Everybody's different
Everybody's similar, but everybody's different
And your attitude has a giant effect, not just on your life
But on other people's lives around you
That's the other thing about it
Those I can't catch a break guys
[Pre-Chorus]
Get them fuck away from me
I can't be around those guys
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't buy it, 'cause everybody has bad breaks
I've had a shit ton of bad breaks
But you know what I did?
Stayed up
And I thought through it, and I figured out what the fuck I did wrong, and then I went back
It's like I fucked up everything I've ever done 100 times
There's no other way to do it
But you gotta realize when you have those shitty breaks what that is
It's an an opportunity for you to reassess, reboot, get better, figure out another way, find another way through
It's just challenges
And the people that look at those challenges and go, "Why do I always have these challenges?" they're cancer
Those people are dangerous to be around
They will rob you of your enthusiasm
They don't give you any fuel
They're the opposite of fuel
The fuel people are kicking ass, the people that are out there just fucking hustling, always, always getting things done
Always getting things done
My friend Jocko, every morning I'll check his Instagram page 4:30 shows a picture of his watch, get after it
[Jocko]: Get after it
[Jordan Peterson]: Bucko
He's out there working out 4:30 in the morning
Does it every fucking morning, why?
Because he doesn't want to, and that's how you do it
You go and get after it. You don't make any excuses
And those kinda guys are fuel
But those I can't catch a break guys, they're the opposite of fuel
They're just pissing on your fire
They're no fun
[Chorus]
Get them the fuck away from me
I can't be around those guys
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
The people that'll surround them are all idiots
'Cause only idiots want to be around I can't catch a break guy
Only dummies stick around
After a while, even if they're your good friend, you gotta be like, "Bro, you gotta fucking stop. You gotta stop with all the I can't catch a break bullshit."
All the time you're complaining you could be instead hustling
You could be instead chasing your dream
You could be instead figuring out what you're doing wrong, trying to improve certain aspects of your life, getting your shit together, reading a book, meditating, something, fucking something
Something, fucking something!
But this I can't catch a break shit is not helping anybody
And it pushes everybody away from you
[Chorus]
Get them the fuck away from me
I can't be around those guys
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't want to hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Everybody's similar, but everybody's different
And your attitude has a giant effect, not just on your life
But on other people's lives around you
That's the other thing about it
Those I can't catch a break guys
[Pre-Chorus]
Get them fuck away from me
I can't be around those guys
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't buy it, 'cause everybody has bad breaks
I've had a shit ton of bad breaks
But you know what I did?
Stayed up
And I thought through it, and I figured out what the fuck I did wrong, and then I went back
It's like I fucked up everything I've ever done 100 times
There's no other way to do it
But you gotta realize when you have those shitty breaks what that is
It's an an opportunity for you to reassess, reboot, get better, figure out another way, find another way through
It's just challenges
And the people that look at those challenges and go, "Why do I always have these challenges?" they're cancer
Those people are dangerous to be around
They will rob you of your enthusiasm
They don't give you any fuel
They're the opposite of fuel
The fuel people are kicking ass, the people that are out there just fucking hustling, always, always getting things done
Always getting things done
My friend Jocko, every morning I'll check his Instagram page 4:30 shows a picture of his watch, get after it
[Jocko]: Get after it
[Jordan Peterson]: Bucko
He's out there working out 4:30 in the morning
Does it every fucking morning, why?
Because he doesn't want to, and that's how you do it
You go and get after it. You don't make any excuses
And those kinda guys are fuel
But those I can't catch a break guys, they're the opposite of fuel
They're just pissing on your fire
They're no fun
[Chorus]
Get them the fuck away from me
I can't be around those guys
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
The people that'll surround them are all idiots
'Cause only idiots want to be around I can't catch a break guy
Only dummies stick around
After a while, even if they're your good friend, you gotta be like, "Bro, you gotta fucking stop. You gotta stop with all the I can't catch a break bullshit."
All the time you're complaining you could be instead hustling
You could be instead chasing your dream
You could be instead figuring out what you're doing wrong, trying to improve certain aspects of your life, getting your shit together, reading a book, meditating, something, fucking something
Something, fucking something!
