“Just as one person delights in improving his farm, and another his horse,
so I delight in attending to my own improvement day by day.”
– Socrates
There is so much shit that we obsess over throughout the course of our days, it’s actually quite embarrassing…
When I was a kid, I obsessed over Michael Jackson to the point where I rocked the Thriller jacket and the single white glove… Not a big deal, but the problem was that it wasn’t Halloween, this was Monday through Friday school day garb…
As I got a bit older, I obsessed over anything having to do with sports…
If my shirt didn’t have a number on it or I wasn’t rocking a Starter jacket, I wasn’t leaving the house… Oh, yea, if it was anything other than sports talk coming through the WGN4KID (yup, that was Mom’s license plate 🤦♂️) radio, I was ready to throw blows.
When I got to junior high school, I obsessed over going to St. Francis, and then while at St. Francis, I obsessed over going to Stanford or UCLA…
While at UCLA, I obsessed over playing professional baseball, and then when I was in the minor leagues, I obsessed over playing in the show…
When I got to the big leagues I obsessed over maximizing my potential and becoming the absolute best player I could be.
When baseball was finished, I obsessed over what’s next…
I forced myself into uncomfortable positions and challenged myself to try things that left me completely vulnerable yet wanting more.
Golf, surfing, beer league softball, and triathlon consumed my recreational hobbies while running a 3-hour SOLO radio show at KNBR challenged my media skills to the core of their existence…
I obsessed over all of it.
When I became a father, I became obsessed and continue to obsess over the most efficient and effective way to raise kids…
Analyzing baseball has become an obsession to teach the intricacies of the game while embracing an analytics revolution that completely changes the way we evaluate players…
Writing The F*IT List became a 7-year obsession, as did my journey into the ultra-endurance world, which still is…
- Ironman’s – Obsessed
- Western States 100 – Obsessed
- Tri Across America – Obsessed
- 12 & 24 Hour Speed Golf World Records – Flat out OBSESSED.
It’s been proven by the G.O.A.T’s that in order to be the best, we must be obsessed.
If we know this and we happen to be passionate about life in general, wouldn’t it make sense to obsess over improving as individuals on a daily basis?
Don’t worry… I’ll answer for us… F*CK YES.
The Daily F*IT List and Daily Hustle were created to help us satiate our obsession to get better in every arena of our lives each and every single day we have left on earth…
“But Byrnes, how can I possibly continue to improve? I clearly peaked in high school right after that 4 touchdown game against King City…”
Hey, if it isn’t Stevie SuperSoft… I didn’t realize you still followed the Daily Hustle Stevie. Glad your balls are beginning to drop. Look here dude, that 4 TD game was clearly your high point thus far and your life has been in rapid descent ever since… Yet, you getting to your current pathetic state was actually caused by one simple thing… You lost your obsession to be great. As soon as you decide to take control of the attitude and effort in which you charge life, an entire new world of improvement and growth will be there for the taking…
With age usually comes wisdom, but it’s up to us to continue to educate ourselves and accumulate experiences in order to access that wisdom… So my advice to you Stevie: Put down the 12 pack of Natty Light, turn off the Married With Children reruns and get OBSESSED with improving your life EVERY SINGLE F*CKING DAY. 👊
-EB