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Alex Honnold

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Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

And I think that's โ€“ which, in a lot of ways, I mean, that's climbing in a nutshell.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

It's, like, none of it really matters because, like, even freestyling El Cap, I mean, you can walk around the back.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

Like, you know, it's, like, why put the years of effort into climbing the face when you can walk around the back?

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

Like, all of climbing is relatively meaningless.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

And so, ultimately, it's the effort that we put into it that โ€“

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

that has value.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

And so I think that's what the film Girl Climber does a really good job of.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

It's sort of like, oh, wow, she puts a lot into it and therefore gets a lot out of it for herself.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

I think they love to see the effort.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

I mean, the accomplishment, of course, but you love seeing somebody work really hard at something, try really hard, face their fears, overcome, and then ideally achieve something.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

But I think it's the effort that's so inspiring.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

I mean, at least personally, I love to see other people try that hard because it's a reminder that I can try that hard if I want to.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

The Rocky training montage.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

That's the best part of the movie.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

I mean, a lot of those films, the best part is the training montage where it's like cuts to the person working really, really hard for a long time and like getting swole.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

And then, then you get to the actual, then doing the thing and then doing the thing is, is cool.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

Yeah.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

But it's like them getting ready to do the thing is often the part that you're like, that's so awesome.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

No feet.

Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold

But it's probably the dangling from your fingertips that I think a non-climber would โ€“