Sunday, 27 July 2014

A Good Day

I left our annual boot camp yesterday inspired and proud. Sixteen hours of sweat, endurance, and comaraderie can be the life-altering experience that becomes the catalyst that ignites the spark that defines a life.

The boot camp is focused at challenging and inspiring. Pushing yourself beyond your arbitrary limits is the only way to eliminate mediocrity and make mastery a part of daily practice. Illness and injury are limits that are not arbitrary but how we respond to them often is. It all comes down to participation and engagement. Mastery is a relentless pursuit and anyone devoted to it understands that 99% of it is just a matter of showing up.

I was fortunate to be part of something extraordinary yesterday. It is an anchor experience that will colour my motivation and training forever.

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” - Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924)

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