The only easy day was yesterday

March 30, 2010 in Journal with 6 Comments

David Goggins is a Navy SEAL, ultra-marathoner, and I’m pretty sure he’s also a cyborg. Just saying. Either way, he is a fantastic example of what it means to blow out the walls of personal expectations and make something remarkable happen.

I may never run a 150 mile foot race or have the opportunity to go all Jack Bauer on Bin Laden, but I can push my own boundaries and expectations of what is possible for me. We all have moments of clarity when we surprise ourselves and realize that we sell ourselves short. I was told that today, that I don’t believe confidently enough in myself and my abilities. So I’m going to take David Goggins advice tomorrow and invite you to do the same:

  1. Try something that will truly test your soul’s limit.
  2. Stay at something until it’s uncomfortable. Then go a bit farther.
  3. Write this on a sticky note and read it aloud: “My life doesn’t have a finish line.”
  4. Replace the things you do to just fill time–email, planning instead of doing, Twittering, whatever–with a narrow window of time dedicated to accomplishing just ONE thing with excellence.

Just four things in one day. That’s it. I’m going to give it a shot and let you know how it goes. You do the same and we’ll compare notes tomorrow. Deal?

  • http://deleted John

    DEAL!

  • Jake

    Great post! As much as I love the shout out, I believe it’s Jack Bauer… not Jake.

  • KSK

    Jake…how funny. I changed it. Just a case of my fingers rebelling against my brain. They do that sometimes.

  • Jennifer

    Well I’ll try ^^; Doesn’t mean I’ll hit all four of those points (High school has a habit of stealing away my time and energy) But hey it’s worth a shot right?

  • Adam Weisenburger

    Stay at something until it’s uncomfortable, then go further…eek, that’s a scary one.

    By the way, how’s the book coming Kevin?

  • http://deleted John

    comparing notes….
    well all spring break i’ve thought i should just not run every day like usual.
    Then i decided that was stupid. SO instead of running my usual 2 miles i ran 3. Then instead of writing 4 pages i wrote 6… which is always the hardest, cause unlike your body, your imagination needs inspiration and it is SOOOO hard to write when you’re not feeling it… at the same time if i only wrote when i felt like it nothing would ever get done.
    I only checked my email twice…. that was DIIIFFFIIICUUUULLLLTTTT!!!!! (isn’t that pathetic? I know.)
    And i eat healthy normally….. so i can’t say, “I ATE VEGETABLES AND FRUIT AND RICE CAKES AND TTEA INSTEAD OF SODA AND IT WAS BRUUUTAL!”
    so three things… how’d you do kev?