Monday I told you 8:42 was gonna be hard to beat (laps in the pool) I meant it. I felt that swim in my chest at lap 7. Finished 14 laps in 8 minutes 42 seconds and figured that was about as fast as this 44 year old body was gonna go. Welp, I was wrong. Yesterday, I finished my 14 laps in 8:18. I shaved off 24 seconds from a time I didn’t think I could beat. I started swimming on May 26th, and I weighed 173.4 lbs that morning. I’ve swam every day since then (every day is the Super Bowl ’round here). This morning the scale read 157.2. That’s 16.2 lbs gone in 44 days. I count just about every calorie. I weigh all my food. I started a peptide on May 19th, so it isn’t just swimming laps in the pool. Last night, I took my daughter on a date. She picked Chilis (zero complaints from me). I may or may not have ate 93.7% of the chips & salsa, and didn’t track those. I stuffed my face with a mint Oreo Blizzard, pizza and cheeseburgers in Arizona last week. Didn’t track or weigh anything on the trip. On Monday, I thought I hit my ceiling. I wasn’t sure I’d beat that for a few more weeks. And I smoked it by 24 seconds in 2 days. It’s all in our heads. We limit ourselves on what we think is possible. It reminds me of the story of Roger Bansiter. Roger broke the 4 minute mile in May 1954. Up until that point, every said it was physically impossible. Scientists even said the body was not able to run a 4 minute mile. Roger didn’t listen to the “experts”. Within 12 months of him breaking the 4 minute mile, there were a dozen or so others who broke it. I yap about it often, but entrepreneurship is 90% mindset and 10% strategy/tactic/luck. You’ve got your own version of the 4 minute mile. Some ceiling you decided was fixed a while back. Maybe it’s “I can’t replace my income without the 9-5.” Maybe it’s “I tried the online business thing once, it didn’t work.” Or “I live a boring life. I’ve got nothign exciting to share online”. On Monday, I didn’t think I could beat 8:42. After yesterday, I know I’ll break 8 minutes in the coming weeks. YOU GOT THIS 🙌 In your corner, |
