Know Yourself

Just did a, very enjoyable, 4:30 AM (Bhutan time) podcast interview for Science of Ultra Podcast about Dirty Inspirations and one particular moment popped out (I’ll let you know when the interview is live). Shawn asked me if there was one overarching aspect that I’ve learned in all my years of endurance racing that has served me the most and that I can share with other ultra athletes (and that happens to speak to everyone!)
My response: Know yourself. Know your strengths, be honest about your challenges, admit, accept and work with, your shortcomings. Know your mind and how to train it, know your physical needs, and define what your intensions are at the start line of every race. Ask yourself, “Who am I for this race?” “Am I willing to give more than I know I can give today?” Know who you are, right now, in this moment because that sets you up to create who you want to be in the next. Then do it again…all the while observing who you are in that process. Be the mediator in your experiences. Know yourself while knowing that knowing yourself is a never-ending dynamic process. Which is the that coolest part about learning to know yourself!

Thanks to Shawn Bearden for his thoughtful questions and interaction. If you’ve had chance to check out my book, do leave a review on amazon and goodreads – I’d love to hear what you think as would other potential readers! 

Tashi Delek from Bhutan…