We look at movies like Rocky and crave the montage, ignoring the hundreds of hours of raw footage left on the cutting room floor. Success is exponential, but the initial "flatline" acts as a Great Filter designed to weed out the 99% who are addicted to short-term dopamine. In this episode, I explain why your constraints are your greatest asset and why that feeling of boredom is simply the sound of your competition quitting.

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You don't lack the means. You lack the override.

Your brain is a biological machine optimized for one thing: efficiency. It consumes 20% of your energy just to keep you safe, comfortable, and stagnant. In a riptide, that instinct will kill you. In life, it will kill your potential.

This isn't a guide on how to escape the rat race. It is a reality check on why you haven't done it yet. We do not understand the depth of our own willpower because we rarely face consequences acute enough to force it to the surface.

Stop planning. Stop preparing. Swim like your life depends on it. Because it does.

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I run a marathon from a relatively untrained state, providing live feedback and insights from the experience.