The mental game has to change as you progress through the stages. Some stages are easy and invigorating. Some stages are devastating and crushing. Some hurt emotionally more than physically. At each step in the process you have to develop a new toolset to overcome them. This is what I had been doing on this run. I overcame the early hurdle of not b

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Life is nothing more than a series of stages, one after another. Our problem is that we often enjoy a particular stage so much that we’re hesitant to move to the next one. Each chapter should be enjoyable, yes, but each chapter should also prepare you for a new chapter that you could only reach by experiencing your current one . And you do, at some... See more