{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 178: The Most Productive Habits Of Thriving Small Business Owners","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1470,"description":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWell, we’ve nearly made it to the end of another January.\n\n\n\nAs of today, I’m 24 days into my first Whole30. I’m 4 weeks into a new training program. I’m 14 posts into committing to writing and sharing more often on Instagram and LinkedIn. I’m 4 weeks into bullet journaling.\n\n\n\nAs you might guess, I love January. I love the potential, the possibility, and the opportunity of the new year. I love setting new intentions and goals.\n\n\n\nOf course, not everyone feels this way. “February is the new January” memes are popping up everywhere. There’s a January backlash that’s been gaining steam over the last few years.\n\n\n\nIf you don’t mind, I’d like to share my take on why this is… but I need to do it, as per usual, with a fitness metaphor.\n\n\n\nWhen I was a young athlete, I loved the fast burn. I was always itching to steal second base, to sprint across the finish line, or to take a fast break for a lay-up.\n\n\n\nWhen I started training as an adult, I approached things the same way. Even if it hurt or ruined me for the rest of the day, I’d hit the high intensity intervals hard. Endurance was like a dirty word.\n\n\n\nI figured if I kept training at that high intensity, I would eventually be able to endure. \n\n\n\nBut I was wrong.\n\n\n\nLuckily, I learned a lot more about pacing and the benefits of low-intensity exercise. Instead of asking myself how fast I could run for 15 seconds, I started asking myself if I could hold this pace for a mile, 3 miles, or even 10 miles. Instead of always working myself into a sweaty mess, I learned to take plenty of rest and enjoy a workout that was hard work–but felt easy.\n\n\n\nI started to embrace the slow burn.\n\n\n\nThe results spoke for themselves. Yes, I could run for miles upon miles without stopping. I could move heavy weights. I could climb for hours. And the crazy thing is: when I did decide to up the intensity, I could go faster and harder.\n\n\n\nI toed the line at which working hard turned into overworking. I trained myself to stay on just this...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}