are doing a free workshop on Collecting, Organizing, & Distilling content On Tuesday, July 26th @ 11 am PST.

Specifically related to creating content for your personal brand or business.

You can sign up 👉 here👈 for free (expressing content will be part 2 😉)

If you didn’t see last month workshop on Systems Hacking Saving Time & Money You can catch a replay 👉 here 👈

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Somatic Breathwork Session Online - August 14th.

• You can sign up 🌬 here

• Learn more here 👉 here👈

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Free 8-Week Course - Beginning Sept. 20th, 2022.

Philosophical Fellowship: Architects of the Psyche. Join 👉 here👈