WEBVTT 00:00:01.260 --> 00:00:03.379 Hello, my name is Austin Shadle, and welcome 00:00:03.379 --> 00:00:05.700 back to the Life Endurance Podcast, where we 00:00:05.700 --> 00:00:07.919 explore methods of unlocking your true potential 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:10.320 in the greatest endurance race we all partake 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:14.039 in, life. Happiness, success, and discipline. 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.239 In a way, that's what self -development is all 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:20.600 about. These are core topics of this podcast. 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:25.019 Three powerful words that are also hard to define. 00:00:25.460 --> 00:00:29.059 What is happiness? What is success? And what 00:00:29.059 --> 00:00:32.460 is discipline? You'll likely get varying answers 00:00:32.460 --> 00:00:35.619 when asking different people. I recently heard 00:00:35.619 --> 00:00:38.140 a take on all three that I think really hits 00:00:38.140 --> 00:00:41.020 the core of each of these and really connects 00:00:41.020 --> 00:00:44.460 the terms in a functional way to our lives. So 00:00:44.460 --> 00:00:58.579 here is a definition of each. You'll notice how 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:01.320 these definitions apply. to what I think are 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:04.819 unavoidable parts of life. Let's dig into each 00:01:04.819 --> 00:01:08.700 of these. Starting with happiness is having better 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:11.599 problems. I'm sure you've heard it before, and 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:13.879 likely on this podcast, that you will always 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:17.340 have problems. Poor people have problems. Rich 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:19.939 people have problems. Fit people have problems. 00:01:20.180 --> 00:01:22.780 Unhealthy people have problems. They're just 00:01:22.780 --> 00:01:25.840 different problems. So if we think about happiness, 00:01:26.140 --> 00:01:30.010 we likely think about only the good. Having lots 00:01:30.010 --> 00:01:32.730 of money, having the body of your dreams, owning 00:01:32.730 --> 00:01:35.109 your dream business. But having these things 00:01:35.109 --> 00:01:38.650 isn't necessarily why you're happy. Not stressing 00:01:38.650 --> 00:01:41.930 about paying rent increases happiness. Not having 00:01:41.930 --> 00:01:44.650 obesity -related health issues increases happiness. 00:01:45.069 --> 00:01:48.090 Not spending eight hours a day on an unrewarding 00:01:48.090 --> 00:01:51.310 job increases happiness. You may have new kinds 00:01:51.310 --> 00:01:54.189 of financial risks by having a lot of money. 00:01:54.329 --> 00:01:57.109 You have to manage exercise and diet to stay 00:01:57.109 --> 00:01:59.840 healthy. You have to work hard to maintain being 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:03.920 your own boss. You still have problems, but they're 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:06.700 better problems. I think this way of looking 00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:09.819 at happiness can help us in times of being unhappy. 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:13.259 We wonder why we're unhappy and we feel stuck. 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:15.860 When we start to think about how we can have 00:02:15.860 --> 00:02:19.300 better problems, we can change how we frame happiness 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:21.759 and break through the mental roadblocks we have, 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.740 allowing us to start making the necessary changes 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:26.919 and feel like we're moving in the right direction. 00:02:27.590 --> 00:02:30.810 Next we have success is having better failures. 00:02:31.490 --> 00:02:34.349 What this exposes is another topic I've talked 00:02:34.349 --> 00:02:37.310 about. The fact that we will never stop failing. 00:02:37.669 --> 00:02:40.509 If you're trying to improve, trying to move forward 00:02:40.509 --> 00:02:43.789 in life, you will fail. But failure doesn't mean 00:02:43.789 --> 00:02:46.009 you're at the end of the road. It's a momentary 00:02:46.009 --> 00:02:49.210 pause in progress if you choose it to be. The 00:02:49.210 --> 00:02:52.090 most successful people have also failed the most, 00:02:52.169 --> 00:02:54.550 but they make sure the failures are worth something. 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:57.580 They fail and learn to do better the next time. 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:00.699 They keep taking action so that the failure didn't 00:03:00.699 --> 00:03:04.080 happen in vain. If you fail and give up, it will 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.039 always be a bad failure. But if you take the 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.620 failure in stride and try again, your future 00:03:09.620 --> 00:03:12.539 failures will still create progress. In other 00:03:12.539 --> 00:03:15.520 words, you have better failures. When we think 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:18.199 of failure this way, failure becomes less scary. 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:22.099 It influences us to take even more action. And 00:03:22.099 --> 00:03:25.319 lastly, discipline is having better addictions. 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:27.699 I think this really touched on a fundamental 00:03:27.699 --> 00:03:31.500 truth about being human. That we all have addictions. 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:34.539 That we're creatures of habit, for better or 00:03:34.539 --> 00:03:37.199 for worse at times. People look at my endurance 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:40.500 running and think, wow, is he disciplined. But 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:42.699 by the time we are truly, quote, disciplined, 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.500 the action is actually a habit. An addiction. 00:03:46.979 --> 00:03:50.000 I am addicted to running. It's more of a habit 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:53.439 for me. I run so much that I don't feel as good 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:55.979 when I don't run for a week, or sometimes even 00:03:55.979 --> 00:03:59.479 a few days. When we see disciplined people, what 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:02.340 we are seeing is someone who reshapes their habits. 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:06.099 They change their addictions. We're going to 00:04:06.099 --> 00:04:08.360 be addicted to something. We can be addicted 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.280 to Netflix or scrolling on our phone. We can 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:14.620 be addicted to indulgent foods or gambling. But 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:17.120 we can also be addicted to making progress in 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:20.100 the gym. We can be addicted to running even further. 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:22.899 We can be addicted to getting better at guitar, 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:26.379 getting better at sales, leading a team, or meditating 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:29.180 every day. Again, these are things I've covered 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:31.639 before, so I'll end with today's life endurance 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:35.100 takeaway. If you want to be happier, try figuring 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:38.040 out how to have better problems. And if you want 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.939 to be more successful, focus on improving your 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:43.899 failures. And if you want to be more disciplined, 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:48.110 try building better addictions. I hope today's 00:04:48.110 --> 00:04:50.910 episode added some value to your own pursuits. 00:04:50.990 --> 00:04:53.550 Please subscribe and take a brief moment to share 00:04:53.550 --> 00:04:56.089 if you think this could help others. To learn 00:04:56.089 --> 00:04:58.389 more about my background, follow me on Instagram 00:04:58.389 --> 00:05:01.410 at TheEnduranceBeast. 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