We all think about quitting when shit's hard.

It's hard to process information during pain,

because that pain takes over and you can't think rationally.

You're thinking about fight or flight, save yourself.

That's not a rational thought.

It's not a thought that's going to get you through hard times.

When you quit, your mind says, we're done.

So it doesn't expand.

There's no expansion when you quit.

You will not find toughness in a comfortable environment.

The only way you find it is to drown yourself in a position where you're just out of sorts, where you can't swim and you're drowning.

You're drowning in life. You're now, like, I gotta get out of here. You're in fighter flight. It's cold. I can't be cold this long.

And then this is that one second decision comes in. You forgot every reason why you wanted to be there. All you want to do is go back home.

You want the warmth. You may want something to eat. All those things of comfort are there in that one

second. What you have to do in that one second is say, you know what, man, fuck that. Dad, I'm going to figure

out how to fucking backstroke or something. It's about gaining control of your mind,

putting things back in the proper perspective,

and then saying, I really do want to be here,

and I'm going to have a bunch of these one seconds,

and I have to learn to control these,

because if I fail one of these one seconds,

I will not be a doctor, I will not be a lawyer,

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