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Breaking #1132 · From Chad

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We get better at what we do, when we get better at who we
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are. There's a story behind that.
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This is your daily message from Chad #1132 to upgrade your
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mental game today by telling yourself a better story.
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Because the most important story you hear is the story you tell
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yourself. This message is dedicated to
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Josh Kerr. You can get a free copy of my
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book, The Most Powerful Story in the World, by going to from
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chad.gumroad.com. The transcript of this message
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and hundreds of others are always available at
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www.fromchad.com. Here's the upgrade.
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You may want a better performance, but upgraded
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thinking builds a better performer.
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Here's the story. On July 18th in London, a
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Scotsman named Josh Kerr ran a mile.
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In 3 minutes and 42.66 seconds, he broke the previous world
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record, a record that had stood untouched since 199927 years.
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That number sat there looking permanent.
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It didn't fall in a moment, though.
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It fell in a system months earlier.
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Kerr didn't quietly hope he announced it.
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He named it Project Two, 22222 seconds, which is 3 minutes and
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42 seconds. He said the number out loud in
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public before he had any right to.
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Then he built the man who could run it 16 specialists, coaches,
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a nutritionist, a chef, a mental coach, strength trainers.
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His physiologist was his mom. He trained at altitude in
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Albuquerque and slept in an altitude chamber at home.
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He sat in ice baths timed to exactly 3 minutes and 42
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seconds, now 5 minutes, not 10342, so that when the pain
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came on race day, his body already knew how long it had to
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hold. He wasn't practicing running, he
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was practicing being someone who does not flinch for 222 seconds.
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He didn't even run more miles than his competitors, 60 to 70 a
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week less than most. But every session was specific.
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Every recovery day was on purpose.
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He wasn't grinding harder, he was training smarter.
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And when the gun went off the home crowd screaming, he didn't
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have to hope it would work, He just had to be who he had
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already become. Now here's the question for you.
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What's your mile? What's the number in your life
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that's been sitting there looking permanent?
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Whatever it is, you don't get there by wanting it more.
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Here are four lessons from Josh you can apply to anything you're
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trying to get better at. One, Make it public.
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Even if it's one person you tell.
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There's something magical about declaring a bold goal out loud.
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2 Build a team. Everyone needs a coach.
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It might be for one narrow piece of what you're doing.
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They don't have to be involved in your whole life.
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There's someone out there who can help. 3 Build the mindset.
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That's the first victory. Don't neglect the battle in your
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mind. And four, build the system.
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Life is not a talent game, it's a system game.
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Train smart, not just hard. Most days, the quality of the
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training matters more than the quantity.
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And every time you become a little better version of the
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person you were, you're breaking a record.
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The better story to tell yourself is I'm not chasing the
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record, I'm becoming the person who breaks it.
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Go name your project 222 today. Tell me a story of a record
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you're ready to break to from chadsmith@gmail.com and send
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someone a text and ask them what's the one goal you'd name
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out loud if you weren't afraid to miss it.