I don’t normally do this, but I’m going to use this post to pimp someone else’s post. Because it’s been said better than I could say it.
And also because Dave is giving away a bunch of free stuff like a NetBook and an iPod and a Flip and stuff. If you win one of those, you should let me borrow it because I’m sending you his way. Hey, it’s only fair.
But yeah… if you liked my post about Why I’m Exactly Like Morpheus, you need to read this post. It’s basically a manifesto — we like those around these parts — by Dave Navarro (not the one in Jane’s Addiction), and is all about “upping your game.”
Here’s a quote:
If you accept that life is difficult, then it stops being so damned bad. Yeah, it’s a pain sometimes, but you expect it and it’s not so bad simply because you expect it. You know you’ll wince, but you know it’s going to be worth it.
This is the first and most important truth you have to accept if you want to play a bigger game – it’s not going to happen without some uncomfortable stretching. You can’t get there with the muscles that got you here. But you can push yourself, you’ll survive (really), and after you go through the discomfort you’ll be stronger on the other side.
When my oldest son was seven, he was riding his tricycle to the playground, and he was complaining about how hard it was to go up the less-than-gentle incline. He was worried he wouldn’t be able to go there often on his trike because it was just too hard.
So I told him the truth: If he just stuck it out today, then his legs would get a little bit stronger, and tomorrow would be a little easier. And then the next day it would be even easier, and so on, until it wasn’t a big deal anymore.
Most kids would have shrugged it off or complained some more. But not him. He actually pedaled slower, so it would be harder, and so he would build up his muscles faster. Holy crap! The kid was seven and he was already upping his game.
What if you had that same attitude? What if you decided the temporary pain or discomfort was just a natural part of the process, and that going through it wasn’t “hell,” but just the dues you have to pay to come out stronger on the other side?
You’d play a damn bigger game, that’s what.
So go read it. Get the free workbook he’s offering. Up your game.
And win some of that free shit Dave is giving away. And then share it with me.
