As is becoming disturbingly regular, I had grand designs for a deep post about whatever. Knee deep in SAHD life for a week more, I backburnered that shit and settled for doing an update post. Then I lowered my standards even more and decided to just talk about how this 9 year old Britney Spears song spells out a concise plan to be successful in life.
I was out for my weekly interval run this Wednesday, and one of my favorites queued up in the playlist right when the sprint buzzer went off. Before we get into the lyrics, and how they’re sooooo super deep on many levels, I’d like to point out an interesting anecdote.
I listened to podcasts for self improvement back in 2015. At the recommendation of a good friend, I started with Joe De Sena’s Spartan Up interviews. I’ve since graduated to listening to Ferriss (like literally every other person on the planet) , as well as a smattering of other health, FI, and real estate specific shows. Though I don’t listen to Spartan Up anymore, the shorter episodes were a good gateway drug for all the rabbit holes I’d eventually go down.
If you haven’t listened to it, the Spartan Up show is basically Joe De Sena(guy who owns and runs the spartan series of obstacle course races) doing a real short version of what Ferriss does. He goes around interviewing top performers in athletics and business, and tries to figure out actionable commonalities the listener could apply to their own life. In the episodes I listened to, Joe would describe his motivation for starting the podcast; he personally found that few people were successful in both money and fitness. He knew a lot of super rich businessmen that were fat and riddled with health issues, and he knew plenty of world class athletes that were broke as shit. He had done well in both domains, and found the keys to success were similar for both areas. He was perpetually confused why others haven’t figured this out, so he set out to interview top performers to see if he could find a better way to communicate ways to achieve success in all facets of life.
I think a book was published based on the Spartan Up podcast findings, but guess what Joe? Like two years before you started your quest, Mrs. Spears summed up all of what you need to know:
“You want a hot body? You want a Bugatti?
You want a Maserati? You better work bitch
You want a Lamborghini? Sip martinis?
Look hot in a bikini? You better work bitch
You wanna live fancy? Live in a big mansion?
Party in France?
You better work bitch, you better work bitch“
There you go internet, you’re welcome.
