Nick Bare lost 35 pounds during 145 days of Ranger School and learned to push past what his mind told him was possible. He now applies that lesson to running 100-mile races and leading his company: when he shows up energized from exercise, his team feels it; when he's tired, fatigue spreads through the office.
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And one of my biggest takeaways on the physical side was the difference between mind over body versus body over mind. And that was a huge breakthrough for you, it sounds like.
Yeah. And I learned that really through the Ranger School. Like Ranger School for me was this experience where it's a 61-day course and I thought I was going to go straight through and it was gonna be hard. Failed 2 phases, which put me there for 145 days. I lost like 35 pounds. I went in looking one way, came out looking another way. Well, my mind completely shifted and changed during that experience. And it's one of those things that your mind changes and shifts after the experience, but even more years afterwards when you keep reflecting on things that you experienced or were challenged mentally and physically with. I believe that going to this 100-mile race in Leadville, Colorado, it's like, I know my body at some point is going to say stop, but mentally it's like, we'll just keep driving the bus. Same in business. Like, at some point in business you're gonna think, oh man, I'm tired. But it's your responsibility to take care of yourself. And that's why fitness is so important for me from a business side, is if I take care of myself with nutrition and proper hydration, if I feel good, my mind is more clear, my The energy is higher in the office, which completely shifts the culture here. I know that if I come in here and I'm tired, that trickles down and everyone's affected in this building by it. But if I come in here high off life after a 10-mile run and my energy's high and I'm feeling good and I last the whole day and I train with the team in the evening, everyone feeds off that. So it's also a leadership responsibility. And I believe that your mind is so powerful that it has to drive your physical being.
