By Play hard and loose this week…play like a winner and you will be one!!!!
Good Morning MOJO,
When I was in high school and ran track, our track coach always had us keep our index finger and our thumb touching each other during our event, because when you do that, you cannot clinch your fist which is a natural tendency when you are sprinting. Why not clinch your fist you ask. Because you waist energy and effort…it actually makes you slow down.
2 times a week I workout with a group of people (Boot Camp). One of the things we do is run quarter mile sprints. Usually about ½ through the quarter mile our trainer will be yelling at us from across the track to relax, relax, relax… He is yelling at us to relax so we don’t struggle. When I relax, the most amazing thing happens, I actually run faster…while when I grit and try to run faster, I slow down.
Relax….
Looking at these hands, which one do you think is more at peace and more likely to get what it wants in life? Is it the fist or is it the open hand? Which one most represents you? How does that apply to us in our lives? Are we more likely to get what we want when we are threatening, intimidating, tense, stressed, and uptight….or are we more likely to get what we want when we are compassionate, relaxed, at peace and loose? I think we all know the answer to that question. Now don’t get me wrong…we still need to work our ass off…we may need to be discipline…we need to be organized…we need to be focused…we need to be accountable. However, in addition to those things we need to relax. If you are a runner, golfer, skier, tennis player…, any coach will tell you to be successful and play at the highest level you need to be able to play loose during process. With one month already behind us in 2009, remember as we attack our goals and ambitions that to go faster we must relax…to hit it farther, we must relax…to accomplish our goals in life and in business, we must relax…to win, we must relax!!!!
Play hard and loose this week…play like a winner and you will be one!!!!
