If you think about it, everything we’ve discussed in this chapter works in service of showing up and being at your best when you do. Perhaps the real secret of world-class performers is not the daily routines that they develop, but that they stick to them. That they show up, even when they don’t feel like it. Call it drive, call it passion, or call it grit; whatever you call it, it must come from deep within. But, in an interesting twist, this strength that comes from deep within is often rooted in something “without.” When the going gets tough, great performers don’t show up for themselves.
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