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Extraordinary accomplishments come from doing ordinary things for extraordinary periods of time
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- I would see the guys on stages being like, "This is what we do.
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Abschnitt 1 Extraordinary accomplishments come from doing ordinary things for extraordinary periods of time.
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0:00Extraordinary accomplishments come from doing ordinary things for extraordinary periods of time. But when I was younger, my actions showed that I was more impatient. I thought there was some shortcut I didn't know about. I would see the guys on stages being like, "This is what we do. We do the basics and we do a lot of it." I was like, "They're just trying to hold the secrets back." And I'm here to tell you that that is not true. Working out and doing reps is not extraordinary. If you saw one set of a workout from me at the gym, you wouldn't think, "Oh, this guy is amazing." It's the fact that you do it for 20 straight years. Nothing about that is extraordinary. It's the dedication to doing it over and over and over and over again despite feeling like there's better opportunities, despite people approaching you with new and exciting things, but saying that you're committed to the original vision you had. And that, not the action itself, but your commitment to the action is what makes someone extraordinary, not the thing itself. And to me, that made being extraordinary possible.