Jordan Peterson

Let's say you have no races.

Let's say you have no classes, no nothing.

There's no purpose in your life.

You know, people need to have purpose to get up.

They need purpose to perform.

You need to get to a point in your life where there's nothing on the docket.

There is no 5K.

There's no, I'm going to get into school to be this or that and still perform to the highest level.

If you're not constantly performing without purpose, you're not going to be ready when the time comes.

It's this magical thing, purpose, that we're all looking for.

But what's funny about it all is that we need these things to perform.

But we don't take a second to realize the purpose is always there.

The purpose never leaves us because the very purpose is you.

You are always the purpose.

Yeah, commit to at least one thing.

As hard as you can and see what happens.

Yeah, precisely.

Aim yourself in one direction and...

I had a rule with my clients because, you know, you might say, well, I've gone halfway down this path and I found out it's wrong.

Well, how do you distinguish that from just giving up?