Sunday Story…Apply

Sometimes we need to work in a consistent manner. Over and over the same thing, the same way. This is how we build the skills that will take us into the next thing.

It is in that next thing that the magic lays...the magic that is the ability to surf the ever-changing wave. Without the proper skill set, I will fall off the board before I get to enjoy the ride. That will create frustration as I fall again and again. I need to practice the fundamentals and basic skills so I can find my way through unknown and changing terrain.

You need to walk before you can run. And before you can walk you need to have balancing skills. You got those skills by falling down over and over…relentlessly. Any task in an ever-changing environment will be based first on the skills necessary to navigate the task and then the mindfulness to enjoy the ride.

Finding our way through unknown territory is not training, it is the application of training.

Learn first. Then train over and over. Lastly apply, apply, apply. And most of all…enjoy the process. It is in the journey, in the effort that joy resides.

John Mariotti
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