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But I hate running

Florida homeowner pool at dusk
How difficult is it to be a swimmer?

 

But I hate running…

USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world’s oldest organized sports, the World’s #1 Track & Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States: www.usatf.org.

Personally, I think running is genius. Do the math. Anywhere. Anytime. Alone or in groups. Fast or slow. Long or short.

As children, we couldn’t help ourselves.

Conformity put an end to that though, didn’t it?

Conformity says, not today, I’m too busy, tired, distracted.

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Running was an obscure application of world class business insights

jeff noel's health blog
If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

 

Running was an obscure application to test common sense world class business insights.

Through 14 years of speaking full time, I’ve spoken to a million people and believe it or not, a huge confidence booster to becoming a better speaker was that obscure experiment.

In looking for an unlikely, and random, place to test world class business philosophies, I picked running.

In ten short years – from not being able to run at all, to representing the USA at the 2009 Masters Track & Field World championships.

True story.

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Four actions to take when we are struck by a blinding flash of the obvious

Walking bridge near Celebration, Florida
Going for an outside walk during work is highly under rated

 

maple leaves in Spring
Notice the little things, simple things, and notice their sophistication

 

Four actions to take when we are struck by a blinding flash of the obvious (BFO):

  1. be still, and receive the BFO gratefully
  2. smile and laugh at it’s obviousness and our glaring blindness
  3. embrace the fear we feel that we’ll (yet again) ignore this moment, like we always do
  4. act in a way that makes us feel uncomfortable, but good, and do something different

There we have it. Easy as pie.

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Must tighten up the MLC short and pity trademark posts

Gold, but not Gold's Gym...
Gold, but not Gold’s Gym…

 

Mercedes Benz Superdome
Mercedes Benz Superdome

 

jeff noel in front of the Superdome
jeff noel likes the “I was there” photos, mostly for context

 

What do we do when one opportunity to exercise is taken away or reduced? Quit? No! Find another opportunity somewhere else. Stopped at Gold’s Gym on the way home from the Orlando airport.

Motivation is like a fire. It’ll go out unless we add fuel to it. Period. We know this. Figure it out.

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