On Determination and Willpower
The proper course of improvement and fitness is consistency. You must learn to despise stagnation. You must consistently push your limits and break personal records. You must embrace what is hard. Hard = growth. Easy = stagnation. You must see these challenges as goals, conquer them, and proudly wear their heads as trophies, just as your Bronze-Age barbarian ancestors did with their adversaries.
As I journey along this path of personal growth, one thing that I have come to learn is that the growth I have encountered is not only physical. Pushing yourself to do what is hard because it is hard develops willpower, determination, and a capacity to accept and handle adversities.
As you triumph, you rise. You become better. Mentally, spiritually, financially, etc. You become disciplined, fortified, and capable. This is an exercise of the mind as much as it is your body.
You absolutely must challenge and conquer yourself. A better individual means a better tribe.
