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Editor’s Note: This story is a part of Peak, The Athletic’s new desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Peak aims to connect readers to ideas they can ...

Tension: Routine is mocked as monotony, yet it quietly forges resilience, focus, and emotional bandwidth that sporadic willpower can’t match. Noise: Productivity hacks glorify novelty and disruption, ...