Andy Frisella’s podcast 127. The two things champions know:
- The importance of creating momentum.
- The importance of sustaining momentum.
Strike while the iron is hot. And keep the iron hot.
This answered a question for me.
I have momentum. This morning I awoke naturally at 4:48 am. I was out the door at 5 am for the first walk of the day. I have been doing the dawn patrol for a couple of weeks now.
The momentum comes from the 75 Hard routine. Should I keep going after completing the challenge? Keep going with modifications? Stop? These were the questions I kept asking myself.
The obvious answer is obvious. Keep going for another cycle, without a break, without modification. It’s working, whatever “it” is. The emergent growth is spontaneous in ways I did not anticipate.
Don’t fuck with it. Don’t pull the “I deserve a reward” bullshit. Don’t “I will keep doing this but change this or that.” NO.
Remember what Al said. Your best ideas, your hardest work, every ounce of willpower you could muster, and your conception of God . . . landed you right here. an utter failure in every department.
Or Clancy. Same scenario: bullheaded willpower lands at us zero. We throw in the towel and start taking direction. Things get better. They get so much better that we take back the towel . . . and spend the rest of our lives in pain because we went back to our own brilliant ideas and willpower, tearing off tiny pieces of the towel to throw in every time the pain becomes too great.
Surrender. Acceptance.
Don’t start that cycle again. Don’t start injecting your own brilliant ideas to “make it better.” Your idea of better . . . isn’t always successful, is it?
You’re on The Path. Stay on The Path.