Short motivational monologue where the speaker (Derek Cole) recounts his father’s sobriety lesson about committing to 'one more day' and extends that idea to persistent effort: doing 'one more' rep, call, email or text to outwork others. The piece emphasizes perseverance, incremental commitment, and hustle over innate advantages.
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My dad, when he got sober, I said, dad, are you going to stay sober the rest of your life? And this is where the power of one more comes in. My dad says, I don't know, I'm not, I can tell you this, I'm going to stay sober for one more day. And so when I went through that, my dad called me. I was really broke. My dad goes, you thinking about quitting? And I go, yeah, I'm close. He goes, just don't quit for one more day. He's so wise. And I didn't. And that not quitting for one more day and holding on would go to the next day, into the next day. But there were these glimpses in my life where it's like, you know what? I may not be the smartest or the best talker. I definitely don't have the highest iq. I'm not the tallest dude or the strongest dude or the best looking dude or any of that. But I'm not going to get outworked. I'm going to outwork you. I'm going to do one more rep in the gym, I'm going to do one more phone call, I'm going to do one more email, I'm going to do one more text.