Emotions

„Menschen werden sich nicht exakt daran erinnern, was Du getan oder gesagt hast, aber sie werden sich immer erinnern, welche Gefühle Du geweckt hast.“ 

- Maya Angelou

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Progress and slow gains

".....Our society is obsessed with achievement. This is especially true in the gym.
I'm just as guilty of this as anyone else. Last week, a guy at my gym clean and jerked 325 pounds and made it look easy. My first question to him was, “What’s your max?”
I didn’t say, “How is your training going?” or “Have you been making progress recently?” but rather, “What is the absolute maximum weight you can do?”
My question was all about what he could achieve, not how he has progressed.
And you’ll find that mentality everywhere. Nobody is going to celebrate you for going up 1 pound per week. Everybody wants you to try for 10 more pounds right now.
Here’s the problem: a focus on achievement in the here and now usually comes at the expense of slower, more consistent progress. Achievement is so ingrained in our culture that we often ignore progress. (Of course, focusing on progress would ultimately lead to higher achievement, but it’s easy to dismiss that fact when you want to set a new PR today.)
I’m still learning to embrace this principle myself, but I'm getting better at it. And here's what I've learned about training for slow progress rather than immediate achievement....."

Source: James Clear  / https://jamesclear.com/slow-gains 

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Hindernislauf

Das Leben ist wie ein Hindernislauf. Jeder Mensch hat seinen eigenen Parcours. Nur wer bereit ist, alle Hindernisse zu überwinden, wird am Ende als Sieger vom Platz gehen. - Hubert Joost

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Handle the boredom of training every day

".....On this particular day in the gym, there was a coach visiting who had worked with thousands of athletes over his long career, including some nationally-ranked athletes and Olympians.I had just finished my workout when I asked him, “What’s the difference between the best athletes and everyone else. What do the really successful people do that most people don’t?”

He briefly mentioned the things that you might expect. Genetics. Luck. Talent.
But then he said something I wasn’t expecting.
“At some point,” he said, “it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day and doing the same lifts over and over and over again.”
That piece of advice surprised me because it’s a different way of thinking about work ethic....."

Quelle:  https://jamesclear.com/stay-focused

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Willpower

"Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear." 

— Dan Millman

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Change

„Change your thoughts and you change your world.“ 

 - Norman Vincent Peale

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Hard Work

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” 

- Vince Lombardi

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