Dooley Noted: 7/26/2014 Acheiving Quicksand Goals We hire coaches to pick us apart and to help us get to the next level of our strength. They program for us. They supervise us. Rarely do we get to see them attack and achieve their goals. And then we do. Yesterday, I watched my kettlebell coach, Artemis Scantalides, become the next Iron Maiden. She pistol-squatted a 24 kilo kettlebell. She did a strict pull-up with a 24 kilo kettlebell tied around her waist. And she finally nailed her training linchpin in front of a large crowd when she military pressed a 24 kilo kettlebell over her head. And she did all this at a weight of less than 120 pounds. One might take one look at Artemis and say, Okay, shes very strong! Of course she can do those feats. And those people would be those who have never earned strength. I have watched from a distance as she failed the press during an Iron Maiden challenge last year. She didnt do what most would do. She didnt let failure get to her. She attacked it with carefully placed diligence. She knew if she just worked hard enough, her system would figure it out. And it did. She nailed it. It wasnt a struggled press, either. It was a solid, seemingly easy press. She had struggled. She had failed successfully. And she fought towards her goal just like one should approach quicksand. Quicksand goals can sink you. You can kick and fight to sink faster. You might even give up to the goals density and simply sink. Or, you can be patient and tread carefully. You can do the slow, consistent, and necessary work to get oneself to the other side of the goal. When you think of anything being possible, then goals arent like quicksand at all. Theyre just paths whose lengths are determined only by your diligence and patience. Artemis never saw her goal as impossible. Watching her achieve her goal made all my own goals seem realistic. As always, its your call. - Dr. Kathy Dooley drdooleynoted/acheiving-quicksand-goals/
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:56:28 +0000
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