Let me ask you something honest.

Have you ever looked at your effort and thought, "There's no way I should still be here?"

You show up. You work hard. You try to do the right things.

Yet your career, your goals, or whatever you want still feel out of reach.

I've coached thousands of people through this exact frustration.

The problem is almost never effort.

Most people work plenty hard.

That isn't what keeps them stuck.

It's something else.

In this lesson, I'm sharing a personal story from 2019.

It starts with me sitting in my favorite chair, coffee in one hand, my dog Harley 🌈 🐾 next to me, and a strange idea about doing an Ironman race even though I couldn't swim a single lap in a pool without wanting to faint.

(I signed up for the race and swimming lessons on the same day!)

That moment taught me one of the most important lessons of my life.

It's a lesson I want you to hear today.

Inside you get:

✓ Why hard work stops being enough.

✓ Why your progress stalls even when you want it badly.

✓ What separates people who grow from people who stay stuck.

✓ How to start living your goals before you reach them.

Listen now!

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--Andy

719 - When Good Enough Isn't Enough

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