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I was recently reading a book called The Boys in the Boat.

About nine American rowers from

Washington that won gold in the 1936 Olympics.

There's this incredible exchange at one point in the book between the main character

of Joe, who's part of that historic boat, and a man named George Pocock, who was not only a brilliant rowing mind that helped the team out,

but he also had his own business crafting in making the boats

or rowing shells, as they were called,

and he would make them and send them to schools all over the country.

And so Joe's deal is that he's this natural talent,

strong kid, tough as nails, but just seems to lose his composure from time to time.

When he's in the boat, there are these moments of jaw-dropping excellence,

unprecedented speed across the water,

and then there are moments when he loses his focus, and the boat sort of

follows suit, right? They're inconsistent. And so George Pocock, being the rowing expert that he is,

made a commitment to see if he could help Joe figure that out, right, the mental game. So he calls

Joe into his shop, and he starts showing him how he

puts together these highly coveted boats, showing him the tools and the pieces and how it's nothing

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