Codie Sanchez

You know, I just, I was thinking of this the other day.

I have a friend named Nick who's younger than me, but also, I'm a runner, he's just a,

he's just on another level as a runner.

He's actually for his age, a world-class runner.

And like, it doesn't do me any good to run with Nick, right?

It's I can't keep up.

He's slowing down for me.

It's what looks effortful for me is effortless for him.

All it does is remind me that I'm a mediocre runner, right?

But I also, I can't even meaningfully be stretched by running with him because he's just too far ahead.

I would be meaningfully stretched if I ran with someone who is a little bit better than me.

That's where it gets, where I can actually, where they're going at 70% and I can keep up if I go to 85%.

So I'm actually getting a better workout.

That's actually, that makes a lot of sense.

There's no scenario where I can keep up with Nick.

You want your aspirational targets to be far enough away that they're motivational, but near enough so that the goal is attainable.

And when we push our goal, when our goals become plainly unattainable, they're demotivating, not motivating.

Well, Bill, it's funny, Bill Gurley, who you truly know, just wrote that really wonderful book.

And he talks a lot about, he applies this idea to mentors, that your mentor should be near you.

People think their mentor should be the most accomplished person in the particular field there.