Good morning and welcome to the Increasing Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode 2043. Today is an excerpt from a book called The Right Call. And here we go. Quote, they're talking about, she's talking about elite athletes. They keep themselves on the grind by asking themselves the question. Can you stay disciplined,

even if it's uncomfortable, for just a minute longer? Most of us just judge the worth of an

activity by how it feels in the moment. But athletes judge the worth of an action by how they feel

when they are done. This is a fundamental outlook anyone can borrow from, and you don't have to be Derek Jeter

to practice it.

The physical strain of training doesn't feel good for anyone who's grasping for breath,

but afterwards, there is a sense of command from having done something difficult.

With negative behaviors, especially ones involving

sugar, it's exactly reverse. It feels awfully good at the time, only to be followed by regret later,

close quote. This is a simple reminder that pain and struggle and adversity is part of the process, especially if you are trying to

create new habits, build muscle, become stronger. We've said it many times on this podcast. You have

to be willing to embrace the boredom of consistency. And I love what it says here. Judge the worth of an action by how you feel

when you're done, not how you feel in the moment. You're going to hate it at first, but if you're

consistent, you're going to love the results. As opposed to doing things that are easy, you're going to

love it at first. But if you're consistent with doing

things that you only love and enjoy, you're going to hate the results later on because they don't

lead to growth. They don't lead to progress. It's the easy road. It's the easy path. And so my

invitation to you is what is something difficult you can do today? A storm you can

run into choosing the hard road, not be not for a hard sake, but because you know it's going to

benefit you in the long run. Have a great day and we'll do it again next time.