Tuesday, September 2, 2008

“Everyday is training day” (4 of 5 time management tips)


Some of my most dreadful moments in life came two weeks before football season started in college. I originally went to Bridgewater College to play basketball, but wound up being apart of a Championship football team my sophomore year. As most athletes know, two-a-days are a training period where you do nothing but train and prepare for two weeks for the upcoming football season, and you have at least two major practices every day. Not fun, but definitely important and needed.

The reason why it was so hard, was because you don’t always see the benefits of this rigorous time immediately, so it becomes difficult to justify all the hard work and strain you put your body through. But sometimes you just gotta look ahead to the future, and have faith that your current sacrifices will produce great rewards in due time. Now as we talk about time management, I know for myself, one of my biggest issues has been laziness. I used to put things off to the last minute, and then either not finish tasks, or finish them in ways that didn’t represent excellence.

So this tip is pretty short and straightforward: Discipline yourself, work hard, and don’ let laziness make your life stressful. Click here to see what Paul says about this. Self-control, discipline, and sacrifice, are not feel good practices. Neither were two-a-days. But in order to be focused, strategic, and productive with our life and time-management, we need to develop the mentality that everyday is training day.

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