First off, congrats on the ultra! That’s a huge accomplishment.
Second, this is a great post (I’m gonna include it in this week’s newsletter)—ultimately, we are our own best advocate, cheerleader, and fan. Sometimes it’s weird to state that fact—and taken to an extreme it can be off-putting—but the healthy sort of personal review and assessment you are talking about is on-point and easily overlooked by many.
I have a good friend with the surname Anderson. His family motto is this: “Anderson’s show up.” It’s simple but there’s something to that idea that vibes with what you’ve communicated. You show up, do the thing, reflect on it and move on. Everything else is gravy. He once told me he placed 5th in a marathon. I said, “Dude that’s amazing!” He responded coolly: “Normally there’d be a hundred people, but there was a rain storm and only six people came out. I just happened to show up.” :-)
Super strange, I have also been totally thinking about those exact words this week.
A friend that runs a podcast was complaining about not going into work one day and then missing lunch with his wife a different day to record his podcast, but both times he showed up and his guests didn't.
I'm like dude that's a bummer but it doesn't reflect on you at all. You showed up.(+ you showed up consistently).
There's a good concept in 'the psychology of money' called the price of admission. Most people acknowledge the market is volatile and that returns are long term things. Yet they play a short term game and screw themselves as soon as it starts to go down and don't pay the price of the pain of a short term loss to get the gains.
I think the same for showing up in general whether podcasting or running etc...
First off, congrats on the ultra! That’s a huge accomplishment.
Second, this is a great post (I’m gonna include it in this week’s newsletter)—ultimately, we are our own best advocate, cheerleader, and fan. Sometimes it’s weird to state that fact—and taken to an extreme it can be off-putting—but the healthy sort of personal review and assessment you are talking about is on-point and easily overlooked by many.
I have a good friend with the surname Anderson. His family motto is this: “Anderson’s show up.” It’s simple but there’s something to that idea that vibes with what you’ve communicated. You show up, do the thing, reflect on it and move on. Everything else is gravy. He once told me he placed 5th in a marathon. I said, “Dude that’s amazing!” He responded coolly: “Normally there’d be a hundred people, but there was a rain storm and only six people came out. I just happened to show up.” :-)
I love that!
Super strange, I have also been totally thinking about those exact words this week.
A friend that runs a podcast was complaining about not going into work one day and then missing lunch with his wife a different day to record his podcast, but both times he showed up and his guests didn't.
I'm like dude that's a bummer but it doesn't reflect on you at all. You showed up.(+ you showed up consistently).
There's a good concept in 'the psychology of money' called the price of admission. Most people acknowledge the market is volatile and that returns are long term things. Yet they play a short term game and screw themselves as soon as it starts to go down and don't pay the price of the pain of a short term loss to get the gains.
I think the same for showing up in general whether podcasting or running etc...
Anyway thanks for both coments!