But this I can't catch a break shit is not helping anybody
And it pushes everybody away from you
[Chorus]
Get them the fuck away from me
I can't be around those guys
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't want to hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
Get them the fuck away from me
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
I don't wanna hear that shit
Get them the fuck away from me
I think a lot of what happiness is, is a management issue
You could be in a shit state of mind right now
But you could make some decisions to adjust that and over the next couple hours
You'll get to a much better place
And these constant management decisions, they waver in and out of your life, on a daily basis
Like this idea that you can have a good mindset and then all of a sudden you'll be happy, that's horse shit
It's like the tide, it comes in and it comes out. And there's gonna be days where you're just not feeling so good physically, and that's going to affect the way your happiness level is
It's never static, it's never exactly the same
Me?
[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
It's like hunger
It goes in and out, it's always there
This is something I've cultivated for a long time and avoided things that make me unhappy and figured out what those things are and been
Very rigid about eliminating them from my life
There's a lot of cynicism in these days about inspiration, about motivation, because there's a lot of fake shit
You see a million of these inspirational quote pages run by people that are probably depressed
You know, you see a lot of people that are talking about how to get ahead in life, but they're not really doing anything themselves
So there's a lot of cynicism involved in that, but there's also sincerity in it
If you just look at it with a pure heart and a pure mind, you can get a lotta energy outta that
And when you're around happy, inspirational people that are successful, it makes you feel better and you get inspired
And if you act on that inspiration, your life will be more fulfilled
And it's not just inspirational in terms of financial success, but in terms of doing difficult things
[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
And I think that there's a lotta people out there that think somehow or another, you're gonna get to some place where you living in silk sheets and you're getting your toes done, and someone's dropping grapes into your mouth
I don't want that
That guy's not gonna be happy, he's gonna be bored
An hour into the grape, get those fucking grapes away from me, stop painting my toes
What am I doing in this bed?
I gotta do something
The human organism, the animal that we are, needs constant stimulation because it evolved trying to find food and escape enemies
And this is the great joy that you have in taking care of your children
You can protect your children from the elements and the enemies
And it's also the great sadness that you see in the losers
When I see a loser, I see some guy who's 43 years old and lives in his parents' basement, and he fucking hates the world and I’m like
That was a baby that somebody just gave shitty nutrients to, food or in thoughts and ideas and examples
And this kid developed these horrible self-defeating patterns of behavior
That have led them to this point, where they're this person with no future and no idea of how to get out of this rut and probably never will escape it
And it might just wind up sucking on a gun
[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
This is the world that we live in today
And I think part of that world is because we have been fed this line of horseshit that you're supposed to seek comfort
And I don't think you are
I think you're supposed to seek lessons and you're supposed to seek difficult tasks
Difficult tasks
Because if I just think, well, tomorrow I'm just gonna coast and eat Twinkies and watch TV
Oh, hello, sadness, my old friend. Hello, depression
Because when you're not doing anything, you feel like shit
And that's just a part of being a human being. And we can pretend we're something other than what we really are
And we can pretend, "Not me, man, I'm just cool, just chilling, doing nothing,"
Bullshit, you're a fucking human
You evolved from the fucking hundreds and thousands of years of hunters and gatherers, and people who were struggling
Human reward systems are carved deeply into your DNA
And if you don't respect that, if you don't respect the mechanism of happiness and fulfillment and what you really need to do in order to feel satisfied in life
Camaraderie, family, struggle, learning — are imperative
They're all a giant part of being a person
[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm pretty fucking happy
I'm pretty fucking happy
I'm pretty fucking happy
You could be in a shit state of mind right now
But you could make some decisions to adjust that and over the next couple hours
You'll get to a much better place
And these constant management decisions, they waver in and out of your life, on a daily basis
Like this idea that you can have a good mindset and then all of a sudden you'll be happy, that's horse shit
It's like the tide, it comes in and it comes out. And there's gonna be days where you're just not feeling so good physically, and that's going to affect the way your happiness level is
It's never static, it's never exactly the same
Me?
