This early morning the 3PP was in all her glory. All 9 TRX’s were occupied by men on a mission. Stud’s here with his bad knee. PJ here, recovering from a bad back. Downer here with a sore shoulder from his recent cycling crash. Brett here even though he’s almost always heading out somewhere else. Slo here. Jmo here. Blondie ran here and is now running back home. Grappy here even though he’s been gone recruiting, at BIG meetings, and gone now getting his baby girl to school.
Your life, just like ours, is filled with good and fraught with mess. Next to nobody cares to hear your excuses. Your job, if you’re a leader is to lead, anyway. Lead, in spite of your leader. Lead, in spite of your bum luck. Lead, in spite of the bum beside you. Lead, in spite of your personal pain or messy marriage. Lead.
This morning the iPad led us. My arms screamed, legs burned, lungs heaved, and my core swore if I tried one more L hang it was gonna give out. I’m headed to some great clients and certain messes later this morning.
This morning. These men. This pain. The messes. I’m ready.
Leader are born and built to lead. You are either on the road to becoming elite or you’re slowly sliding into the mediocre middle and settling for homeostasis – your comfortable status quo. You get to choose your level of engagement. Today, I chose to go all in. Some days I take it easy or take the last few reps off. Some days I choose better than others. The funny thing is on those days I don’t make a conscious choice – I just show up and go through the motions. Today, I prepared my mindset before I entered the palace. I determined my effort before entry. My mindset matters. Yours too. Today, choose better.
Today, I made myself finish 42 pups on the third set. Hadn’t done it in I don’t know. Didn’t think I had it in me. Primed my mind we were gonna ignore the pain signals and just keep pushing the core into my spine. Funny my muscles went along with my mind. Funny, huh. Grappy musta had a little Yoda on his shoulder cause I felt his belief beside me. It was good to have somebody occupy the Durp TRX. It was good. Good and messy. Poison and wine. Bitter and sweet. Alone and allONE.
One L of a difference, depending on your focus. Focus on all the good, leader. Focus on the good. And, clean one mess at a time. Good…
BUILT TO LEAD 