KEY 2
Feed and Strengthen Your Body
You’ve got to do something physical each day that makes you feel strong. I like to do a cold plunge - the intensity trains my mind and body. Working out hard physically makes you feel mentally strong too. Fear is physical, so is courage. Push your body and your mind will follow. I grew up in a crazy environment. I wasn’t treating my body well. But as I started to change my life, I realized I had to train my body as much as my mind. And they reinforce each other. Now I can get myself to do almost anything physically because I’ve conditioned that muscle for decades. When I jump in that freezing 56 degree water, there’s never a time I want to do it. But I don’t negotiate with myself. I train myself that when I say go, we go. And after, in that extreme cold, every organ in my body is alive, every nerve is on fire. I feel like a million bucks, and I’m ready to attack the day. It’s that discipline of body and mind. It doesn’t have to be two hours in the gym. Even 10-15 minutes, but intense. Break a sweat. Push yourself beyond your comfort zone. Three to five days a week, do something that really challenges you physically. Because the physical affects the mental. It makes you alert, alive, strong, and confident. I couldn’t afford a gym in those early days. So I’d do sprints on the beach until I felt like I was going to collapse. I’d do pushups and dips on park benches until my arms trembled. I’d find a hill and run up it as fast as I could over and over. No equipment needed. The key was intensity. It made me feel alive and in control of my life. I remember I used to hate running. I never saw the point. But I was listening to an audio by a Navy SEAL commander named Jocko Willink. He said that discipline equals freedom. And that when you don’t feel like doing something, that’s exactly when you need to do it. So the next morning, I didn’t want to run. And I thought about what he said. I put on my shoes and went out the door. I started running and I felt that resistance, wanting to stop. But I pushed through. I ended up going 5 miles, way more than I’d ever run before. And as I was running, I realized that if I could conquer myself in that moment, I could conquer myself in any moment. The discipline I developed in my body gave me freedom in my mind. I’ve been running ever since.
TONY ROBBINS’ 5 KEYS TO CONSTANTLY PROGRESS & AVOID FAILURE
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