Change Your Vehicle, Change Your View

Change Your Vehicle, Change Your View

Let’s talk about training.

I’ve been preparing for several fall races—some marathons, some new challenges like HYROX—and during a recent run, something clicked. I ran down a street I’ve driven on hundreds of times. But when I was on foot, I realized, this is a serious hill. In a car, it’s effortless. On foot, it’s brutal.

That’s the first lesson: Changing your mode changes your perspective. The terrain didn’t change—the effort did.

When we go through life on autopilot—same routes, same routines, same conversations—we miss the subtle beauty around us and the mental checkpoints that help us measure growth. But change your approach—run instead of drive, journal instead of scroll, ask a question instead of assume—and suddenly the world sharpens. You see more. You feel more. You grow faster.

Start Earlier

This Texas heat is no joke. I’ve learned the hard way that if I don’t start my long runs early, I’m toast. The sun becomes a burden I can’t ignore.

The same applies to your dreams.

Don’t wait until conditions are perfect. Don’t wait until your friends catch up. Don’t wait for clarity. Start now. Start while you’re still confused, still nervous, still unsure. Early starters have room to adjust. Late starters get baked by the heat of pressure.

Plan Your Breaks

I know where I’ll stop for water on my runs—Whole Foods opens at 7:00, the gas station at 8:00. If I don’t plan around that, I’m in trouble.

In life, we have to do the same. Burnout happens not because we work hard—but because we don’t rest smart. Plan your breaks, your vacations, your resets before you need them. Peak performance requires margin.

Action Steps:

  • Change your “vehicle.” Do something today in a new way. Drive a new route. Work from a new location. Shake up the routine.

  • Start before you're ready. Don’t let the heat of procrastination fry your momentum.

  • Schedule breaks like they matter—because they do.

You can’t coast through greatness. You have to work it from every angle. But when you mix structure with self-awareness, and pressure with perspective, you start to win.

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