High performers are like surfers.
Surfers spend most of their time paddling, but everybody talks about the epic wave they caught after hours of waiting in the cold.
No matter what you do in life, if you’re good at what you do, you’re gonna spend a lot of time paddling.
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So if he stops training at 9pm and gets up at 3am, say he spends ~1hr having dinner/showering before bed, he’s only getting max 5 hours of sleep per night?
Being able to perform at a high level with only sub 5 hours of sleep a night continually is a rarity