A while back, I developed a very unique and effective mental conditioning tool, one that I call mental reps.

And it was something that I developed almost on accident to deal with a lot of doubts and insecurities and fears that I was feeling at a particular time of my life.

And at this time, I was a firefighter. This is early

in the development of I'm not you, but I was a firefighter at the time, father of five,

rookie entrepreneur, and it was tough. And I had a lot of indecision that would creep in. It was a lot of

things that I was juggling. And I was new to a lot of things. It was an entirely new stage of my career in many

different levels. I just got done playing football, something I dedicated virtually my whole life to,

and now it was like me trying to get good at something all over again. It was tough. And of course,

I was still trained, still work out. And during my workouts, particularly my

jump rope sessions, I would just find myself getting to these really, really beasty states of

mind, right? I'd be listening to my music, usually dipset or some nods, something like that

that's getting me real hype. And I would start to repeat things to myself as I would look

in the mirror. So I'd be seeing myself in the mirror and I would just start talking to myself,

but then it would turn into sort of these mantras that I would say over and over. And what happened

was I find myself instead of feeling fear, I'd be vibrating with the most beastlike energy

after these workouts. And it would take me far into the day and sometimes even two or three days afterward.

And so, of course, I'll be listening to rap.

So my chance would oftentimes follow the rhythm.

All right.

So this turned into a really powerful mental conditioning tool for me, like I said,

and I started carrying it

with me, not just with my jump ropes, but also running, anything that had sort of a rhythm to it.

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