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“The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.”
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but that it is too low and we reach it."-Michelangelo
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There’s no such thing as life in-between.”
—Pat Riley
—Madame Marie Curie
If You Don’t Fall, You Aren’t Getting Better
No Pain, No Gain
My dad taught me to snow ski when I was 6 years old. By the time I was 8, I was skiing on my own. At the end of a full ski day, I eagerly announced, “Dad, I didn’t fall once all day!” My dad replied, “If you didn’t fall, you didn’t get any better.” What? This was the opposite response I was expecting and hoping for. The bewildered look on my face compelled him to elaborate, “If you are going to get better, you have to push yourself. If you push yourself, you are going to fall.”
My dad was a former university football coach, so we had a full Olympic standard weight set in our garage. On the wall he had painted, “No Pain, No Gain.” To build bigger muscles, you have to inflict pain on them, literally tearing down the fibers of the muscles and bringing them to the point of failure. That’s actually the goal. Then in recovery, the fibers will rebuild bigger and stronger than they were before. Building a muscle is a lot like the process of building success in life.
I owe much of the success I have been able to achieve to my dad and this philosophy. My dad taught me it was not only OK to fail, but it was proof you were improving. I never saw setbacks, obstacles, rejection or even pain as things to avoid; rather, they were markers on the journey toward greatness and should be appreciated, even celebrated.
Look Inside
When the prize seems high above you...And your mirror doesn't love you
Look inside
When the road to gold gets steeper...And your diamond's buried deeper
Look inside
Light a candle in your mind, Untold riches you will find
When you look for treasures...Look inside
When you're running low on laughter...And can't reach the goals you're after
Look inside
When your body starts complaining...And the clouds of doubt keep raining
Look inside
Close your eyes and then believe it, Trust yourself and you'll achieve it
When you're seeking answers ...Look inside
-Denis Waitley
