Most people aim for the middle. Anthony's argument on this episode of the Roadman Cycling Podcast is that there's almost no competition at the extremes, and that chasing unrealistic goals is actually the less crowded path. The tool he uses to get there is simple: convert what you want to be into something you're actually doing.
Key Takeaways
The framework is three months, not twelve. A twelve-month goal is too far out to act on today. Break it into quarters, pick three things you dream of being, then convert each one from a being into a doing. 'I want to be a podcaster' is abstract. 'I will record five episodes a week for the next three months' is a doing. That's the version you can start on tonight.
The sanity check Anthony lifts from Tim Ferriss is worth running every quarter. Are you buying things to paper over a lack of direction? That's the fat bald guy in the red convertible BMW test. If the answer is yes, you're chasing the wrong list. The goal isn't happiness, which is abstract. It's the absence of boredom. Helen Keller's line covers it: life is a daring adventure or nothing at all. Build your three-month doing list around that and you're pointed in the right direction.
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If you want more on the community side of what Roadman is building, the Hincapie episode is a good one to follow this with. The gravel episode covers some of the same ground on why people get into cycling for the wrong reasons.