Today Johnnythegurue and I met with one of our favorite clients. We took them through a little BTL practice. This is what we LOVE to do. We played. They played too. You could tell by the body language and the amount of laughter. Always can.
BTW, what signals does your body language transmit when you are in your work? Moving on…
Here’s a quick summary of the ground we covered with this team.
We started with a question. Here it is. Do NOT miss this. This could be HUGE…
First the setup. According to a wide variety of neuroscientists (experts), we begin a linear “hockey stick” of progression from age 19 to age 27. We grow, don’t get me wrong, prior to age 19. But according to all kinds of research the peak strength, of our physical bodies, really jumps at 19. At 27, however, the human body reaches its summit.
In other words, we all have a PEAK.
This is great news for our youngest son Taylor. He’s already stronger than I am and, at 13, he’s NOT even started his strength burst, much less even caught sight of his summit. Good for him. Bummer for yours truly. I’m 23 years past my prime and, apparently, “slip sliding away.” Yikes…
The top of the mountain. AND, the valley below.
Once we step beyond year 27 it’s a slippery slope of decline. There have been a number of studies, of late, to determine the rate of decline. In other words, if we peak physically at 27 and the hockey stick of progression begins at 19, we have a 8 year run where we’re getting stronger and stronger and stronger. Got it.
The question I asked was a simple one. How many years will it take someone that continues to “work it” to fall back to their age 19 strength? The team pondered the thought and then wrote down their number. They wrote the age, they believed, when someone would “backslide” to their age 19 strength.
35.
The team, on average, thought the age was 35. In other words, they believed that the human body declines at the same hockey rate that it inclines. If it takes us 8 years of rocketing upwards, it must take the same 8 years of plummeting into the abyss. I had to marvel at their logic. It kinda made sense. Plus, just look around you. How many 36 year olds look remotely like they could take on anyone in their teens? Are you kidding me!
What do you think?
What’s your number?
Are you still peaking or on the decline?
What keeps one going even when the body is slowing, slowing, slowing?
Tell me more.
Tomorrow, I’ll do the same…
BUILT TO LEAD 