THE POWER OF PERCEPTION | Operation Enduring Warrior | Jonathan Lopez & Earl Granville

Man.

How important is having an exterior framework for motivation and accountability? In other words, you're doing the race not just for you. How important is that?

Well, I think it helps you reach your goal no matter how big it is. You could do something for yourself, but there's something out there that you want to do that for as well. It gives you a little bit more of a motivation to push yourself that much more.

Like, the mission is bigger than just you. It's bigger than your discomfort.

Once again, we have a purpose. And that's something that we lost in the military. There is 170 Moses Military Occupational skills, I believe. But like pretty much the mission is always simple. You know, go out there, kill the enemy, make sure your brother comes back home. We still fight in a battle right here. Now we're still in charge of our brothers. And once again, it's a purpose for everything. I mean, like physical training. I don't train for a six pack. I don't train for aesthetics. You know, I train because I have to be prepared. You know, in the blink of an eye, someone's gonna say, I want to do the Ultra, so gotta go walk 32 miles.

Or I need to help my family, or I need to do something for someone in emergency. It's like training to be an optimum human.

Yes, sir.

It's not about me per se, it's about us.