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I was more than 18 hours into my run and slightly more than 92 miles closer to the finish line of the Arkansas Traveller 100 than when I started at 5 a.m. earlier that morning -- and I had to go to the bathroom. Bad. My stomach was blowing up. I didn't feel like eating or drinking or anything else. I just wanted to run those last eight miles and be done with my first hundred mile race.

I stepped off the trail to handle my business, and my running partner took the opportunity to take a little break himself.

As I readjusted my gear, unpacking and repacking the necessary equipment, I noticed a set of headlights not too far away from me.

I thought it was strange that a car was way out here in the middle of the northern mountains of Arkansas -- but it wasn't any of my business.

Kind of strange. Oh well. I had a race to keep running.

When I rejoined my running partner, he asked if I had seen the mountain lion or bobcat that was slinking around in the bushes next to me.

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Lasse Viren of Finland, was a police officer who burst onto the international track scene in 1971 running the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events.  He finished a miserable 7th and 17th place in each respective race.  He ran too fast at the beginning of the race and faded fast.

Determined to make a difference, Lasse decided to move more than 4,000 miles away to Thompson Falls in Kenya to begin a brutal training regiment.  Under the 250 foot scenic waterfall at the base of the Ewaso Narok river, Lasse pushed his body  to the breaking point each day.  As the mist of the powerful waterfall crashed down around him, he planned to smash the world record for the 2-mile event at an event in Helsinki in the early summer of 1972.

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What are you doing outside of your professional life to push you towards greatness?

Want to read Dan's thoughts on running 100 miles? Check it out here >> https://www.danwaldschmidt.com/articles/2014/10/business/11-lessons-for-winning-i-learning-running-100-miles-in-the-ozark-mountains

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Success comes down to doing the basics really well.

Having a purpose. Treating others with kindness. Putting in the work. Delivering on promises made.

As much as you might want a fancier formula, it's the basics that end up working.

So when you're feeling stuck, the answer isn't to pursue some new shortcut you heard about from someone who can magically make all of your problems go away and put you in the driver's seat of your destiny, it is to get back to the basics. To return to the simple, small building blocks of success.

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It's OK to feel lost along your journey to success. In fact, if you're going someplace new you'll be lost until the moment you arrive where you want to be. And even then, where you end up can feel awkward and odd. So you probably need to get comfortable feeling your way around the dark. You need to get used to bumping into the edge of sharp objects and falling into open construction pits.

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In a small town with fewer than 300 people in Center, North Dakota, Hazel and Emmet and Myrdith lived in a small, simple home with their parents William and Blanche.   Fifteen-year-old Hazel was the oldest of the children and responsible enough to drive the horse and buggy to the one-room, country school two miles away.

In the late morning of March 15, 1920, a blizzard began to move into the area.  Concerned for the safety of the students, the teacher quickly dismissed the students so that they could have enough time to make it home safely.  But Hazel's father was already on the way in a light sled pulled by the family's strong workhorse.

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The hard truth about discipline is that repetition isn't the same as practice, excellence, and focused determination.

Superstar athletes and high-performance business executives share the same ability to maniacally develop improvements in their own abilities, no matter how good they already are.

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Dan debriefs on the results of his marathon where he goes after a sub-2:30:00 marathon and shares some of the lessons he learned.

1. The value of pacing.

2. It's a lot better to run a marathon than a sprint

3. Momentum happens in small doses

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"The mark of productivity is not necessarily getting things done, it's getting the things that matter done." - Anthony Iannarino

Be productive in things that matter. Are you getting things done that don't matter?

If you're not feeling accomplished, start with Dan's 1/3/5 method:

Accomplish either 1 "big" thing OR 3 "medium" things OR 5 "small" things. Write it out. Make your own list.

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Dan's son Bryce joins him while driving to football practice to talk about the value of continuing to try.

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