A sculptor chisels away at stone, smoothing one area and fixing another. The speaker uses this image for his own life: workouts, habits, business efforts, all part of becoming a little stronger every day. He runs 17 miles a week, always refining.
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You ever think of like how a statue's made? I don't know how they're really made, but in my head, do you know how I think they're made? All I picture is someone doing the chisel, and I don't know if they're still made that way, but in my head, that's what I picture. And I always picture what I'm doing, my life, my workouts, my habits, the business, as me chiseling. Me, my body, my— I'm always working. It's— I don't know how to get it perfect, but I'm always trying to like get it just right. Smooth that part over there a little bit, fix this part over there a little bit. I literally picture it, chisel thing on a statue, all the time as I'm like, fuck, I got to do 17 miles again this week. Again. I'm like, that comes into my head, that little chisel away. I got to get a little better. That's how I kind of push myself a little bit more.