This is the Jocco Underground podcast number 186 sitting here with Echo Charles.

We've got a bunch of very interesting questions from you all.

And we will provide answers in some cases, recommended courses of action in other cases, and maybe just overall guidance.

Yeah.

That's where we're at.

Helpful guidance.

Yes, indeed.

All right.

First question. Good evening. I listen to your

podcast a lot and it helps me stay disciplined in many areas of my life. In my mid-20s and after starting

to work out consistently for the first time in seven years, I decided to increase the plank time I was

doing by 10 seconds after about a week and a half. So plank is, you know, when you

go on your elbows, your feet, you know, you're rigid. Anyway, you time yourself, it's a thing.

So for a week and a half. Okay, the first time I tried this, I found myself engaging in all this

negative self-talk. Like, wow, congratulations, sarcastcastically you're now 10 seconds of

planking less pathetic than you were a week ago my question is why can some of us

struggle so hard to be happy with growth and acknowledge when we are

acting with discipline and commitment in other ways as well and beyond my

planking sincerely and with appreciation i i was kind of

wondering how that was negative until you read it in the sarcastic voice you know um because in my mind

it's like oh yeah you actually are better there than you were a week ago no he said less pathetic

so what i'm saying like

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