Dan Martell - When I had kids, I told myself this：

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00:00:00.000 I made a commitment to myself when I had kids

00:00:01.720 that I never want to say to my kids, I'm too tired.

00:00:04.380 My dad had four kids.

00:00:05.460 He worked really hard.

00:00:06.420 But at the end of the day, when we finally got to see him,

00:00:08.460 he's laying on the couch.

00:00:09.360 I remember I'm doing 75 hard, two workouts a day.

00:00:11.980 One has to be outside.

00:00:13.200 I had a massive day and I come home and my son Noah,

00:00:15.680 I was like, what do you want to do tonight?

00:00:16.880 He goes, I want to bike downtown and go for pizza,

00:00:18.840 just me and you.

00:00:19.440 And I'm like, I can't even eat the pizza.

00:00:21.380 My wife looks at me and she says to Noah,

00:00:23.520 hey, I think your dad had a big day.

00:00:25.440 Maybe do that another night.

00:00:26.740 And I said, no, I'm going to do it.

00:00:28.080 Because for me, when I don't want to do stuff, but I made a commitment to do it and I keep it,

00:00:32.560 I'm essentially building my self-confidence.

00:00:34.580 I'm building the person that I said I would become.

00:00:36.740 To me, it's not in the moments when it's easy, it's when it's hard.

Dan Martell - December 26, 2023