Why am I writing this
Because I’ve never lived my life with regrets.
I’d rather go all in, lose, and know I tried, than sit years later wishing I had.
Work. Love. Fitness.
Everything in life is hard.
Winning is hard. Failing is hard.
Both will test you. Both will stretch you.
You have to pick your hard.
1 Insight
Pain is swappable.
You can carry the pain of discipline now or the pain of regret later.
One makes you proud. The other keeps you up at night.
1 Habit
James Clear’s “Two-Minute Rule” (Atomic Habits)
When starting something hard, shrink it down to a two‑minute action:
Want to run? Put on your shoes.
Want to write? Open a blank doc.
Want to read? Read the first page.
It’s the fastest way to break the friction that makes it feel impossible.
1 Story
Michael Phelps trained every single day for six years, no breaks, not even on Christmas.
His coach, Bob Bowman, said:
“If others trained 4 days a week and he trained 7, that’s 50 more days a year in the pool.”
It was hard. Exhausting. Repetitive.
But skipping would have been harder to live with if he’d lost gold by a fraction of a second.
That’s it for this week!!!
Success is hard. Regret is harder.
The choice isn’t between hard and easy, it’s between two kinds of hard.
Pick the one that pays you back.
See ya next Tuesday!!
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