A pretty amazing person in my life said this to me today:
"Identify your weaknesses, make friends with them, and beat them to death"
I feel like a lot of times, I/we look at ourselves and see our strengths, pat ourselves on the back, realize we have weakenesses, ignore them and just let them continue to be there.
For example, I know that burpees (pre-shoulder injury) are one of my weaknesses. What did I do? I would say, "oh well Burpees are my weakness so I will just continue to do them slowly..." Whether you call that a cop out or making an excuse, I definitely was not making friends with it and beating it to death.
In life...I won't sit here an list out my weakenesses, but I can think of one or two that are in the forefront of my mind lately. Am I "making friends" with the right ways to fix them? Am I sticking to my guns or letting those weaknesses run my life? Lesson learned: beating them to death does not usually happen in one day. Little by little, attack that weakness, let it know who is the one in control. I can get better at burpees, you can do that muscle up, I can confront my demons, you can forgive that person. Little by little, the weaknesses won't be your weaknesses anymore. They will be your story. One you can tell and be proud of.
and some Crossfit Barbie entertainment...
This is a seeming paradox between life (and most athletic endeavors) and CrossFit. In life, we are rewarded most when we play to our strengths and we need only deal with our weaknesses to the extent they disrupt utilizing our strengths. CrossFit does not allow this--your results will suffer greatly if you don't address your weaknesses.
ReplyDeleteI don't pretend to know the deeper meaning behind this, but it something I hope to discover.