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By Tyler Daniel

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read on thetylerdaniel.com​

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Welcome to Start Working Stop Wishing—your premier guide to personal and professional excellence.

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Ready to transform your potential into extraordinary results?

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This newsletter delivers proven strategies to help you master life, business, and performance while fueling your continuous growth.

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Live Like an Athlete…Every Single Day

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Most people think living like an athlete is just about hitting the gym or playing a sport but being an athlete is a mindset that can radically improve your everyday life.

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It’s about how you show up for yourself, how you think, how you work, and how you grow.

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Here are 4 ways to live like an athlete even if you've never played a sport in your life:

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1. Commit to Continuous Improvement

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Athletes never stop working on themselves and neither should you.

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Are you evolving or are you resisting change?

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I used to avoid it too but that resistance kept me stuck.

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Once I embraced growth, challenges, and the uncomfortable moments, everything changed.

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Improvement isn’t an event, it’s a habit.

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Start treating it that way.

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2. Build Real Discipline

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To me, discipline means doing what you said you'd do even when you don't feel like it.

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We all want the outcome, but few are willing to show up consistently for the process.

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Motivation fades but consistency? That’s the secret.

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Stack one disciplined day after another and progress will come.

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Slowly at first. Then all at once.

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3. Live Goal-Oriented

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Without goals, life feels empty. You start drifting. You lose clarity.

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You feel like something’s missing but can’t quite name it.

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Goals bring direction.

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They give your days purpose. They don’t have to be huge.

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Do you want to be a better parent?

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Improve your health?

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Start a side hustle?

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Great. That’s your starting line.

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When you have goals, the world stops happening to you and starts happening for you.

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4. Master the Art of Focus

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Focus is a superpower in today’s distracted world.

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If you've read my previous newsletter on deep work, you know how important this is.

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Here’s one change that made a massive difference: I now carve out 2 hours a day of focused, distraction-free work.

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No phone. No email. Just locked-in execution.

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I get more done in those two hours than I used to in an entire day.

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Your best work comes when you're focused. Period.

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Final Word:

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You don’t need to play a sport to live like an athlete.

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You just need to adopt the mindset.

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• Keep improving
• Stay consistent
• Set goals
• Lock in and focus

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Start small. Pick one area above and commit to it this week.

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You’ll be amazed at how quickly your life begins to shift.

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To better habits and stronger days,

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-Tyler Daniel

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P.S. Which of the four habits above are you already working on?

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I’d love to hear what you’re focused on right now.

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​thetylerdaniel.com​

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