Short motivational talk (YouTube video transcript) introducing the concept of "the third day": a habit/mental model about consistency and showing up to do the work even when it’s hard. The speaker uses a personal anecdote about making basketball videos and having regular access to a low-cost, public gym to illustrate that persistence—not exclusive resources—creates opportunity.
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Well, the third day, I'll tell you where it came from was when I was still making those basketball videos on YouTube. The players would always ask me, dre, how do you always have a gym to yourself? Do you own a gym? Is the gym attached to your house? Do you rent it out so nobody else can use it? And I explained to them it was none of that. It was just the fact that this is a gym that everyone knows where it is. Everyone has access to it. It was a city owned facility. So we're not talking no, 200amonth equinox. It was like $10 a month to use the gym. And the reason people don't come in here is because they just are not consistent. They don't have the consistency to keep showing up. And the third day is all about showing up every single day and doing the work, even when you don't feel like doing the work. That's what the. The whole concept of the third day is. And the reason that an athlete walks away from the sport, besides physical injury or lack of playing opportunity, is that they're tired of doing all the stuff that you don't see on tv. The third day, I'll tell you where it came from was when I was still making those basketball videos on YouTube. The players would always ask me, dre, how do you always have a gym to yourself? Do you own a gym? Is the gym attached to your house? Do you rent it out so nobody else can use it? And I explained to them it was none of that. It was just the fact that this is a gym that everyone knows.