Who You Have Become
Ambition can quietly erase gratitude from life
Aug 22, 2026 · 11 min · 5 segments
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=CDKO0JDfBBk&feature=youtu.be In episode 273 of the Further Your Lifestyle podcast, host Chris follows up on last week’s “15 brutal…
So I think this first one is really good.
Like your progress becomes your normal.
And this one I love when you zoom out and you look back and think, I remember when you wanted what you currently have.
The thing that once felt exciting and uncomfortable and, you know, you're working hard for became just another Tuesday.
You know, that's adaption.
And that means you've, it means you've actually made really good progress, right? What feels ordinary today that five years ago would have felt extraordinary, right? I remember, you know, when we were, we were getting I think it was like five sales a day.
And I was like, Oh my gosh, this is crazy.
Like how are we going to do this? Now we average 25 or 30 sales a day, sometimes 40.
Like, and that's just a new, that's just the normal.
Right.
And then you think, Oh geez, one day it will be a hundred.
Right.
That's the reality of it.
And be kind to yourself, reflect on those things because you probably have done way better than you expected.
And yeah, Number two, which kind of follows on, is you end up measuring the gap instead of the gain.
So a good way to look at this, and I'll read it out, is you wanted, let's say you wanted to get to a 10, but you got a 7.
And all you can see is that, geez, I'm not good enough.
I'm only a 7.
I didn't even get the 10.
But you started at one.
So you've gone from one to seven.
You didn't get to the 10, but you do a bit more updates.
You relearn, you readapt, and you can get to that 10.
You've only got to go three more to get to the 10.
My point is, we can create this completely different perspective of how we can measure progress and success.
So I think this first one is really good.
Like your progress becomes your normal.
And this one I love when you zoom out and you look back and think, I remember when you wanted what you currently have.
The thing that once felt exciting and uncomfortable and, you know, you're working hard for became just another Tuesday.
You know, that's adaption.
And that means you've, it means you've actually made really good progress, right? What feels ordinary today that five years ago would have felt extraordinary, right? I remember, you know, when we were, we were getting I think it was like five sales a day.
And I was like, Oh my gosh, this is crazy.
Like how are we going to do this? Now we average 25 or 30 sales a day, sometimes 40.
Like, and that's just a new, that's just the normal.
Right.
And then you think, Oh geez, one day it will be a hundred.
Right.
That's the reality of it.
And be kind to yourself, reflect on those things because you probably have done way better than you expected.
And yeah, Number two, which kind of follows on, is you end up measuring the gap instead of the gain.
So a good way to look at this, and I'll read it out, is you wanted, let's say you wanted to get to a 10, but you got a 7.
And all you can see is that, geez, I'm not good enough.
I'm only a 7.
I didn't even get the 10.
But you started at one.
So you've gone from one to seven.
You didn't get to the 10, but you do a bit more updates.
You relearn, you readapt, and you can get to that 10.
You've only got to go three more to get to the 10.
My point is, we can create this completely different perspective of how we can measure progress and success.
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