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When I wake up in the morning, I have got to be running towards the thing that I want to do

and not walking towards it, not, I really don't feel like doing this or why did I agree to do this

or why did I get into this? I got to be running to it. And I realize that if I'm able to do that, get up in the morning and run to it, then I'm

in that place of joy and happiness.

It doesn't mean that the work goes away, the work ethic goes away, you work even harder.

For me, it always comes back to perseverance, persistence, high pain tolerance, an ability to suffer through discomfort,

a welcoming of doing hard things, and willingness really.

If you do the thing, in spite of being fearful of doing the thing, that is courage.

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