In the Arena

I wrote the script for this one while running 4 miles yesterday... just talking into my phone at a 7:29-ish pace, making it up on the spot. Which got me thinking about how many of us won't start something until we can see the finish line. So this one's about doing hard things before you know how they end, Teddy Roosevelt's Man in the Arena, why Thomas Edison was a little delusional (in a good way), and getting stronger one rep at a time. Run around the block, take a cold shower, read 10 pages... just take the first step!

00:00 I wrote this whole episode on a 4 mile run

00:34 Everybody should be making a podcast

01:05 Waiting to see the finish line before you start

01:45 We get better when we do hard things

02:01 Lifting a weight you've never picked up before

02:17 How do we get comfortable being uncomfortable?

02:33 Teddy Roosevelt's Man in the Arena

03:01 The critic never takes a hit

03:32 A little delusion: Thomas Edison

04:11 Greet failure like an old friend

04:47 One rep at a time

05:35 You can just do things

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