From the Founder, Brian Mazza 12/19

The Ugly Phase

You are not as far along as you should be because you do not respect scaffolding.

Those ugly, temporary, inconvenient structures everyone wants to skip.

They are an eyesore.

They add no beauty.

They do not feel impressive.

They are cold looking

They are associated with a man just banging his hammer connecting one pole to another. 

But without them, nothing strong is ever built.

Scaffolding is not the finished product.

It is not glamorous.

It does not get applause.

Yet every skyscraper, every bridge, every structure that lasts decades stands on the back of scaffolding no one remembers.

You cannot build yourself without it.

You cannot wake up one day, flip a switch, and suddenly become disciplined, confident, consistent, and dangerous. That fantasy is what keeps people stuck.

Yes, a small percentage of people can just go and never look back.

They are the exception.

Not the rule.

Most people need structure before they earn freedom.

Systems before confidence.

Reps before results.

Scaffolding is the early mornings when motivation is gone.

The boring routines no one sees.

The standards you hold even when no one is watching.

It is the diet before the physique.

The practice before the performance.

The identity work before the success.

People quit because scaffolding feels beneath them.

They want the building without the build.

But the truth is simple.

If you refuse to live inside scaffolding now, you will never live inside greatness later.

Respect the structure.

Commit to the ugly phase.

Build what lasts.

Because once the building stands, no one will remember the scaffolding.

But everyone will feel the strength.

For the rest of your life, you will look at scaffolding different when you walk by it. You might even smirk!

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