The Pursuit Of Happiness — My 7-Step Magical Formula For Personal Happiness

4. Find your anchor.

“I’m up at 4 am everyday to work[out] extremely hard BEFORE I go into work, not because I’m bat shit crazy, but because I know my competitors are not paying that price and sacrificing to that degree – and that will always give me the edge and anchor for an opportunity for success.

I encourage you to find the thing that gives you the edge over everyone else around you. Once you find it, let it be your anchor.” — The Rock

Have an anchor, aka your personal competitive advantage.

For Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, that’s lifting. There are thousands of good-looking, talented actors in Hollywood. But someone who’s charismatic, good-looking, and is built like a tank?

It’s not there.

And that’s cultivated The Rock—the brand, the action hero—beyond the WWE and landed him high-profile leading roles that are exclusively available to him (including The Fast and the Furious, the greatest action movie series of my generation).

He created that competitive advantage for himself.

For me, fitness and nutrition are also that anchor. My body is a lifelong art project. It’s constant WIP. And the reality is, I’ll never get to my destination. Ever. There is no destination, other than the arbitrary one you construct in your brain.

And that’s why it’s all about the journey. The climb. The ascension. It’s about progress and consistent improvement—day-in and day-out—and honestly putting everything into my workouts when that’s the focus.

Doing that grounds me and gives me a competitive advantage. A mental and physical edge. At least in my head, and that translates directly into self-confidence.

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