I was listening to a podcast of Jerry Seinfeld on Tim Ferris. … It was a fascinating interview.
He was talking about how he writes two hours a day to develop his comedy. He works very hard at it, fine tuning his jokes, testing them out, and working them into his routines. I never knew how hard comedians work. I found it very interesting.
Then he started talking about working out. He works harder and harder every day even though his brain tells him it’s enough. He knows it’s the brain’s job to keep him “small” so he doesn’t listen. He pushes himself beyond where he wants to stop.
The brain telling him to stop is an automatic thing.
So when he’s working out and his brain says, “Ah, you don’t have to do any more. That’s enough. You can stop for now,” he doesn’t listen to it. He continued, “I set goals for myself in terms of reps. I know I can always beat that number. My brain is NOT supporting me in this. I just KNOW that I can beat it. I can always push farther than I think I can, and this continuously has me get stronger. I tell my kids that too. Don’t listen to the limiting thoughts of your brain. You have to work hard, but you are NOT limited to what you THINK you can do.”
[I am taking poetic licensing with the quote. I didn’t take it verbatim from the interview.]
Yesterday I was doing pushups. My brain said, “you’re tired, that’s enough.”
I thought about it, but then I remembered Jerry. Instead of stopping, I did one more, and then another, I ended up doing 5 more than I normally think I can do. It was incredible.
Every time my brain says, “Ah, that’s enough,” just because of what Jerry said, I go further. Every day I am doing more than I normally would.
If I’m doing squats and I want to stop, my legs hurt, I now know I can go further.
And I don’t have to listen to that internal voice going, “It’s enough. You’ve done enough today.”
So that’s my story about how Jerry Seinfeld got me to do more pushups.
Where can you not listen to your brain, which is telling you to stop, but push past your limits and push past what you think you can do?
Because you will be amazed, and you can do it!
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