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Roll On is back from the surgical afterlife!
36 days post-surgery and I literally can’t run from my problems anymore. So naturally, Adam and I decided to talk about it.
Turns out being a “warrior” gets humbling when you’re wearing medical equipment. We dive into why slowing down might actually be the point, how productivity addiction is real, and why a drill sergeant’s advice accidentally became my therapy.
Oh, and we couldn’t ignore the chaos happening in LA right now—because apparently the universe decided 2025 needed ALL the plot twists.
Spoiler alert: sometimes getting knocked down is exactly what you need to finally get it.
“I’ve spoken in the past about going slow to go fast. But what if the point of going slow is just to go slow? What could that experience teach you?”
- RICH ROLL
Adam Skolnick is an activist, veteran journalist, author of One Breath, and co-author of David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me and Never Finished. A longtime independent reporter, Adam has covered travel, sports, human rights, and the environment for The New York Times, Outside, Playboy, ESPN, BBC, and Men’s Health.
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