Without Work… It Just Ain’t Fun
It all started with an email… An email to someone this morning, saying that I think my marathon running career might be over.
Why would I think this? Because on the weekends, I just don’t want to run upwards of 15 miles. I don’t feel like putting in the time, or the effort.
I said that I just like running 5-7 miles per day… which, in the immediacy, is true. However here’s what I’ve observed:
When I don’t run the 15s on the weekends, the 5s during the week are much harder and less enjoyable. In essence, I have to do the 15s to love the 5s.
That reflection perfectly complimented my listening to Steve Chandler’s The Story of YOU on my run today. He said that if you told someone to “go have fun on the piano,” how much fun they’d have is basically tied to how much work they put in.
He said this beautiful line:
“The connection of work and fun is always hidden away by advertisers and other peddlers of instant pleasure".”
I tend to attract clients who desire “exoneration.” This is the land of hunky dory, where everything is just blissful rainbows. That place doesn’t exist- but this one does, and if you’re up for 30-ish minutes of motivation and a re-introduction of, wait for it, THE GET THE F*CK OFF PODCAST (because the new name sucked anyway,) I am here for it.
Monologues all around. Hot air. Enjoy.
Things mentioned in this episode:
The Story of You (and How to Create a New One) by Steve Chandler
The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels
“Stutz” on Netflix
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
MY BOOK "LOVE” IS NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!!!! BUY IT HERE!!!