[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
It's like hunger
It goes in and out, it's always there
This is something I've cultivated for a long time and avoided things that make me unhappy and figured out what those things are and been
Very rigid about eliminating them from my life
There's a lot of cynicism in these days about inspiration, about motivation, because there's a lot of fake shit
You see a million of these inspirational quote pages run by people that are probably depressed
You know, you see a lot of people that are talking about how to get ahead in life, but they're not really doing anything themselves
So there's a lot of cynicism involved in that, but there's also sincerity in it
If you just look at it with a pure heart and a pure mind, you can get a lotta energy outta that
And when you're around happy, inspirational people that are successful, it makes you feel better and you get inspired
And if you act on that inspiration, your life will be more fulfilled
And it's not just inspirational in terms of financial success, but in terms of doing difficult things
[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
And I think that there's a lotta people out there that think somehow or another, you're gonna get to some place where you living in silk sheets and you're getting your toes done, and someone's dropping grapes into your mouth
I don't want that
That guy's not gonna be happy, he's gonna be bored
An hour into the grape, get those fucking grapes away from me, stop painting my toes
What am I doing in this bed?
I gotta do something
The human organism, the animal that we are, needs constant stimulation because it evolved trying to find food and escape enemies
And this is the great joy that you have in taking care of your children
You can protect your children from the elements and the enemies
And it's also the great sadness that you see in the losers
When I see a loser, I see some guy who's 43 years old and lives in his parents' basement, and he fucking hates the world and I’m like
That was a baby that somebody just gave shitty nutrients to, food or in thoughts and ideas and examples
And this kid developed these horrible self-defeating patterns of behavior
That have led them to this point, where they're this person with no future and no idea of how to get out of this rut and probably never will escape it
And it might just wind up sucking on a gun
[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
This is the world that we live in today
And I think part of that world is because we have been fed this line of horseshit that you're supposed to seek comfort
And I don't think you are
I think you're supposed to seek lessons and you're supposed to seek difficult tasks
Difficult tasks
Because if I just think, well, tomorrow I'm just gonna coast and eat Twinkies and watch TV
Oh, hello, sadness, my old friend. Hello, depression
Because when you're not doing anything, you feel like shit
And that's just a part of being a human being. And we can pretend we're something other than what we really are
And we can pretend, "Not me, man, I'm just cool, just chilling, doing nothing,"
Bullshit, you're a fucking human
You evolved from the fucking hundreds and thousands of years of hunters and gatherers, and people who were struggling
Human reward systems are carved deeply into your DNA
And if you don't respect that, if you don't respect the mechanism of happiness and fulfillment and what you really need to do in order to feel satisfied in life
Camaraderie, family, struggle, learning — are imperative
They're all a giant part of being a person
[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm happy
I'm happy as fuck, is what I would say
I'm pretty fucking happy
I'm pretty fucking happy
I'm pretty fucking happy
Whoa, the idea, the big one is the stoned ape theory
Terence McKenna’s theory was the reason why the human brain size doubled over a period of 2 million years
And he equates it to the time where the climate changed
And rainforest receded into grasslands, and these monkeys climbed down from trees
They started experimenting with new food sources, and they would flip over cow patties to find like bugs and beetles and shit
When they saw mushrooms growing in the cow patties
Certain groups of these monkeys started eating these mushrooms
Two things happened
One, it increased their visual acuity and made them be able to see much better
And then the other thing that happened is it made them horny
So here you have these better hunters, they can see things better, they probably can throw things and they're more accurate, and then they're horny, so they're gonna fuck
And then of course, as they're eating plates of these fucking things
They're gonna have psychedelic experiences
And if you're a monkey maybe and if you have psychedelic experiences every day
It's like a forced-fed evolution thing
It's like a forced-fed evolution thing
[Pre-Chorus]
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
If we figure out eventually we are all one thing
These spores are all like they can go in a vacuum in space
They can travel in extreme cold, extreme heat
They can absorb radiation and not get damaged
And they can travel from other planets
Like if a meteor hits, a chunk of this planet can get knocked off
It gets sent flying into space and it lands on another planet
And those spores get to give birth on this planet
And just communicate with all the animals that are here
When you have a DMT trip, it feels like communication with intent, but with no words
I understand exactly what you're saying, but I understand it more as like a wave
It's like a very clear and obvious wave of information
One of the times I had this DMT trip, the DMT things
They would say a bunch of the same things
Relax and don't give into astonishment, but they're not using words
That's the next shit, man
[Chorus]
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
They start to look at this, they're starting to back off, starting to look up at the sky
And they're starting to look to the left and look to the right and go
"Whoa, what the fuck is this? What is this thing we're doing here?"
