Here's a question. What if I told you the reason you can't stay disciplined isn't because you're

weak? It's because no one has ever showed you how to actually master it. I've done the hard

shit. On paper, I look like someone who's mastered this. I run two incredible companies. I train

every day. I've even finished a goddamn Iron Man seven times. Real discipline is a system, a framework. I call it the

discipline triangle. It has these three key parts. You have the pain, you have the purpose, and you

have the proof. If you're missing even one, the whole system breaks down. The discipline goes away

and it becomes unsustainable. That's why people quit. That's why

people burn out. I wish someone had showed me this triangle 20 years ago. It would have literally

saved me a ton of time. Welcome to the Martel method. I went from rehab at 17 to building a

$100 million empire and being a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. In this podcast, I'll show you exactly

how to build a life and business you don't grow to hate. My bestselling book, Buy Back Your

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So let's break it down. Starting with the first P, pain. Growth only lives on the other side of discomfort.

And this one's going to be tough for you to hear because what I'm asking you to do is seek

discomfort to decide to do the hard thing.

Things that are valuable in life, luxury goods, nice cars, beautiful homes, they're not

easy to get, but they're worth it. If you avoid the

pain, you avoid the progress. Because here's a reality. Pain will happen regardless. So choose

your pain. This is a crazy story. Three weeks before my Iron Man, I got cut off by a van on my bike

going 20 miles an hour in Arrow. It caused me to fly through the air, almost landing on my head.

Luckily, I tucked and I caught the ground with my back. It destroyed my bike. It literally

almost killed me. After it happened, everybody said to me, hey man, maybe this is a sign you should

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