Standards decide who you become. In today’s episode, Kevin and Alan break down why grit is not something you chase or wish into existence, but something that forms when your standards leave you no alternative. This episode cuts through comfort-based personal development and examines why consistency collapses when conditions are imperfect.

The focus is discipline, identity, and long-term performance, not motivation or hype. It challenges how goals are set, how resistance is handled, and why most people never build the durability required to sustain real progress. Listen with intention. Then raise the standard that governs your decisions.

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Show notes:
(3:16) Hard work and forced consistency
(5:08) Why great outcomes require grit
(7:33) Choosing discomfort on purpose
(9:12) How doing hard things changes the brain
(11:56) When goals demand more from you
(16:19) Pride in difficulty Vs. Pride in ease
(25:57) Grit as consistency regardless of circumstances
(27:15) Outro

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