{"id":54576,"date":"2018-05-24t05:06:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-24t09:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=54576"},"modified":"2018-07-13t13:47:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13t17:47:23","slug":"get-better-work-better-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2018\/05\/24\/get-better-work-better-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"get better, work better, right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"businessman<\/a>you have an obligation to yourself. put it on your calendar if that’s what it takes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by bill reeb<\/i><\/p>\n

whatever you decide you want to improve or accomplish takes effort. relationships take effort. your job takes effort. having fun takes effort.<\/p>\n

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know that whatever is important to you could easily start to wither away if you don\u2019t give it the right amount of attention.
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\nimagine that you are growing tomatoes. on a very regular and consistent basis, if you want ripe juicy tomatoes to eat, they need care \u2013 a little water, a little sun, a little nourishment, protection from insects or birds. too much or too little water and they are dead. too much or too little sun and they are dead. too much or too little protection and they are ruined. if you want homegrown tomatoes, you have to be diligent about giving them the amount of care that is needed.<\/p>\n

whatever you are trying to achieve in your life requires the same dynamic as growing tomatoes. in martial arts training, when you come in to work out at the school, you need to be there in mind, body and spirit. we are not there for an aerobic workout; we are there to get better right then.<\/p>\n

just as with growing tomatoes, it is about putting the right amount of effort into your daily regimen. if you want to come in and train for two weeks, giving each workout a marginal effort, and then train at your maximum once every couple of weeks, that is an example of working worse, not better.<\/p>\n

as overachievers, this is a critical area for us to monitor\u00a0\u2013 putting in the time but not focusing the effort.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

that kind of approach is similar to underwatering your tomatoes for 13 days and then flooding them on the 14th. good things don\u2019t come from this type of approach for either the tomatoes or for humans. so, we have to be accountable to ourselves and think, \u201cit is up to me to take responsibility to always try to find ways to work better, to get better, right now. i need to be vigilant about adding the right amount of effort, not too little (as i won\u2019t be pushing myself), but not too much (because i will hurt myself), so that i can sustain this focus over a long period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

included in this same theme is the idea that we have to \u201cbe included in our own calendars.\u201d recently,\u00a0 coaching an overachiever friend, we had a discussion about things she wanted to do to improve her life. during those discussions, she talked about fulfilling her obligations at work, meeting the expectations of her kids, taking care of her aging mother and father, spending time with her husband and so on. as she finished her story,\u00a0 she said, \u201cas soon as i get all of that taken care of, i can focus on what is important to me.\u201d the problem is … that time will\u00a0 never come!<\/p>\n

i am not suggesting that you don\u2019t have obligations to others. but i am emphatically reminding you that you also have an obligation to yourself. you need to treat \u201ctaking care of yourself\u201d and \u201cfulfilling your desires\u201d as to-do items on your own life calendar and understand that they deserve some of your attention on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

one more thought occurs to me as i discuss this topic. it is based on a phrase in john\u2019s martial arts schools philosophy. as you do the work, be firm enough with yourself that you stay focused and push yourself to the edge every day to get better. but also be gentle enough that you realize that<\/p>\n