“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
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~ Lou Holtz
How many full years, in your adult life, have been not just good, great or amazing part of the time; but Holistically Amazing?
In asking this question to numerous people, all but one has offered the same one or both of these answers:
1 – Less than one
2 – But this next time, it’ll be…
Fascinating… especially in light of people being in their 30’s, 40’s, etc., having been married one or more times and having children with their chosen partners… yet none of the years, they believed, qualified as being amazing!
So… what are two basic actions you can take, to turn it around for you?
You may want to consider these actions. I’ll go all the way back to my best coach in High School (albeit an odd analogy). Nonetheless; the two actions have their origination there.
Racing the 400 Meters: If you’ve run this distance, you’ll know most High Schoolers aren’t able to break the 60-second mark and the best in the state, run just under 50 seconds. For me; I was close to that 50-second mark. But, this blog isn’t about track; rather, it’s about learning how to get better at life, using this track analogy.
There are two ways to get faster on the track or better in life; 1) intelligently lightening your load; and 2) intelligently increasing your speed.
Lightening Your Load: In track, practicing wearing a weighted vest, slowed me down by about 5 seconds in the 400. Thus; practicing with the vest on was difficult. When I unloaded the vest, running was so much easier.
In life, we have people who act as weights in our lives, who ultimately make self-centered decisions, which makes your life heavier and their life lighter. When you unload the people who add weight, you’re lighter and have more energy for leading a Purpose-Driven Life.
Yes; this is easier said than done, but there are ways to sophisticatedly enable others to self-cleanse out of your life. A fascinating topic for another blog.
Increasing Your Speed: In track, the shoes you wear are critical. In practice, you’re looking to protect and preserve your feet, while in races you’re looking for the best speed shoe. Switching from a supportive shoe to a speed shoe reduced my time by 2 seconds.
Two seconds quicker in a 400, or about 20 meters, is like night and day in a race. The same goes for life. Find the people who are similar to the speed shoe who consistently help accelerate your success, year-after-year… and return the favor to them, year-after- year!
Execution of These Two Actions: Holistic-DMQ (Decision Making Quality) is yet again, key. If a “3.0”, “5.0”, etc., reads this and then attempts to implement it, their success level will be directly aligned with their Holistic-DMQ level and therefore correlate to their unique definition and capacity for success. Viola!
Thus; anyone can be successful in their own special way! At one extreme, there are people who look for a sugar-parent that’ll make their life comfortable and they consider themselves to be successful. At the other end, there are people who live on less than $20,000 (in the U.S.) per year while spending much of their time volunteering at Non-Profits, who consider their lives to be highly successful. There aren’t right or wrong definitions of success… to each their own!
Lighten your load and increase your speed… your unique definition of success is waiting for you!
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Get MAD! Get Making A Difference! ~ JR
