531 Weight Training Program

Looking to add muscle and size? You are better off going with a tried and true program that was designed by a professional than just going in the gym and randomly doing lifts. A training program is your fastest way to progress.

Once such program is the 531 program. It is a great way to build pure strength:

https://www.t-nation.com/workouts/531-how-to-build-pure-strength

The Greatest Risk in Life

When doing your risk analysis, how do you evaluate the risk of doing nothing?
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The greatest risk we take in life is playing it safe. Never starting. Never taking the leap, purely due to the fear of failure. The fear that it might not work out. That we might be embarrassed, disappointed, let down… to ourselves or others.
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But as we think through those things, what is the bigger risk? Those fears? Or never trying? Jump, and build our wings on the way down.

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Pursuit of Excellence

The disciplined pursuit of excellence creates happiness in itself. Discipline is happiness. You don‘t need the results or the finish line to justify the path. 

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Learning from Defeat

Sometimes victory lays itself at our feet. And sometimes it is simply unimpressed, leaving us to pick up the pieces of our egos and to make sense of the mess. These moments will come to define us. There are lessons to be learned here, if we are willing to study the textbook victory’s absence is writing. Be careful not to skip past this chapter just because it is difficult to read. Because this will be the only thing on the test.

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Success

Accept that you control only the effort that goes in and not the results that come out. Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. Focus on your end of the equation. External rewards are just extra.

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What to Do About Your Weaknesses || Chasing Excellence with Ben Bergeron || Ep#043

Being Grateful

From Working Against Gravity:

It’s not enough to just say how grateful you are for someone or something. If you are truly grateful, express it through your actions.
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If you are grateful for your mom, then spend time with her even when YOU might not want to. Really engage with her on her time.
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If you are grateful for your job, then show up early and go above and beyond every single day. Strive to make the team better.
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If you are grateful for your body, then start or continue to exercise, eat and sleep well.
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If you are grateful for your mind, then keep reading, playing and learning.
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Hopefully, mom never gives up on us, but we can certainly lose our job, healthy body, and healthy mind. By actively expressing gratitude we are essentially working to KEEP the things we love. How often do we take those things for granted, always wanting something more? I sure do.

Obstacles

Here is a profound thought from comptrain.co:

We’re never going to reach a place where we sit back with our hands behind our head, completely content with who we are as athletes and people. One does not overcome an obstacle to enter the land of no obstacles. No matter how much we improve, there will always be room to grow. There will always be more obstacles, bigger challenges. Excitement comes from achievement. Fulfillment comes from the journey that got you there.

Growth

You are an adaptation machine. Your job is to place yourself under stress and then force yourself to grow.

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You're going to find what you're looking for

You're going to find what you're looking for. If you're looking for the upside, the happy, the good, you find it. If you're looking for the bad, the shortcomings, the negatives, you find it.

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Negativity

Just because your mind tells you that something is awful or evil or unplanned or otherwise negative doesn't mean you have to agree. Just because other people say that something is hopeless or crazy or broken to pieces doesn't mean it is. We decide what story to tell ourselves.

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