'Cause this isn't just we're living life
In the beginning, Bob was a baby. Bob went to high school, then college
He played a bit of football before settling down with his…
No, no, no, no, no, no, that's some of that shit we made up to make ourselves feel more comfortable
Those events are actually taking place
Bob is going to school, but that doesn't mean shit, okay?
What really means something is we're flying through the fucking universe
Flying through the fucking universe
We're in space. We are in a ship, it's an organic ship
We're not on the ground. We're not on the ground, we're flying
“I'm afraid to be in space in a spaceship”
You're on a spaceship right now
It's just fucking huge
It’s a 24,000 mile across spaceship
Okay, it's a spaceship, that's what it is. Okay, it's a spaceship
We're not grounded. It's not like the universe is a solid mass and we're sitting on it
We're flying, we are right now hurling and we're spinning 1,000 miles an hour around massive nuclear explosions
[Chorus]
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
Terence McKenna’s theory was the reason why the human brain size doubled over a period of 2 million years
And he equates it to the time where the climate changed
And rainforest receded into grasslands, and these monkeys climbed down from trees
They started experimenting with new food sources, and they would flip over cow patties to find like bugs and beetles and shit
When they saw mushrooms growing in the cow patties
Certain groups of these monkeys started eating these mushrooms
Two things happened
One, it increased their visual acuity and made them be able to see much better
And then the other thing that happened is it made them horny
So here you have these better hunters, they can see things better, they probably can throw things and they're more accurate, and then they're horny, so they're gonna fuck
And then of course, as they're eating plates of these fucking things
They're gonna have psychedelic experiences
And if you're a monkey maybe and if you have psychedelic experiences every day
It's like a forced-fed evolution thing
It's like a forced-fed evolution thing
[Pre-Chorus]
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
If we figure out eventually we are all one thing
These spores are all like they can go in a vacuum in space
They can travel in extreme cold, extreme heat
They can absorb radiation and not get damaged
And they can travel from other planets
Like if a meteor hits, a chunk of this planet can get knocked off
It gets sent flying into space and it lands on another planet
And those spores get to give birth on this planet
And just communicate with all the animals that are here
When you have a DMT trip, it feels like communication with intent, but with no words
I understand exactly what you're saying, but I understand it more as like a wave
It's like a very clear and obvious wave of information
One of the times I had this DMT trip, the DMT things
They would say a bunch of the same things
Relax and don't give into astonishment, but they're not using words
That's the next shit, man
[Chorus]
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
They start to look at this, they're starting to back off, starting to look up at the sky
And they're starting to look to the left and look to the right and go
"Whoa, what the fuck is this? What is this thing we're doing here?"
'Cause this isn't just we're living life
In the beginning, Bob was a baby. Bob went to high school, then college
He played a bit of football before settling down with his…
No, no, no, no, no, no, that's some of that shit we made up to make ourselves feel more comfortable
Those events are actually taking place
Bob is going to school, but that doesn't mean shit, okay?
What really means something is we're flying through the fucking universe
Flying through the fucking universe
We're in space. We are in a ship, it's an organic ship
We're not on the ground. We're not on the ground, we're flying
“I'm afraid to be in space in a spaceship”
You're on a spaceship right now
It's just fucking huge
It’s a 24,000 mile across spaceship
Okay, it's a spaceship, that's what it is. Okay, it's a spaceship
We're not grounded. It's not like the universe is a solid mass and we're sitting on it
We're flying, we are right now hurling and we're spinning 1,000 miles an hour around massive nuclear explosions
[Chorus]
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Psychedelic experiences every day, every day, every day
Monkeys in space
Monkeys in space
It's this fear of discomfort
People have this extreme feeling in their mind when it comes to their associations with exercise
They want to avoid discomfort
They feel like any type of exercise is just like something to be avoided, that's not for me, fuck that
I don't wanna sweat, I don't wanna strain
I don't wanna sweat, I don't wanna strain
A lot of times this association that they have is about the beginnings of getting in shape
It's not about once you're actually fit
'Cause once you're actually fit, then you look forward to, it feels great
If I can't get a workout in, I look at my schedule and go
Oh shit, I don't have any time for workout, which means I'm not going to get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling
And so instead of looking at it like, “Oh, I've gotta go grunt and sweat.”
