Physical Training Can Improve Your Relationships: Here’s How

John Duffy
4 min readFeb 16, 2024

I think about doing hard things virtually all the time. Since it’s been over two years since I published Why You Should Do Hard Things it feels like the right time to revisit the topic within a new context.

A close friend of mine is currently dealing with a toxic relationship with her mother. They speak regularly, and she has been working to set boundaries within those discussions because of how her mother chooses to hijack the conversations and steer them in a negative direction. Rarely does my friend hang up the phone without

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John Duffy

Obsessed with stories & doing hard things. Avid reader, athlete & truth-seeker. I write about reading, writing, business, & pursuing fulfillment.