It's tough being young and waking up early to train while friends sleep in. Success doesn't require being special, just consistent, determined, and hardworking. No shortcuts.
Translation: It's difficult for young people to wake up early to train while their friends sleep in. Success doesn't require being unique, just being consistent, determined, and hardworking. No shortcuts.
Speaker 0: It's hard when you're young to wake up in the off season at 6 AM to go train and workout knowing that all your friends are sleeping in and eating pancakes. But understand this, life is hard. To be successful at anything, the truth is you don't have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren't, consistent, determined, and willing to work for it. No shortcuts.
I am 34 years old now. If I could talk to my 20-year-old self, I would say that who you are today is a result of the programs in your brain. You need to rewire your mind like a computer with a virus. Meditation and mental rehearsal are crucial. Athletes like Steph Curry and Kobe Bryant use these techniques to succeed. Once you program yourself to win, winning is the only option.
Speaker 0: How old are you now? 34. Just turned 34. What's the best piece of advice that you would tell your younger self? You're having a conversation with your 20 year old self.
What's the number one thing that you would tell your younger self? So you have to understand that who you are today is a set of programs. Like, your brain is a computer system, and who you are is just what your parents taught you, what your institutions taught you. If you were in religious structures or sports or anything, that's who you are. It's a program in your brain.
Program has a virus, and you have to rewire your mind. So meditation, mental rehearsal. You know, I worked with Sports Illustrated for the last couple of years, and nobody talks about this, but, like, Steph Curry meditates before a game. He visualizes. Michael Jordan said it was just as important to spend time in the mind gym as it was the mental gym.
Kobe believed every shot he took, it was gonna go into the net. So everything's a mind game. Like, that's all it is. And once you program yourself to win, you can only win. It's the only option.