Graham Weaver

Literally brainwashed myself walking back and forth in the hot Ohio sun. And these authors, thank God, just had incredible content that I really needed at that. I was this young, impressionable kid that was having a lot of trouble in my life. And I had these frameworks to just hang my life on, for lack of a better word. And there were really kind of three big ones that came from that.

Literally brainwashed myself walking back and forth in the hot Ohio sun. And these authors, thank God, just had incredible content that I really needed at that. I was this young, impressionable kid that was having a lot of trouble in my life. And I had these frameworks to just hang my life on, for lack of a better word. And there were really kind of three big ones that came from that.

One was, hey, you don't get to be a victim. Yes, you have things that have happened to you, and they're not necessarily your fault. But you walking around blaming people and thinking, woe is me, that's not gonna serve anyone. You gotta take control of your life.

One was, hey, you don't get to be a victim. Yes, you have things that have happened to you, and they're not necessarily your fault. But you walking around blaming people and thinking, woe is me, that's not gonna serve anyone. You gotta take control of your life.

Now that sounds probably really obvious to you and me right now, but back then, like that was a new concept for me, grabbing control of your life. And then they were huge about deciding what you want and writing down your goals. And I got really into that. I would write my goals down three or four times a day, literally all through high school.

Now that sounds probably really obvious to you and me right now, but back then, like that was a new concept for me, grabbing control of your life. And then they were huge about deciding what you want and writing down your goals. And I got really into that. I would write my goals down three or four times a day, literally all through high school.

And then the third one was, you gotta make some choices. So you can have kind of any goal, You want, but you can't have 20. So you pick the one or two that you're really excited about. And then you have to kind of draw a bright line and give yourself permission to not do goals three through 30. Those are really the three concepts. I'm summarizing thousands of hours of lawn mowing.

And then the third one was, you gotta make some choices. So you can have kind of any goal, You want, but you can't have 20. So you pick the one or two that you're really excited about. And then you have to kind of draw a bright line and give yourself permission to not do goals three through 30. Those are really the three concepts. I'm summarizing thousands of hours of lawn mowing.

So then what happened to answer your question, why I felt the first time I started feeling like this. I started applying this to really small things like getting an A on a test or running a faster mile or something like this. And it just worked exactly like all the authors said. I just kept pushing the boundaries of what I thought I could do.

So then what happened to answer your question, why I felt the first time I started feeling like this. I started applying this to really small things like getting an A on a test or running a faster mile or something like this. And it just worked exactly like all the authors said. I just kept pushing the boundaries of what I thought I could do.

And I never really ran into, and I still probably have yet to run into boundaries that you couldn't blow through.

And I never really ran into, and I still probably have yet to run into boundaries that you couldn't blow through.

So you said it worked. Like what specifically worked? Just writing it down and working hard or something more tactical?

So you said it worked. Like what specifically worked? Just writing it down and working hard or something more tactical?

The very, very first major thing that I ever tried to do was right after the summer when I started listening to these tapes. And it was, to this day, the hardest thing I ever did. So I wrestled. I was on the varsity team my sophomore year, and I wrestled at 155. I had a starting position. The captain dropped down to my weight class.

The very, very first major thing that I ever tried to do was right after the summer when I started listening to these tapes. And it was, to this day, the hardest thing I ever did. So I wrestled. I was on the varsity team my sophomore year, and I wrestled at 155. I had a starting position. The captain dropped down to my weight class.

I looked up and down the lineup, and the only guy I could beat was at 125. Wow. So I'm six feet tall and I dropped 30 pounds and I wrestled 125. I was eating 900 calories a day. I was going on runs in the morning. It's like nine degrees outside. And I just powered through that. And all of a sudden I was like, wow, if I could do that, at least the other goals I set, I was able to eat.

I looked up and down the lineup, and the only guy I could beat was at 125. Wow. So I'm six feet tall and I dropped 30 pounds and I wrestled 125. I was eating 900 calories a day. I was going on runs in the morning. It's like nine degrees outside. And I just powered through that. And all of a sudden I was like, wow, if I could do that, at least the other goals I set, I was able to eat.

And so I just got to feel this incredible power of being able to really change the trajectory of your life by just deciding you wanted to.

And so I just got to feel this incredible power of being able to really change the trajectory of your life by just deciding you wanted to.