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Guest Author: Sieva Kozinsky
I owe everything in life and business to this 1 crucial skill:
I call it the โResistance Wallโ Principle
In any activity you do, you will reach what I call the resistance wall.
Think of the last run you took. At some point, no matter what your fitness level, your body will start to become exhausted.
You will be compelled to stop.
But this is your brain creating the resistance wall. Itโs fabricated.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐โฆ
Iโm willing to put in an unreasonable amount of repetition and push past my resistance wall.
Thatโs it.
Some examples:
โข I went on 150+ first dates before I met my amazing wife
โข I met with 250 investors to raise money for my first company
โข I posted 200+ pieces of content on social media last year
I compressed a decade of learning into 5 months when I raised money for my first company.
If you study the famous creators, they do this too:
Picasso cranked out 2 pieces of art per day over 78 years.
Thomas Edison had 1,000+ patents.
Mozart produced 600+ compositions.
Let that sink inโฆ
Itโs not just a matter of time. Itโs a matter of ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. And those who push past their resistance wall achieve an exponentially higher volume of production throughout their life.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐?
1. Increase the volume
2. Learn to identify your resistance wall
3. Push through
Grit is a muscle. Working that muscle is a practice that will better your life. I guarantee it.
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