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Jul 4, 2026 38 min

Hard Work Is Just The Entry Fee

from The CEP Mindset Podcast

In this episode of The CEP Mindset Show, Nick and Adam cover why hard work is just the entry cost at the elite level, the five anchors every athlete needs to develop, and what hard work looks like as you rise the ranks might. Nick shares a story about an athlete heading into his third NHL dev camp who only got on the ice four times in two weeks — and why that was exactly right. When you get to a certain level, everybody's working hard. Everybody's in the gym and putting in the reps. Hard work stops being the thing that separates you and starts being the thing that just keeps you in the room. So what actually separates you? Nick and Adam break it down through the five anchors - physical, technical, tactical, mental, and social.

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