Robin Arzón

Actually, not far from where we are right now in the East Village.

And I just broke down.

My thoughts were super caustic, like, just, you're a fraud, you're never going to finish this race.

And nearby was a soccer field, and they were making all kinds of announcements on the loudspeaker.

And I had this revelation that if my thoughts were being played on that loudspeaker...

I'd be mortified.

And this is coming from somebody who, you know, is in the motivation business and isn't telling folks that they can achieve and be and do all these things.

And it was really jarring to me to have that acute awareness that I was, like, my own thoughts were cutting me off at the knees.

And I started...

I kind of vowed to myself, I'm going to take these mental gymnastics and I'm going to learn them.

And I started reading a ton.

I was already meditating at the time, so I did have an awareness of my inner monologue, but that's sitting on the floor or on the couch or in a chair.

It was the physical pain married with these really, really horrible thoughts that really crystallized things for me.

I completely understand that.

And I think that we always need, I think we need an increasingly healthy dose of skepticism to see what works for us.

But this is where I always bring it back to the basics.

Like you do need to sleep.

You do need to fuel.

You do need to get your ass up and move.

And nobody's going to do that for you.