I'm thinking I'm not gonna feel good, I'm not gonna feel relaxed, I'm not going to feel carefree
Even appreciative, like my appreciation of things, it gets enhanced greatly after exercise
I just feel better
[Chorus]
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
It feels great
To most people, their associations are to avoid anything that's uncomfortable
It's so illogical
Discomfort is your friend, it really is
Discomfort, not being happy and content with certain situations in life, they are massive, massive motivators
They're amazing at facilitating change
Yet our instinct is to avoid those and just sit on the couch
And watch some fucking reality show
It's bizarre
When I would get really disciplined and really consistent with my workouts
I almost feel momentum
I feel like there's push behind me, like, all right, yeah, now I'm doing it
[Chorus]
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
Yeah, now I'm doing it
Yeah, now I'm doing it
I'm doing it all the time now
I'm looking forward to the next time, and it makes that resistance much weaker and it makes my motivation and my discipline much stronger
I think a lot of it is based on just the consistency
Blowing something off is not just bad for you physically, it's also bad mentally
Because then that option is now available, the option to fuck off
You did it before and you're probably gonna do it again, and you'll get mediocre results, not just in that aspect of your life, maybe in all aspects of your life
That option to fuck off, when you embrace it
That is a pathway that you might choose when it comes to dealing with conflict in your personal life
Business, business decisions, career decisions, like an uncomfortable decision that you might be faced with
What your pathway is in life, but you don't do it
Instead, you fuck off
And that inclination to fuck off, that gathers momentum as well
The inclination to be disciplined, that comes with momentum
I think both things, you take a path
[Chorus]
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
It feels great
It feels great
You take a path
Or the path of the fuck off
Your body is like a race car that you can juice up yourself
You can add the fat car, you can add, improve suspension
You can beef up the horsepower in the engine
You can do all that yourself
Or you can just choose to have this shitty body
No one's under the illusion that you're gonna live forever, but you are enhancing the experience that you're currently involved in right now
You are alive, you do experience this life, but do you experience this life optimally?
Is it as enjoyable as it can be?
And we all know that there's a spectrum for that enjoyability
We've all had times in our life where it's not been so great
And then times in our life where everything came together
Like what a fucking great day, woo!
Great day, woo!
Great day, woo!
Great day, woo!
Make more of those
Make more of those
Make more of those
You can make more of those
And then the whole thing is better
And then the whole thing is better
And I think when that whole thing is better, it affects everybody you touch
Everybody that's around you, everybody you come in contact with
That in turn, I mean, it sounds so grandiose, but in turn can affect the entire race of human beings
People have this extreme feeling in their mind when it comes to their associations with exercise
They want to avoid discomfort
They feel like any type of exercise is just like something to be avoided, that's not for me, fuck that
I don't wanna sweat, I don't wanna strain
I don't wanna sweat, I don't wanna strain
A lot of times this association that they have is about the beginnings of getting in shape
It's not about once you're actually fit
'Cause once you're actually fit, then you look forward to, it feels great
If I can't get a workout in, I look at my schedule and go
Oh shit, I don't have any time for workout, which means I'm not going to get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling
And so instead of looking at it like, “Oh, I've gotta go grunt and sweat.”
