Tim Ferriss

So I'm not gonna beat the shit out of myself if I don't eradicate it like polio once and forever.

Right?

It's like... Right, it's like...

This is part, I think, of my hardwiring.

I really do.

Not to belabor the dog analogy.

You wouldn't be where you are without high expectations, though, either.

Yeah, right.

And, you know, I think that I'm at a point also where it's like the incremental dollar or whatever, the incremental media mention is not worth as much as the incremental hour or even 15 minutes with someone I deeply care about.

And those are very... Mastering... It sounds strange to say this, but becoming good at those two sides of the track are very different things.

They require different skill sets.

So for me, I would say, first of all,

I think high expectations can be great.

I think it can be amazing.

And, you know, while, I guess, Archilochus way back in the day, right?

We do not rise to the level of our hopes.

We fall to the level of our training.

Like, I think that's a real thing.

So hope alone is not enough.

Expectations alone is not enough.