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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
It challenging, isn’t it?
To stay healthy.
To find time to exercise.
To figure out ways to not get bored.
To stay focused.
To make smart food choices.
To get enough rest.
To never give up.
It’s challenging, and we need to remind ourselves, “Just keep trying.”
“Ever worry about being too fast?”
This is usually not anything that crosses a runner’s mind.
And if you’re not a runner, think of it this way, “Ever worry about being too good at something you’re working hard to be good at?”
Um, let me guess, “No, it never crosses your mind. Why would it? Who doesn’t want to be really fast, or really good?”
Exactly.
Except.
Except when too much too soon could be detrimental to your long term success.
Heading out for a five-mile run. I sure hope the fourth mile isn’t under six minutes.
Not yet anyway.
What the? Keep my goals very small? Didn’t you say to dream big?
Didn’t you say, “If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.”
Exactly.
And maybe the challenge for many people, including you, is that your definition of impossible is inaccurate.
When I started running 11 years ago, my impossible goal wasn’t to run in the Master’s Track & Field World Championships.
It also wasn’t to run one mailbox a day for a week, and then two mailboxes a day the second week and so on.
It was to get started and never stop.
One day at a time. Get started and never quit. Never quit, one day at a time – this is what I mean by very small goals.
Do you see the difference?
Here’s my personal favorite tip to stay motivated:
Who’s going to be more passionate and concerned for your motivation than you?
Seriously. Who?
Studying others who’ve overcome obstacles is just one way. It’s one of my favorite ways. Steve Prefontaine, a rebel, also happened to be a runner.
And in the process, with his relentless courage and determination, he changed the way Americans thought, and continue to think, about running. He held every American running record from 2,000 – 10,000 meters.
In his greatest race at the 1972 Munich Olympics, he finished fourth. No medal. No glory. No hero’s welcome.
But yet, he’s the only athlete Nike has ever immortalized in a bronze statue. Ever. Any sport. Period.
“If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough”. — jeff noel
Make it a GREAT day, because if you don’t, who will?” Carpe diem, jeff 🙂