I'm thinking I'm not gonna feel good, I'm not gonna feel relaxed, I'm not going to feel carefree
Even appreciative, like my appreciation of things, it gets enhanced greatly after exercise
I just feel better
[Chorus]
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
It feels great
To most people, their associations are to avoid anything that's uncomfortable
It's so illogical
Discomfort is your friend, it really is
Discomfort, not being happy and content with certain situations in life, they are massive, massive motivators
They're amazing at facilitating change
Yet our instinct is to avoid those and just sit on the couch
And watch some fucking reality show
It's bizarre
When I would get really disciplined and really consistent with my workouts
I almost feel momentum
I feel like there's push behind me, like, all right, yeah, now I'm doing it
[Chorus]
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
Yeah, now I'm doing it
Yeah, now I'm doing it
I'm doing it all the time now
I'm looking forward to the next time, and it makes that resistance much weaker and it makes my motivation and my discipline much stronger
I think a lot of it is based on just the consistency
Blowing something off is not just bad for you physically, it's also bad mentally
Because then that option is now available, the option to fuck off
You did it before and you're probably gonna do it again, and you'll get mediocre results, not just in that aspect of your life, maybe in all aspects of your life
That option to fuck off, when you embrace it
That is a pathway that you might choose when it comes to dealing with conflict in your personal life
Business, business decisions, career decisions, like an uncomfortable decision that you might be faced with
What your pathway is in life, but you don't do it
Instead, you fuck off
And that inclination to fuck off, that gathers momentum as well
The inclination to be disciplined, that comes with momentum
I think both things, you take a path
[Chorus]
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
I wanna sweat, I wanna strain
Get that good feeling, get, get that good feeling, get that good feeling
It feels great
It feels great
You take a path
Or the path of the fuck off
Your body is like a race car that you can juice up yourself
You can add the fat car, you can add, improve suspension
You can beef up the horsepower in the engine
You can do all that yourself
Or you can just choose to have this shitty body
No one's under the illusion that you're gonna live forever, but you are enhancing the experience that you're currently involved in right now
You are alive, you do experience this life, but do you experience this life optimally?
Is it as enjoyable as it can be?
And we all know that there's a spectrum for that enjoyability
We've all had times in our life where it's not been so great
And then times in our life where everything came together
Like what a fucking great day, woo!
Great day, woo!
Great day, woo!
Great day, woo!
Make more of those
Make more of those
Make more of those
You can make more of those
And then the whole thing is better
And then the whole thing is better
And I think when that whole thing is better, it affects everybody you touch
Everybody that's around you, everybody you come in contact with
That in turn, I mean, it sounds so grandiose, but in turn can affect the entire race of human beings
[Jordan Peterson]: We're gonna go back to Boston
Okay
[Jordan Peterson]: Okay. So you said that's really where things started for you. So you moved there when you were 13. First of all, like what kind of kid were you in school?
If ADD is real, I certainly had it
And I was very, very interested in what I was interested in
I was very uninterested in people telling me what to do
Essentially couldn't wait to get out of school
But I would excel at things that I had interest in
Initially, it was art. I wanted to be a comic book illustrator, until I really got into martial arts
Then martial arts became the focus of my life
Around 14, 15 years old, that's when I really became massively obsessed
And it was really the first thing that I ever did where I really didn't feel like a loser
Like I really felt like, “Oh, I actually have some talent. I actually can be exceptional.” It's like something
Because you know I grew up constantly moving, didn't really have a lot of friends, I would be new in this town, I'd get picked on, I wasn't a big kid
And there was a lot of issues with that psychologically
I didn't like being afraid of other kids. I didn't like not knowing what to do if I ran into a kid, and they were gonna bully me and pick on me
You know, martial arts changed that 180 degrees
[Chorus]
And then I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
And then I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
So what I was, was someone who was terrified of conflict, didn't know what to do
And what I became was a Taekwondo champion
I became a martial arts champion
I knew how to fight
[Jordan Peterson]: How did it come about?
It was very fortunate
I'd done a little bit of martial arts training
Then one day I was in Boston for a Red Sox game, and as I was walking home to the train station, I decided to go check out the Jae Hun Kim Taekwondo Institute
It was right there
So I went up the stairs and as I was walking up the stairs a guy named John Lee was training
I heard this crazy sound, what it turned out to be this man kicking this bag and slamming his heel into this bag and having the chain snap and rattle and the thud of his heel slamming into this leather bag
I got up there and I watched this guy workout
I couldn't believe a person could do that
I'd never seen anybody kick something so hard in real life
Anybody that had such incredible martial arts skill like this guy did, John Lee, who became a mentor of mine
That changed everything
I was there the next day
I talked to them, they gave me a brochure and a pamphlet
I was probably there every day of my life until I was 22 years old
Just completely by luck, wandered into one of the best schools in the world for taekwondo
I just got lucky
I got really, really, really lucky
[Chorus]
I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
And then I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
I had keys pretty quickly
Right away, my instructor recognized that I was pretty obsessed and I was physically pretty talented
So he had me teaching classes instead of paying
One of the best ways for someone to get good at martial arts is actually to teach
It actually refines your technique
You think about it more. I was 14 or 15 by the time I got to that school
I had my black belt by the time I was 17, and I was competing in the adult division by then
I won the state championship when I was 18, and I won it every year from then until I stopped
Luckily with high school, kids heard about it right away
One of the kids you go to school with is flying all over the country, kicking people in the head
They just avoided me
People avoided me, junior and senior year
I'd already become this weird kid that was obsessed with martial arts
I spent most of my life from the time I was 15, till I was 21 training and competing
I've probably fought over a hundred times, a 100% singular, uniquely singular, but I avoided most of the pitfalls, high school partying and all that stuff
I didn't do that because I was scared of getting hurt
I was scared if I showed up for training hungover that I'd get beat up
I was scared of anything that would take even a tiny bit away from my performance as a fighter
'Cause I was obsessed with it
[Chorus]
I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
And then I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
Okay
[Jordan Peterson]: Okay. So you said that's really where things started for you. So you moved there when you were 13. First of all, like what kind of kid were you in school?
