 When I ask most high performers like you all is giving your best effort is that a choice? Most people proudly puff up their chest and acknowledge. Yes, working hard is a choice and I agree with you But if working hard is a choice by default there has to be another side of that coin Which means not working hard. That's also a choice pain that you go through is temporary, but the greatness on the other side is forever and I love that quote because it's the thing that we always got to constantly remember and if we could just get past that pain threshold Training whatever it is and on the other side of that man is the good shit. It's the greatness So get past that threshold and get to your greatness There's only two things in this world that every single one of us has 100% control over 100% of the time That's our effort and Our attitude we need to learn how to focus on the two things that we have 100% Control over and any time we spend focus on or let's be honest worried about Things that are not in our control. It will adversely affect the things that are in our control I built muscle over the years so that it's not that I don't have feelings I don't get hurt or sad or I feel all those things, but they're not the dominant force of my life It's a muscle. The mind is a muscle emotion is a muscle. It's not that I'm so great just I'm well trained I'm trained this mind and help people negotiate. Well, I'm able to tomorrow. I'm gonna do this Oh, let me wait two more minutes till I'm ready. There's none of that shit with me for decades. I go I say do I'm not here to discuss this shit with my mind There's mind and then there's soul and spirit and soul and spirit my soul fucking knows and when I say jump you Fucking jump. I'm not here to have a discussion with you Most people whether it's a teammate a colleague a co-worker a student a player when you hold them accountable for not giving their best effort The first thing they'll do is make an excuse on why they're not working hard The next thing they'll do is they'll blame someone or something for the conditions and why they're not working hard And I can promise you that the moment you leave that conversation They are going to complain about you for the fact that you're holding them accountable to something that is 100% in their control So I told you before that trilogy will undermine your ability to be the best you can be So we all need to acknowledge that working hard is a choice, but not working hard is also a choice And as you can probably guess the key to high performance is choosing to work as hard as possible as Often as possible being successful is so hard But I realized that not being successful was hard too The difference between not being successful hard and trying to get successful Are if you're trying to get successful than it's hard at least there's some payout There's a payoff if you hang in there that's payoff So if it's hard that way and it's hard being successful, I might as well Deal with how hard it is to be successful because at least one day that could be a payout It's a decision man. I'm not bragging. I'm telling you the truth This is fact you think I'm playing try I dare you try I dare you