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The School of Greatness

699 Stop Being Comfortable with Jesse Itzler

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

When you feel like you’ve reached your limit, you’re only 40% there. How often do you listen to your body when it says, “I’m done?” We get tired, our muscles get sore, so we throw in the towel. We’re wired to stop every time we start to feel pain. But if we ignore that, we can push ourselves to a new limit. Unless you get uncomfortable, you won’t know what you’re really capable of. That’s why I’m excited to revisit a conversation I had with a new friend who is always pushing himself to the next level: Jesse Itzler. Jesse is ultramarathon runner who is also a bestselling author, award-winning rapper, and an original partner for ZICO coconut water. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jets and a co-owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. Jesse was able to take on everything in his life by putting himself first. Like Jesse says in this episode, “So much of business is a reflection of you, and so many of us don’t invest in ourselves.” Learn how to push yourself past your limit to achieve what you never thought possible on Episode 699. In This Episode You Will Learn: About the 40% Rule (1:42) The one time Jesse reached his limit (3:20) How Jesse gained control of his time (4:47) Why Jesse sets aside 3 hours of his day for himself (5:34)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is 5 Minute Friday!

0:05.6

I'm so pumped for this episode because it's with my new friend Jesse Itzler.

0:15.4

Now for those that don't know who Jesse is, extremely impressive human being, an incredible

0:20.6

entrepreneur.

0:22.2

He is the original partner of Ziko Coconut Water, which is coconut water that I used to drink

0:26.5

all the time and still do.

0:28.4

He is also a co-founder of Marquis Jets.

0:31.7

He is an Emmy Award winner and a best sounding rapper and also the co-owner of the Atlanta

0:36.9

Hawks NBA basketball team.

0:43.1

We went down to the gym, five minutes into our 31 day journey and he said, I want to see

0:49.4

how many pull-ups you can do.

0:51.0

So I said, all right.

0:52.2

So I guess to kind of get a level of where I was at and I am not a strong guy.

0:57.8

So I did maybe eight pull-ups and then I dropped down and he said, all right, wait 30

1:01.6

seconds and do it again.

1:03.6

So I waited 30 seconds, got that up on the bar.

1:06.2

I did like six.

1:07.2

He said, all right, one more time and now like I'm starting to feel it.

1:10.7

I don't think I can even get that up on the bar and I get three but three like kicking

1:17.3

it over my chin over like whatever I could do to get over the bar.

1:21.0

So I said, all right, what's next?

1:22.6

He said, what's next is we're going to stay here till you do 100 more.

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