If ADD is real, I certainly had it
And I was very, very interested in what I was interested in
I was very uninterested in people telling me what to do
Essentially couldn't wait to get out of school
But I would excel at things that I had interest in
Initially, it was art. I wanted to be a comic book illustrator, until I really got into martial arts
Then martial arts became the focus of my life
Around 14, 15 years old, that's when I really became massively obsessed
And it was really the first thing that I ever did where I really didn't feel like a loser
Like I really felt like, “Oh, I actually have some talent. I actually can be exceptional.” It's like something
Because you know I grew up constantly moving, didn't really have a lot of friends, I would be new in this town, I'd get picked on, I wasn't a big kid
And there was a lot of issues with that psychologically
I didn't like being afraid of other kids. I didn't like not knowing what to do if I ran into a kid, and they were gonna bully me and pick on me
You know, martial arts changed that 180 degrees
[Chorus]
And then I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
And then I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
So what I was, was someone who was terrified of conflict, didn't know what to do
And what I became was a Taekwondo champion
I became a martial arts champion
I knew how to fight
[Jordan Peterson]: How did it come about?
It was very fortunate
I'd done a little bit of martial arts training
Then one day I was in Boston for a Red Sox game, and as I was walking home to the train station, I decided to go check out the Jae Hun Kim Taekwondo Institute
It was right there
So I went up the stairs and as I was walking up the stairs a guy named John Lee was training
I heard this crazy sound, what it turned out to be this man kicking this bag and slamming his heel into this bag and having the chain snap and rattle and the thud of his heel slamming into this leather bag
I got up there and I watched this guy workout
I couldn't believe a person could do that
I'd never seen anybody kick something so hard in real life
Anybody that had such incredible martial arts skill like this guy did, John Lee, who became a mentor of mine
That changed everything
I was there the next day
I talked to them, they gave me a brochure and a pamphlet
I was probably there every day of my life until I was 22 years old
Just completely by luck, wandered into one of the best schools in the world for taekwondo
I just got lucky
I got really, really, really lucky
[Chorus]
I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
And then I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
I had keys pretty quickly
Right away, my instructor recognized that I was pretty obsessed and I was physically pretty talented
So he had me teaching classes instead of paying
One of the best ways for someone to get good at martial arts is actually to teach
It actually refines your technique
You think about it more. I was 14 or 15 by the time I got to that school
I had my black belt by the time I was 17, and I was competing in the adult division by then
I won the state championship when I was 18, and I won it every year from then until I stopped
Luckily with high school, kids heard about it right away
One of the kids you go to school with is flying all over the country, kicking people in the head
They just avoided me
People avoided me, junior and senior year
I'd already become this weird kid that was obsessed with martial arts
I spent most of my life from the time I was 15, till I was 21 training and competing
I've probably fought over a hundred times, a 100% singular, uniquely singular, but I avoided most of the pitfalls, high school partying and all that stuff
I didn't do that because I was scared of getting hurt
I was scared if I showed up for training hungover that I'd get beat up
I was scared of anything that would take even a tiny bit away from my performance as a fighter
'Cause I was obsessed with it
[Chorus]
I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was
And then I became someone
Who I would be afraid of
You know, I became the opposite of what I was