#691 – Mid-Season Wake Up Calls

It’s not always fun to have a wake up call. Today, we get into the illusion of seeking dreams without putting in the work. Mike did a Sprint over the weekend and he had to take a long, hard look in the mirror. We get into riding on success from the past, and how 90% of life is just showing up . . . but most people don’t do the 10% which is learn from success or failure. We talk about confidence as a crutch, how it’s good to have a healthy fear hanging over you, and why we have to own our successes and failures. Eventually being unprepared will wear you down. Woulda, coulda, shoulda, only goes so far. When we have a big, exciting dream, we should go for it, but it ultimately boils down to doing the hard part, which is the actual work.

Topics: 

• Des Moines and Eagleman
• Mike’s Sprint wake up
• Abandoning habits that matter
• Riding the belief train too much
• 90% of Life is showing up
• Getting stuck on your dream vision
• Not adjusting to hit your goals
• Riding past successes
• 24 Hour Rule
• Athletes and 180 degree swings
• Cramming for tests and races
• The Result IS Hard work
• Woulda, coulda, shoulda, #Didn’t
• All nighter studying
• Why do you expect what you do?
• Dedicate to . . . doing your best
• It gets old going into things unprepared
• Massive underachieving
• Confidence as a crutch
• Acceptance of where you are in training
• Paralyzed by that “entry into the sport” frame of mind
• It’s time for action
• The harder you work, the luckier you get
• “If I get lost, if I get injured, if I die, it’s my fault”
• A healthy fear hanging over you
• It’s my fault
• Own success . . . and failure.

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