What is the key ingredient in excellence?
You become what you do. You become who you hang around. If you surround yourself with competent people then your horizons are high. Is the opposite true? You bet.
At some point mediocrity becomes a noose round your neck.
Why is heart important? Because it is heart that drives us forward. It is heart that drives us to push through the mental discomfort that surrounds the effort we have to put out to do the things that make how we experience this life extraordinary.
I got tired of feeling sorry for myself this morning because my hand looks like it was stepped on by an elephant. I couldn’t go to BJJ because the risk of further damage was just too high. So I taped all my fat fingers together and went downstairs to my home gym and did a crossfit workout (19 rounds of a “Cindy”) at max intensity. Fingers survived and now I feel great.
I am on track with clean eating today and that adds to the positive vibe.
[...] sets in all. 1 better than last time. Good form. That’s a record. Now 21 is calling my name. [...]