By any estimation, very few human beings on this planet have achieved the level of success that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has across wildly different careers - from wrestling superstardom to becoming one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.

And yet, even after reaching those dizzying heights at age 51, The Rock wants more. Much more.

When asked why he’s wrestling in the WWE at 51 he said felt like he reached a "mountaintop" careerwise and rather than satisfaction, The Rock had a very different response:

"I want to go make new mountain...and more mountain."

It's that insatiable ambition to literally never stop ascending that separates the all-time greats from the rest. The grit to manufacturing fulfilling new challenges when others would understandably relish their victories.

This mindset came through again after his first wrestling match in nearly a decade at WrestleMania 39. The grueling physical toll at 51 years old begged the question of why even lace up his boots again?

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The Rock's answer was clear: "There's more mountain to build."

Whether its filming blockbusters or new business ventures - He says he needs to keep climbing higher and higher, no matter how lofty the summit.

Because as he put it: "I want to wake up and run towards it." To keep devouring ambition's next meal every single day, rather than feel getting up is forced or obligated.

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I just turned 40. It’s strange to write this and stranger to say it.

But if you look at the gray hairs in my beard and head as closely as I do, let alone my knee pain, you’d believe it. 

And as I deal with this condition I’m drawn to the work of Alexis de Tocqueville, a Frenchman who walked American streets in the 1830s. He described the young American republic and our forefathers as "restless in the midst of abundance.”

In his book Democracy in America, he said "Americans are constantly driven to engage in commerce and industry.... This is the characteristic that most distinguishes the American people from all others.”

“Everybody works,” He continued, “The desire for prosperity has become an ardent passion... which they pursue for the emotions it excites as much as for the gain it procures."

The more things change. The more things stay the same. 

I’ve been wondering why 40 bugs me so much. And I think de Tocqueville said it well, I spend my days chasing gain, abundance and prosperity and both are important in a sense but are they worth it? Is this the stuff that a midlife crisis is made of? I figured I’d have more answers by now. 

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As I write this, Matt Bonner is dying. Any day now. But he doesn't want to risk being forgotten.

He has terminal cancer. To preserve his memory for his loved ones, he's speaking with a legacy coach who works for the Eternos Project. (https://eternos.life/) Eternos collects letters, videos, photos, interviews, and anything else clients like Bonner want to include to recreate their voice after death using AI.

“I was simply amazed by the breadth of what can be done,” Bonner told NewsNation. (https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/tech/ai/ai-preserve-peoples-legacy/)

“Going is hard, but when you know that some things are staying back … when your legacy is staying in a vault and is available for your children, grandchildren … this gives you a kind of closure. I can go now,” he said.

Bonner or some digitized version of Bonner on a server will be able to talk to his loved ones.

“My life essence is everything you give, free and willing, you get back double,” Bonner said. “I really want to get this principle over to my children and grandchildren.”

I understand the sentiment, but is anyone else creeped out by this? Like an increasing amount of now, this sounds like a sci-fi movie. It's a bizarre side effect of the modern condition, a continuous feeling that much of our world is beyond reason.

I wouldn't do this. I don't think a digitized version of me is me. Would you?

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My generation is having fewer babies, according to new CDC data. And it’s not just my generation—according to Axios (https://www.axios.com/2024/04/25/us-births-drop-2023) , every race and every class in America is having fewer babies. In real numbers, nearly 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, down 2 percent from 2022, when there was a mini baby boom, likely due to COVID-19 and perhaps the spread of remote working (https://www.axios.com/2022/10/19/remote-work-baby-boom-america) .

"It's the first recession where we actually see birth rates go up (https://www.axios.com/2022/10/19/remote-work-baby-boom-america) ," said Hannes Schwandt (https://hschwandt.com/?) , a professor at Northwestern University, who co-authored the paper with Martha Bailey of UCLA and Janet Currie of Princeton.

Things get grimmer from there. The fertility rate in America was 1.62 per woman in 2023, well below the "replacement rate" of 2.1 that would allow a generation to completely replace itself.

Why? Some point to inflation: the cost of food, retirement, cars, or buying a home seems impossible at times. As I recently heard a twenty-something say: "Babies? I can barely afford to feed myself."

It's understandable but not without consequences.

We’re already seeing worker shortages, and most project things will get tougher over the next few decades.

Our neighborhoods are less vibrant—I see fewer kids outside playing, on bikes, with basketballs, or even trick-or-treating.

And selfishly, and maybe most importantly, our society depends on the young to support the old financially through Social Security and physically. Without both, our nation will resemble Japan.

Together, whether by accident or design (https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/birth-rate-fertility-rate-decline-data-statistics-graph-2022) , we’re making a collective decision that will affect this country for decades to come.

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Ben Herbert followed Jim Harbaugh from the University of Michigan to the San Diego Chargers,  just months after winning College Football’s national championship.

With Herbert comes a reputation as being one of the best strength and conditioning coaches in all of sports.

 In Herbert’s introductory press conference as Executive Director of Player Performance he said that no two people, even experts in his field, see training the same way.  He also made his perspective clear.

“My first goal is to make you harder to break,” said Herbert. “People often may say training we're gonna break, we're gonna break you down and build you up. My goal is not to break you, my goal is to make you harder to break.”

He goes about that by focusing on strengthening the areas around the most vulnerable parts of an athlete's body: the neck and head. 

“You have to be proactive at training those areas of the body,” continued Herbert. “So the neck work that I introduced today, the trap work, the 4-part cuff sequence to address the 4 rotator cuff muscles in their shoulder girdle, introduced them to some hip work, introduced them to some ankle work, right? These are things that are paramount if you want to make a football player harder to break, your training has to be sound.”

Herbert is known for his intense attention to detail. He stresses consistency… He defines that as showing up and doing all you can with what you have. He not only applies this to training but the things you train with. He says how you treat those things applies to your performance on the field.

“We had 2 and a half pound plates we used today and when they put those plates back, they put them back a certain way,” said Herbert. “Every plate says rogue at the top of the plate, every rogue is perfectly square. Doesn't matter if it's the second plate or the tenth plate, it goes back precisely. No different than a DB's eyes or his footwork or an offensive lineman's feet or his hand placement. Like ways we practic..