“Hi sweetie,
did you have a good workout”
“Umm, ya
know, I’m not really sure …”
“Whadya mean
you’re not sure?”
“Well, I
worked out for over an hour but I hardly broke a sweat.”
“Guess what,
pal? You just wasted an hour … sucks to be you!”
Leadership and business and life are a lot like a
fitness workout. The best results are achieved when you really test your limits
and from pushing yourself (or your team) to take one more step towards AMAZING.
The treadmill is an incredible metaphor for how you
conduct yourself. Belt speed and belt incline control how hard your workout
will be on the treadmill. Moderate speed and no incline will whittle away the
time, but is unlikely to make you stronger or faster. Crank up the incline and
it gets harder. Add some belt speed and a walk turns into a jog or a run.
Oooh, I can smell the sweat already. The sweet aroma of
progress and pushing your limits. The nectar of success!!
For me, it’s an incredible high to bask in the glow of
having done a workout where I pushed the limits of strength and endurance. I
may not have thought that while I was gutting through it, but afterwards – damn that feels good! A wet t-shirt
after the workout is a signal of progress.
See,
here’s the thing. If you’re not sweating – and I mean dripping,
smelly, can’t stand yourself anymore wet – you’re not getting. Not getting
ahead…not getting results…and not getting that oh so important motivation to
achieve your goals. You’ve got to sweat to move your performance, your strength
and your results to the next higher level.
It is hard. It hurts to push. You might be sore for
days. But the cool thing is that every time you feel a twinge of pain you know
it is the result of pushing hard to become stronger and better. No pain … no
gain certainly has a meaning here.
Select the settings on the treadmill that make you
comfortable and you are unlikely to sweat. And consequently becoming stronger,
faster and more capable is likely out of reach.
Without giving it all you’ve got and sweatin’ it out –
well, you’re just doin’ time, man. You are just doin’ time …
You’ve
got to sweat to get!
Success in achieving your desired objectives will not
come from being comfortable every day. Your limits of performance have to be
tested.
So, it is your decision. How bad do you want to get
ahead? What would you make possible for yourself or your team if you decided to
sweat just a little…or just a lot
more?
You are in control of the speed and incline buttons on your
own personal treadmills. Reach out and push the buttons my friend. See what’s
possible!
What is one thing you can do today…TODAY…to up the speed, increase the incline and seek out the limits
of performance for you and/or your team?
What would make you sweat more so you can get more?
Try it – I have every confidence that you will like the
results. And, I know you will feel better all day because of it. Commit to pushing yourself a little
more each day and you will sweat yourself to success!
I’m going for a run – see you all later. I’m not coming
back until I’ve got a mean sweat goin’!
Your life is happening right here, right now. Make it amazing!
If you would like to talk about how to create a
more impactful business, leadership or life workout for you or your team, gimme
a call or drop me an email. Let’s find ways to test the limits of performance
together.
Thanks, and until next time, go ahead and Dare to be Amazing! What have you got to lose?
