🐇 Ep 3: Building in Layers
It’s taken me over three years to build layers of resilience and fitness into my body. My aerobic “engine” is well developed, and I can run at a relatively fast pace (6.4 min/mile) at a very comfortable aerobic-level heart rate (<140bpm).
That comes from layers and layers of consistent training built upon each other. It certainly was not the result of two or three big workouts, sparsely distributed.
Too often, we think the next big thing is just “one massive push” around the corner. In reality, nothing worth achieving is.
Consistency is a massive barrier to entry. Most people aren’t successful at something simply because they didn’t have the patience, resilience, or courage to push on when everyone around them has stopped.
In a world where the only thing which can be reliably relied upon is attention-grabbing distractions all around us, being able to stick with something over a long period of time is a super-skill.
There is something to be said about staying power, in business, running, and in life. Those who last, succeed (mostly).
Ask yourself what you could work on every single day for the next 5 years. By the end of it, you’ll likely be in the top 1% of achievers in your industry.
🎧 Listen
A mellow Monday-morning listen:
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Traffic Jam in Sleepy Natal
Hilton, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
14/03/2021