Pay Now, Love It Later: Why I Work Out at 4 AM & The Mindset That Wins The Long Game

Hey everybody, welcome to another solo episode of the podcast. It seems that all of you are enjoying this. I'm enjoying it, so we're gonna do it again. And we're gonna kick this one off with a question that I have been getting a lot of lately, which is, Rich, what's the deal with you getting up so early in the morning, four o'clock in the morning, and sharing photos and videos of you in your home gym? What's the story there?

Well, the story is pretty basic actually. I wake up early in the morning and I work out in the morning. And as I shared in the earlier solo episode, I have this renewed commitment to my fitness and well-being now that I am basically somewhat recovered from my spinal fusion surgery. And I've made this commitment to myself that I'm going to work out every single morning. And by sharing photos and videos of that experience on the daily, it

basically just creates a degree of public accountability that makes it more likely that I'm not going to flake out. Now, do people really care if I skip a day or I don't show photos? Of course not, but I care. And so it's just that little nudge that gets me in there when I wake up on days when I don't feel like doing it.

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