Fruitarianone
10-26-2006, 05:23 PM
I keep hearing people say that they don't make any progress no matter how hard they train.... that got me thinking....do people really know how hard to train?....do people really know what it takes to push themselves hard enough to get results?
I think not!
To be honest with you from my experience I've learnt that I personaly have to push myself out of my skin night after night to get the results I need.....the problem is that very few people are dedicated enough to do that!!!!
Well I saw this article and I thought it was a great way to get the message across.....it's about business but translates well to working out!
I hope it helps someone.....
F1
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http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/great_1.html
Shortened down great article of yahoo.
What it takes to be great.
Simply hitting a bucket of balls is not deliberate practice, which is why most golfers don't get better. Hitting an eight-iron 300 times with a goal of leaving the ball within 20 feet of the pin 80 percent of the time, continually observing results and making appropriate adjustments, and doing that for hours every day - that's deliberate practice.
Practice makes perfect
Deliberate practice." Its activity that's intended to improve performance, that reaches for objectives just beyond one's level of competence, provides feedback on results and involves high levels of repetition.
Consistency is crucial. As Ericsson notes, "Elite performers in many diverse domains have been found to practice, on the average, roughly the same amount every day, including weekends."
Real-world examples
Vladimir Horowitz supposedly said, "If I don't practice for a day, I know it. If I don't practice for two days, my wife knows it. If I don't practice for three days, the world knows it
It's about what you're already doing - you create the practice in your work. Go at any task with a new goal: Instead of merely trying to get it done, you aim to get better at it.
Adopting a new mindset
You are seeing a vision of the future, of how improving your skills helps you and others, more than short term gain.
Feedback is crucial! