25 Hours a Day: Going One More to Get What You Want

Discipline in combination with a broken switch, broken in such a way that it won’t let you stop or turn off, have been key to driving forward and surviving the toughest of times. I flipped the switch when I started, and broke it so I could never turn it off.

When you search for those things that are really hard, those things that really suck (like a four-day, 150-mile ruck march in the heat of late summer Texas), and embrace them, you’ll have those life-changing experiences that will lead you exactly where you want to be.

You’ve got to go external and see the situation for what it is, not what it feels like. Like I said earlier in the book, the body is merely an accessory to your mind, not the other way around. If you can go external and pull yourself away from that inner struggle, you’ll find yourself achieving things you never thought possible.

Don’t be afraid to make your own mistakes, either. Creation is messy. Following a dream isn’t always a straight line. The only real sin would be to make mistakes and not learn from them.

There is one thing those who fail and quit, who don’t break that switch, all seem to have in common: they lack a great vision.

Push back against those barriers. Those are walls we build before we start anything. Before starting a business. Before going on a workout. Before starting a new job. It’s natural to want to protect yourself by setting limits that you can easily bump up against. This gives you the false impression of really working to your capacity. In reality, it

Whenever I talk to someone, I can tell right away as to whether they’re talking from experience, or from something they read in a book, or saw on a video, but have never actually experienced themselves. I never wanted to be that guy.

Going one more is about stretching limits. It should hurt. It should not feel easy or comfortable. Find what you think is your limit, then go beyond it. Believe me, when you find yourself at mile nineteen, whether figuratively or literally, it’ll be one of the greatest moments of your life.

No one grows in their safe zone. It’s a static place. No change, no evolution, no learning.