Last week I wrote a bit about self control and how universally we see ourselves clearly here and seemingly all want at least a little bit more. And, if you’re a client of mine, you’ve heard me rant and rave about the self control and uncommon discipline of the Navy SEALs and how much I love studying what makes them tick, and how much I LOVE the Navy SEAL designed exercise platform, the TRX. Lets put these two topics together, it’s obvious they belong side by side.
Why do only a few young studs make it through “Hell Week’s” test of continual running, swimming, crawling, and shivering that they must endure on less than five hour’s sleep?
Obviously all these folks are super strong, superb athletes, and super motivated to be the best of the best. They all have a clear, big dream of becoming a Navy SEAL, and they have all been pre-selected as the best of their previous bunch. Why do only a few (less than 25%) survive Hell?
According to Eric Greitens, a SEAL officer, quoted in my current read titled, Willpower, by Roy Baumeister & John Tierney, it’s not the biggest, fastest, and strongest that survive. He says, in recalling his fellow survivors: “They had the ability to step outside of their own pain , put aside their own fear, and ask: How can I help the guy next to me? They had more than the ‘fist’ of courage and physical strength. They also had a heart large enough to think about others.”
Want to stick to your disciplines, whatever they may be? Find a friend, one, two, you only need a few, and help them do more than they think they can. Get outside your own pain, fear, and self-centeredness and help another that is next to you. Amazingly your reservoirs of resilence will be built too.
Today, a few nut cases are coming over for a bonus building session of 3P’s (Push ups, pull ups, planks) using the TRX’s in my 3PP (Palace, aka basement). I’m going to push ’em, call ’em names, make jokes about the UK mildcats, AND give them some encouragement to keep going. I’m going to help the guy next to me. They’ll be here in an hour and we’ll be living our tagline, together we improve.
I can hardly wait…
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