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The Sickening Truth of “Whatever It Takes” ACTUALLY Means
Success will name its price, but you may not want to pay it
It took me longer than it should have to realize that my friends weren’t calling me as often as they used to.
Some of them even completely disappeared from view, and I was too deep into “Monk Mode” to notice.
Working 12– to 16-hour days, hammering and chiseling away at my Vision, some days recording a dozen YouTube videos and Instagram reels in a row, other days spending an hour nearly crushed under a heavy bar, refusing to leave until I had given everything.
Some days it seemed as though “everything” was damn-near inexhaustible.
Oh man, I’m getting all jacked up just thinking about this — doing whatever it takes. I love it so fucking much. Just the energy of knowing that no one else is doing this!
Who would do this to themselves every single day without being forced to?
Who would commit this strongly to a Vision and refuse to compromise by allowing almost literally anything else into their lives?
To most, this sounds constricting, like terrible deprivation, some horrendous punishment to endure on their way to something they only vaguely want.
