Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Pull the Rope the Other Way

Daily Chase #295

Jul 23, 2026
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Picture a tug of war. On one side: what you want. On the other: reality. Every time we get triggered — by traffic, a difficult conversation, a situation that didn’t go the way we hoped — we’re on the side of our desires, pulling as hard as we can to drag reality closer to what we want.

And sometimes that’s the right move. Wan…

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