Eric Thomas

The trick is not minding that it hurts.

It's easier said than done.

It's too hard.

Well, it's supposed to be fucking hard.

Look, if growing stronger, if growing stronger and building muscle were fucking easy, there would be no growth if there was no challenge.

And that's my invitation to you is to realize that it's supposed to be fucking hard.

It's supposed to be difficult.

If it wasn't difficult,

then there'd be no growth.

There would be no resistance.

There'd be nothing to force you to grow stronger with.

And that's why I say the most important reason, the most important thing, the most important gift that you receive by taking action in the direction of your dreams is not attaining your fucking dream.

It's you growing stronger and becoming a stronger version of yourself through the challenges, through the resistance, and because it's hard.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other thing.

Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

You're going to lose sleep.

You'll doubt whether it'll work.

You'll stress to make ends meet.

You won't finish your to-do list.

You'll wonder whether you made the right call and have no way to know.