{"id":24873,"date":"2026-03-02T20:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/?p=24873"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:56:07","slug":"awacas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2026\/03\/02\/awacas\/","title":{"rendered":"A whisper, a conversation, a scream!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24873\" class=\"elementor elementor-24873\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c93a5e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c93a5e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5a48b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5c5a48b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3rOE52Kp2VP326wSOVyi1i\/video?utm_source=generator\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-ekits-heading\" data-id=\"db03d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-ekits-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-heading thim-ekit__heading\"><h3 class=\"title\">This is similar to Mark Manson's works for me - the titles weren't for me - but the content and the nuance and the complex authenticity within - WAS and IS!<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f2180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7f2180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I spent an hour listening to Jan Frodeno talk with Lance Armstrong\u2014an athlete whose fall from grace is as public as it gets, and whose attempts at rebuilding himself are still unfolding. Whether every moment of candor in that conversation is genuine or part of a long arc of reputation\u2011management is impossible to know. But the exchange is frank enough, and imperfect enough, to be worth sitting with.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What struck me wasn\u2019t the controversy; it was the reminder that none of us outrun the work of becoming better. Even the most decorated careers can collapse under the weight of unexamined habits, and even the most public failures still leave room for course correction. That\u2019s a Stoic truth I return to often: reputation is external, but character is internal\u2014and always under construction.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I listened during some professional development time, and it sharpened a few edges for me. Not in the sense of chasing perfection, but in the quieter discipline of self\u2011scrutiny: how I show up as a husband, a father, a friend, a colleague, and a human trying to move through the world with a little more clarity and a little less self\u2011deception. The conversation reminded me that the toolkit I rely on\u2014temperance, courage, discernment, and the willingness to examine my own patterns\u2014needs continual maintenance.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was a worthwhile hour. Not because it offered answers, but because it nudged me back into the ongoing work of aligning who I am with who I\u2019m trying to become.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is similar to Mark Manson&#8217;s works for me &#8211; the titles weren&#8217;t for me &#8211; but the content and the nuance and the complex authenticity within &#8211; WAS and IS! 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