Even the Finest Sword Will Rust - SPARTAN WAY 026
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2019
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
I first heard this Sun Tzu quote from my friend and NFL Veteran,
John Welbourn. It REALLY hit home for me as I have experienced
Countless times how an environment can lift you up or hold you back.
LESSONS:
- Surround yourself with battery chargers as our friend Joe Polish says to gain inspiration from others
- As a parent, keep an eye on your kids' friends. Do they make your child better or add more stress?
- Whether it's work, sports, gym - you're always in an "environment" and surrounded by people. Make sure these environments are charging your batteries!
LINKS:
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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Host & Show Notes: Zach Even - Esh
© 2018 Spartan
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| 0:00.0 | Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will rust. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Spartan Way podcast. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm your host, Zach Evernesh, |
| 0:15.0 | and in this episode, I want to talk to you about a great quote |
| 0:17.9 | that I heard from my friend, John Wellborn, |
| 0:20.4 | who is a 10-year veteran in the NFL and this quote is from Sun Sioux and it says |
| 0:25.1 | even the finest sword plunged into salt water will rust and I want you to |
| 0:31.0 | just think about that for a moment I'd get goosebumps just saying that quote. |
| 0:35.3 | It made me think of a few stories that reminded me how powerful your environment can be. |
| 0:42.1 | Your environment can lift you up or it can |
| 0:45.3 | break you down and hold you back. A buddy of mine gave me a phone call and he |
| 0:50.2 | listens to the Spartan Up podcast he listens to all the different |
| 0:53.9 | podcasts and he said you know I love waking up early and working out I have no |
| 0:58.9 | problem doing it but my workout in the morning is not as good as my workout in the evening at five or six p.m |
| 1:06.8 | I said well that's interesting where do you train at 5 a.m you know think it. The music that they play in the gym is very low key. |
| 1:16.3 | It's kind of this like calming place. The people around you have their heads down |
| 1:20.9 | they're on their cell phones. It's this clean, posh, beautiful |
| 1:25.2 | place. |
| 1:26.2 | It's probably not really inspiring to you. |
| 1:28.4 | Here's the difference. |
| 1:29.4 | I don't think it matters what time you're training at. It matters where you're training. It matters where you're training. |
| 1:35.0 | And I shared with him that quote from Sun Sioux about how you are a sharp sword, |
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