I want to believe that I behave the same way regardless of who I’m with.
But that’s wrong. It’s terribly, embarrassingly, laughably wrong.
Want some examples?
I walked into the gym with a plan to do a few light cleans and nothing else. Once I got there and began futzing around, a few other athletes started talking about doing a workout together. When I saw the workout’s description as the athletes got ready around me, I hauled out some equipment and asked to do it along with them. It was a split-second decision, but I know for a fact that I would have done no such thing on my own that day.
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