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Scare
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The pressure might make you reach out to people you were scared to approach before. It might embolden you to try something you never would have before. It might lead you to a better situation if you steer into the pressure instead of away from it.
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― It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life
― It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life
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Elite athletes know something that most people don’t—adversity is the best thing that can happen to you. The competitors here at the Games know that humans only improve through adversity by embracing short-term pain. Ensuring there is no struggle, no challenge, and staying in your wheelhouse is a recipe for spinning your wheels without improving. It’s the days when you have to do things that scare you, when you have to take risks, when you have to push against challenge and difficulty—those are
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― Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes
― Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes
