Masterpiece Days

By Lee Chambers

Have you ever had a day that changed your life?

We tend to underestimate just how much we can achieve in a day, and more importantly, how days very quickly add up to months and years. My life changed when I lost the ability to walk on a day back in 2014. And ever since then, I've been obsessed with how our daily routines and habits make us into the people we are.

Join me as I explore the 10 big ideas and insights that have had the biggest impact on my journey to learn to walk again, start a successful business and lead a happier, healthier life.

This book will provide you with a blueprint to create days that are optimal for you, and contains both a range of ideas to reflect on, and exercises to complete. By the end of this book, you will know exactly what you need in your day to move towards the future you desire.

About the author

Lee Chambers is an award-winning British psychologist, coach and founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing. He has been interviewed by Vogue, The Guardian and Newsweek, and is known for analysing the psychological aspects of the workplaces, wellbeing and colour. His clients include Indeed, RBS, Gazprom and B&Q, and he works with athletes, leaders and entrepreneurs to support them to reach optimal performance through wellbeing and psychology.

He is the host of the Self Aware Entrepreneur Show, and was voted in the Top 50 BAME Entrepreneurs Under 50 in 2020. He is trusted by publications such as Medical News Today, the BBC and Healthline, and was awarded the Psychologist of the Year by the UK Enterprise Awards, and in 2011 won the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Emerging Entrepreneur category.

Having studied across a range of psychological fields at the University of Surrey, the University of Pennsylvania and Lancaster University, he is now on a mission to distil his learnings into a series of actionable guides to leading healthier, happier lives that promote thriving and flourishing. And it is one of these guides you hold in your hand today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lee Chambers
• Release date: Jul 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005455415

Lee Chambers

Lee Chambers (born 22 May 1985) is a British psychologist, entrepreneur, coach and radio host.Born in Bolton in the United Kingdom in 1985, he is the founder of both PhenomGames and Essentialise. He has been interviewed by Vogue, The Guardian and Newsweek, and is known for analyzing the psychological aspects of colour and workplaces.He holds an MSc in Environmental Psychology from the University of Surrey, and his clients include Indeed.com, RBS, Gazprom and PwC.He is trusted by publications including Medical News Today, the BBC and Healthline.He is the host of the Self Aware Entrepreneur Show, and was voted in the Top 50 BAME Entrepreneurs Under 50 in 2020.

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About the Author

Lee Chambers is an award-winning British psychologist, coach and founder of Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing. He has been interviewed by Vogue, The Guardian and Newsweek, and is known for analysing the psychological aspects of the workplaces, wellbeing and colour.

His clients include Indeed, RBS, Gazprom and PwC, and he works with athletes, leaders and entrepreneurs to support them to reach optimal performance through wellbeing and psychology. He is the host of the Self Aware Entrepreneur Show and was voted in the Top 50 BAME Entrepreneurs Under 50 in 2020. He is trusted by publications such as Medical News Today, the BBC and Healthline, and was awarded the Psychologist of the Year by the UK Enterprise Awards.

Having studied across a range of psychology fields at the University of Surrey, the University of Pennsylvania and Lancaster University, he is now on a mission to distil his learnings into a series of actionable guides to leading a healthier, happier life that promote thriving and flourishing. It is one of these guides you hold in your hand today.

Introduction

In the modern, dynamic, fast-paced world we live in, what can we realistically achieve in a day? More often than not, our day is over before we even realise it. We are so busy looking ahead that we don’t focus on the task in front of us. Our minds race onto the big vision we have, the next thing on the to-do list, the decisions we have to make. With all these responsibilities and big important things to juggle, the days just seem to pass in the blink of an eye.

Not long ago, I lived like that too. I was running a video game business, studying and forging a career in elite sports. My day was so packed that days and weeks, and months passed in a flash. Instead of focusing on the present, I was so tied in in performance and progress and what was the next big thing. I had no time to reflect on the important things in life. My day revolved around my to do list and deadlines instead of designing a day that was sustainable and focused on the important things. The idea of creating a day that made me happy was far from my mind; I was all about the grind. But when you’re hurtling through life at breakneck speed, it is just not sustainable and sooner or later, it all comes crashing to a halt.

My passion for creating masterpiece days stems from my own adversity. 2014 was the year that changed my life. At the time it seemed like the worst year of my life, but now I look at it as the year that forged me into the person I am now. It was a difficult year; my immune system attacked my body and I was left unable to walk. All this happened while my wife was pregnant, and I was unsure how