Motivation Copypasta

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The thing about people -- humans, as anyone who knows their evolution can tell you, is that we're pretty weak as far as animals go. We have no claws, no fangs or horns. Our skin is soft and our muscles are small. We're not the strongest, or the fastest.

And yet, for hundreds of thousands of years before the invention of agriculture, we managed to outpace everything else in the animal kingdom.

How?

Some people will point to our brains, our opposable thumbs... Compelling arguments, but a spear doesn't put neolithic man on par with a jaguar, or a wolf.

No, I argue that the adaptation to which we owe our success is the fact that even though a gazelle can outpace any predator for a mile, or for ten, a man can run for longer.

We are nature's best long-distance runners. We can run down our prey, any land animal on the planet, because we are built for persistence. We're built for the long-run.

No matter how elusive, or how fast or dangerous your prey is, as long as you're prepared to face it, you CAN outrun it. If you persist, you WILL reach it.