A high pain tolerance is a requirement to become a better athlete. Unfortunately, in nearly every sport, developing skills to achieve specific results is painful. It requires conditioning the body to tolerate extreme fatigue, thousands of hours of repetition, performing while hurt, injury recovery, and learning from failure, among other things. However, it’s an instinct for […]
What motivates Tom Brady to keep playing football at age 44 after winning seven Superbowl’s? What motivates Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to keep making more money when they are the two richest people in the world as I write this? Now think about yourself… What motivates you beyond 1) safety, 2) love and family, […]
One of my daily routines is to read The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday. Yesterday, the philosophical message of the day was one all athletes must understand if they don’t want their pain tolerance to be the reason why they don’t reach their goals. Holiday breaks down a quote from ancient philosopher Epictetus on the […]