Alex Hutchinson

It's like, you look at the stairs and you look at the escalator, it seems obvious that going up the stairs or going up the escalator is going to be a more pleasant and better experience. But when you take the stairs, I, you know, I don't think it's just me. It's much more satisfying to have put in a little effort.

It's like, you look at the stairs and you look at the escalator, it seems obvious that going up the stairs or going up the escalator is going to be a more pleasant and better experience. But when you take the stairs, I, you know, I don't think it's just me. It's much more satisfying to have put in a little effort.

And recognizing that putting in effort is going to lead you to feel good, it doesn't make the effort go away, but it helps you reframe it as something that's positive, not negative. This is an opportunity for me to put in effort, which is going to make me feel good, as opposed to I'm obliged to take on something hard.

And recognizing that putting in effort is going to lead you to feel good, it doesn't make the effort go away, but it helps you reframe it as something that's positive, not negative. This is an opportunity for me to put in effort, which is going to make me feel good, as opposed to I'm obliged to take on something hard.

And recognizing that putting in effort is going to lead you to feel good, it doesn't make the effort go away, but it helps you reframe it as something that's positive, not negative. This is an opportunity for me to put in effort, which is going to make me feel good, as opposed to I'm obliged to take on something hard.

I mean, I think it's almost a precondition that if you're trying to push yourself, if you're trying to handle difficult times— If you view every negative feeling as a sort of disaster or as something that is as a negative, then it's just a miserable experience and you're going to be inclined to quit earlier.

I mean, I think it's almost a precondition that if you're trying to push yourself, if you're trying to handle difficult times— If you view every negative feeling as a sort of disaster or as something that is as a negative, then it's just a miserable experience and you're going to be inclined to quit earlier.

I mean, I think it's almost a precondition that if you're trying to push yourself, if you're trying to handle difficult times— If you view every negative feeling as a sort of disaster or as something that is as a negative, then it's just a miserable experience and you're going to be inclined to quit earlier.

And if you can reframe that and just... And it's in the same way that one of the things I talked about in Endure is the power of your inner monologue, right? Like... if you're running a marathon and you're telling yourself, this is so hard, there's no way I can do this. I better, I'm going to drop out.

And if you can reframe that and just... And it's in the same way that one of the things I talked about in Endure is the power of your inner monologue, right? Like... if you're running a marathon and you're telling yourself, this is so hard, there's no way I can do this. I better, I'm going to drop out.

And if you can reframe that and just... And it's in the same way that one of the things I talked about in Endure is the power of your inner monologue, right? Like... if you're running a marathon and you're telling yourself, this is so hard, there's no way I can do this. I better, I'm going to drop out.

That becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy because your ability to continue depends in part on, on what your brain believes about your ability to continue. And if you can turn that around to, um, I can do this. This is that, you know, I've trained for this. It's, I know it's hard. It's supposed to be hard. Everybody else around me is feeling it the same way. This is part of the experience.

That becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy because your ability to continue depends in part on, on what your brain believes about your ability to continue. And if you can turn that around to, um, I can do this. This is that, you know, I've trained for this. It's, I know it's hard. It's supposed to be hard. Everybody else around me is feeling it the same way. This is part of the experience.

That becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy because your ability to continue depends in part on, on what your brain believes about your ability to continue. And if you can turn that around to, um, I can do this. This is that, you know, I've trained for this. It's, I know it's hard. It's supposed to be hard. Everybody else around me is feeling it the same way. This is part of the experience.

Then that becomes a, uh, uh, performance enhancing, uh, frame of mind. And I, so I think recognizing that effort can be, it, it doesn't mean that it doesn't make it easy. It doesn't change how hard it is, but recognizing that it's not a symbol, a signal that you're doing something wrong and that it actually can be something good. I think that that helps you endure it for longer.

Then that becomes a, uh, uh, performance enhancing, uh, frame of mind. And I, so I think recognizing that effort can be, it, it doesn't mean that it doesn't make it easy. It doesn't change how hard it is, but recognizing that it's not a symbol, a signal that you're doing something wrong and that it actually can be something good. I think that that helps you endure it for longer.

Then that becomes a, uh, uh, performance enhancing, uh, frame of mind. And I, so I think recognizing that effort can be, it, it doesn't mean that it doesn't make it easy. It doesn't change how hard it is, but recognizing that it's not a symbol, a signal that you're doing something wrong and that it actually can be something good. I think that that helps you endure it for longer.

You're less likely to quit on things. Yeah.

You're less likely to quit on things. Yeah.

You're less likely to quit on things. Yeah.