You Don't Get To Wear The Team Jersey By Making Excuses

My friend and mentor, Lee Cockerell, told me that Bill Marriott once told him, “Lee, you must love flies in your kitchen“.

Lee shot back that he hated flies.

Bill said, “If you hated them, you wouldn’t have any“.

Same with excuses.

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Just A Small Glimpse of a Larger Picture

Here Comes Your Health

It's Getting Closer, And It's Coming Fast

It's Much Larger and Longer Than You Can Imagine

It's Right In Front Of You (Everyday)

How has your health been the past few days?

How often does it cross your mind?

Never? Rarely? One a year? Occasionally?

All day, everyday?

What if it did?

And what if it was so habitual, you weren’t even conscious of all the healthy choices you make?

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Too Bad There's Not An Express Lane For Self-Discipline

People are very often annoyed by people who know where they are going. It’s easy to hate people who are focused and have enormous self-discipline. Isn’t it? I mean, what part of that is hard?

Those self-motivated go-givers are always having things go their way.

They get all the breaks.

And they have none of the challenges we have. Right?

Truth be told, their lives might be more challenging than yours.

It’s just that they’ve figured out that the two choices we all get to make are the two choices in yesterday’s post.

You can scroll down to review it again, or click to go to the Spirit blog)

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Advice Often Stinks

Our differences make the world interesting, don’t they? And they also cause conflict.

We all know others who have some expertise where we don’t and vice-versa.

Sometimes we pay cash for the exchange, but mostly we just try to help each other out.

Yesterday at Gold’s Gym, a friend talked of running a 5k. It would be his first.

I’m a good runner, but more than that, I’m an expert at focus and discipline (and motivation).

Do you know what you are an expert at?

I caught myself doling out advice (after it was asked for), but then caught myself a second time – and backed up, to ask a simple question.

“Why do you want to run a 5k?”

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Fellow Runner From India

In running, most sports, and life, pace is a crucial factor.

Real life. There’s a runner I know that recently ran two 5k’s. He preaches pace, trains pace, delivers pace. He says pace is key.

His goal was to run the first two miles at exactly 7:00 each, and then gradually run faster the third mile, aiming for sub-22:00

First 5k mile splits:

1. 7:00 (perfect)
2. 7:00 (perfect)
3. 6:40 (nice)
4. :40
5. 21:20 result

His other 5k was the same plan, first two miles at seven-minutes each, final mile gradually faster.

1. 6:40 (way too fast – the adrenaline of 12,000+ runners)
2. 6:55 (back on track – almost perfect)
3. 6:25 (wow)
4. :35
5. 20:35 result

Few things more rewarding than practicing what you preach.

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Busy, Busy, Dreadfully Busy

We hear it all the time don’t we?

“I’m just so busy, I don’t have time to exercise”.

Happens all the time doesn’t it. In fact, we’ve all been guilty of saying something like this. Which begs the next question.

When your health falters, then will you have time?

Ever know you know something important about yourself, but you either can’t quite put your finger on it, or, you simply don’t want to admit it?

Yeah, me too.  So, with New Year’s Eve one day away, and the opportunity to resolve, finally, to do something great, here goes:

I hate being “unhealthy”.

And I hate it so much that I’m willing to do all the common sense things that healthy people do.

Common sense, but not common practice.

Not any more.  Not this year. Ya with me?  Is this your year?

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This Is Your Year

A Lane 8 Christmas wish to all of you.

May Santa bring you one or all of the following:

• Lower Cholesterol
• Lower Blood Pressure
• Higher HDL
• Great Triglyceride Levels
• Lower Resting Heart Rate
• Lower BMI
• Appropriate Weight Gain or Loss
• Better Eating Habits
• Proper Equipment for Your Activity
• Motivation
• Inspiration
• Focus
• Discipline
• Impossible Goals
• Fun, Friendship, Fellowship
• Another Day to Smile

Long lists are good sometimes.  Hoping you get it all this year.  You deserve it.

And, oh yeah, one more thing from Santa, hope he brings you an indomitable will.

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Lane 8 Hypocrite?

Maybe. Maybe not.

On January 5, 2009 my Family Physician wrote a script for a routine colonoscopy, since this is the year I turned 50.

Well, here we are, almost January, 2010 – a year later.  No colonoscopy.  Not even scheduled yet.

How in the hell can that happen?

Simple.  You already know, don’t you?  We get busy.  Distracted. Paralyzed – with the fear of making a commitment.

So, please know I ain’t perfect.  Big dreamer?  Absolutely.  Perfect?  No way.

But if you look at the batting average, it represents a decent overall “practice what you preach” reality.

How’s your batting average?

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Lane 8

Because we see it every time we visit Lane 8, we don’t see it any more.

The tag line.

Huh?

The tag line beneath the title, Lane 8, at the very top (header) of this page”

“If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.”

As soon as I start taking the most important things for granted, I lose. Are ya with me?

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Wait. But first, let’s just make sure we’re all on the same page. Two days ago was the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, and the topic of yesterday’s post.

But today’s Lane 8 blog post is not about John Lennon, it’s about motivation.

It’s also about the number one most contagious thing (and greatest success factor) in the world when it comes to motivation.

Are you ready?

Okay, back to the drumroll.  Drumroll please…..

The number one most contagious thing in the world is…….ENTHUSIASM!!!!!

Can you hear the echos of some people saying, “That’s it?  That’s all you got?  You’re wasting my time!”

And others, “Yes, that’s exactly it. Try to do anything well without a mountain of enthusiasm.  Seriously, go ahead and try.”

What works best for you?

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