#730 Strip Away The Excuses
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Try this . . . strip away the excuses and then figure out why you don't want to take action. Today, we look at being paralyzed in planning and waiting for the perfect moment. That perfect moment is usually right now. We don't control the universe and thinking we do is a sure plan for failure or procrastination. We all face challenges and those obstacles never seem to go away. But they are also your guide. Do what works for you. Find a passion for filling your cup. This is an important time of the year for training, but what does that really mean? Today, we look at how to not waste your precious time.
Topics:
- Turning the clocks back
- Sleep troubles
- Micro quitting
- Look for meaningful opportunities
- The obstacle is the way
- Do things that go your way
- Practice what you preach
- Stopped in our tracks
- Be in the moment but don't get stuck in the moment
- High expectations vs. reasonable expectations
- Planning for perfection
- Finland - the happiest place in the world?
- Is what you're doing setting up for success?
- Body composition
- Never judge a day by the weather
- Self sabotage
- Heading in the right direction
- Cutting corners
- Passion for filling the cup
- Be like a kid
- Pay attention to what you're putting on your plate
- Don't mess with nature - rest and restore
- This time is important, but not for crushing it
- Comparison is the thief of joy
- Bullet proof plan??
- Sun is energy
- Performance pressure
- When work is always on the periphery
- How do we disconnect
- Mode: What works for you
- Paralyzed in planning
- Perfection is relative
- Stripped of excuses
- The only thing left is action
- Why wait?
- We don't control the universe
- The time is now
- Bad lighting in dressing room
Coaching Inquiries
Mike Tarrolly - CrushingIron@gmail.com
Robbie Bruce - C26Coach@gmail.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right. |
| 0:05.0 | All right. here we are. |
| 0:23.1 | We're back with an exciting new episode. |
| 0:26.6 | It's coming at you. |
| 0:28.3 | The holidays are. |
| 0:29.6 | I'm not sure why you're all of a sudden we're starting to over promise here. |
| 0:33.8 | Our standard is under promise attempt to over deliver. |
| 0:37.1 | It is November 16th. the year is 2023. |
| 0:41.3 | Welcome on board, everybody. |
| 0:42.7 | You're listening to the Crushing Iron podcast, and this is episode 730. |
| 0:47.9 | That is, and it's a lost leader. |
| 0:49.6 | Just click on the funnel. |
| 0:52.9 | We'll get you right in the tube. |
| 0:54.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:55.4 | Our podcast is the Costco rotisserie chicken. |
| 0:58.9 | We are the loss leader, which I'm almost positive is their lost leader. |
| 1:02.6 | But no, it's a great, another great day, another beautiful day. |
| 1:05.6 | In the 70s, I think, here today in Overland Park, Kansas heading down heading back down to uh to nashville tomorrow |
| 1:12.2 | get an early start on uh thanksgiving week uh celebrations well probably a little bit more |
| 1:19.3 | uh toned down this year given the loss of mimi but uh hadn't done there friday really because |
| 1:25.6 | uh miss you won't even like know who this this, you won't even know who this is. |
| 1:28.6 | And I wouldn't even know either in the last two years. |
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