The Habit That Holds You Together

I was reading a book about habits, and he brings over there the story about Michael Phelps, the best swimmer. He had uh 28 gold medals, and he jumps into the water, and immediately water starts going into his goggles, and it blinds him. Like, he can't see a thing. He can't see the walls. He can't see. He was calm. It explains why he was calm, how just doing something, and this has everything to do with the daf. That's why I'm reading it, because how you you build small little things, little wins. The whole Maseches he just kept on going, and he started counting. He knew in his head I'm almost blind. Imagine closing your eyes and swimming. He said he he figured he needs about 20 more strokes, and he started counting. 20, 1, 2, 3, and then he knew where the wall was, and he pops out of the water, and he hears everybody screaming, and it says WR, world record. He won the gold medal >> [music] >> being blind with the blind thing, with the water in this thing. When you do something over and over and over, it becomes a habit, then you build a thing that's not breakable. Even in the worst situations, even in a person has a sorry sight in a hospital, this is that, but you go right back to that daf. You go right back to what you know, and what what you feel comfortable with. And even in in in in in situations where you think it's not possible to you do learn. Like, you stop. 2:00 in the morning comes back from a childbirth. I mean, it's hard for him that whole birth situation, you know, it's tough for the husband. Very tough. >> [laughter] >> 2:00 in the morning. He's exhausted, and the last thing he wants to do is open up but he goes to what he knows. He goes and goes he opens up the safe and learns.