Welcome to the CLS experience. I'm your host, Craig Siegel. I'm a born and raised New Yorker

who achieved success with multiple businesses, but I crave something deeper. So I dedicated myself

to personal growth and transformation by revamping my mindset.

I went from being unable to run a mile to conquering four marathons the following year.

Now, I want to help others manufacture big breakthroughs of their own.

The human brain, the number one motivator for the brain is the avoidance of discomfort.

So that's what kept us alive on the planet as long as it has.

We don't fall off a cliff. We don't freeze out the cold.

We avoid discomfort to keep us alive.

And it's antiquated.

We don't need that anymore.

We're in living rooms now.

We've got Netflix, right?

There's not a lion at our bed when we wake up in the morning.

So we need to actually be uncomfortable to grow, to become anti-fragile.

We are learning helplessness in this current state, certainly in the first world.

So we've got to get out there and push. Yeah. learning helplessness in this in this current state, certainly in the first world. So, um,

you got to get out there and push. Yeah. Live to grow to be better. On today's episode of the CLS experience, we have a very special treat. He's the creator, founder, and the pulse behind the iconic Spartan race phenomenon.

He's the definition of being mentally tough. He's one of the baddest entrepreneurs and endurance

athletes on the planet, possessing an abundance of grit, heart, and that rare, maniacal drive.

He's a New York Times best-selling author of one of my personal favorite

books, Spartan up. His impact has initiated a worldwide ripple effect. He's just an overall

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