I'm trying to get harder and tougher mentally and physically every day in my life.

You're either the growth mindset or you're the fixed mindset.

If you're trying to be the best, you need to look at who the best is and see what they do.

Relentless pursuit of progress.

There is a difference between the best and the rest.

Welcome to the Brute Strength podcast.

Champions are built in the morning first.

Where we interview scientists, world champions, doctors, and experts in just about every

area of health and fitness.

What do you care enough about?

What are you fascinated enough about to go so deep and learn so much that you'll know more about it than anyone else.

And now here's your host, Michael Cashew.

Thank you. Hey, this is Michael Cashew, and you're listening to the Brute Strength podcast. Today, I'm joined by one of my all-time favorite authors, Sebastian Younger.

Sebastian is the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, Fire,

a death in Belmont, war, and tribe.

He's also an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair,

a special correspondent at ABC News. He is also a documentary filmmaker,

whose debut film Restrepo was nominated for an Academy Award. And guys, his book Tribe absolutely changed my life. Where I grew up in Louisiana, community was very highly valued, is very highly valued.

And so I think I grew up already knowing how important community was or are already feeling

like community was important. And when I read this book, it just cemented into me that it's not community and friendship is not a nice to have,

but it is something that is so deeply hardwired and ingrained in us that it is a necessity,

almost like the necessity for air, food, and water. And since reading his book,

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