Life
Failure Breeds Success or Just More Failure?
Mar 23rd
According to a new article from the NYTimes, a Harvard study showed that failure typically meant more failure. Failure does not lead to success.
“If at first you dont succeed, it doesn’t matter that you tried.” Life lessons did not really mean anything. Its great that you tried, but you gained nothing and just failed again.
Any idea if there is a relationship to success in creating a business to that of a professional athlete or someone trying to simply win their AG?
Batman Quote
Feb 20th
Its probably pretty geek to post a quote from Batman but it s good quote nonetheless; “It’s not who you are in the outside, but it’s what you do, that defines you.”
7P’s vs 5T’s
Jan 9th
So there are two methods in which to win by, and really the T’s could fit within the P’s. I learned about the 7P’s during college. It was always told to us when something we attempted to do, did not work out as hoped. We could then look back and go over why whatever it is I/we attempted to do did not work perfectly.
The T’s deal more specifically with racing than business. While you can equate both they are unique. To be the best you do need to have talent first and foremost, because no matter how much you train there is a certain level of fitness/speed to can achieve. It may only be 1-3% off a consistent 1st place finisher Macca, Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods. All of them have and would admit that while talent is important, training is even more so, because without that consistent effort and repetition, all the talent in the world will be wasted.
Proper
Preparation and
Planning
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance
It takes the 5 T‘s, in order of importance:
Talent
Training
Time
Timing
Treasure (money)
Goals for 2009
Jan 1st
So I have been thinking about goals in 2009, what I want to do, what I already have planned and where I want to be. Goals should be SMART. Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-based. So these are all for 2009, so check time off, achievable? check, realistic? check. My fitness and race are specific and measurable. The general goals, not so much. However as long as long asI stay consistent more than anything I will be happy.
General:
- Be a good father
- Stay healthy
- Stay fit
- Make more money
- Be consistent
- Read more
- Save more
Racing:
- Sub 5:00 HIM
- Sub 19:59 5k
- 1:30 half marathon
Fitness:
- Run 1000 Miles
- Bike 4000 Miles
- Swim 300,000 yards (170.4 miles)
It is a little under 1000miles from where I live in CT to where I grew up outside of Chicago, IL. I would like to run that distance over the course of the year, while bike enough to go cross country and then back some. The swim total is really just a double of what I did in 2008. I think as long as I stay healthy and fairly injury free and consistent these goals are obtainable. Working with my coach should help me achieve my race goals. I think I am a good father, everyone says that I am, so as long as I can continue that I will be good to go.
I enjoy my life and would like to continue doing so. Happy New Years!
Quote
Oct 18th
Not sure where this came from but, “There will be a day when you can no longer do this. TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY!” Similar to Carpe Diem!