When I first began experimenting with fasting, it wasn’t about trend or toughness. It was about endurance (well health mainly; but hear me out). I needed my body to recover faster and perform longer so I could keep running 100-kilometre races and build businesses that could keep pace. It worked.

Fasting didn’t just change how I trained; it changed how I led. Because the principles that repair the body are the same ones that restore a business ... stick with me:

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