John Assaraf

Like, what is the fire that stirs you that you wake up saying, I will do this even when I don't feel like it.

I will do whatever it takes to overcome my temptation for mediocrity, my temptation for excuses, my temptation for reasons and circumstances to hold me back.

I won't allow those to be in my way.

And if you have that within you, you'll achieve whatever you choose.

And so the question you asked before is how do you develop that?

Start small.

So if you don't have discipline, show yourself that you can give yourself one command and one follow through.

So you know what?

Right now I'm going to get up and I'm going to do two pushups.

Right now, not like later, now.

Can you give yourself a simple command, one sit-up?

Right now, I'm going to go get a glass of water.

You start with something ridiculous.

I learned many years ago, reduce it to the ridiculous.

So for reduce it to the ridiculous, and I start, I say, can you do that?

Great.

Will you?

Because that's the difference right there is that's the razor's edge.

Will you?

Will you?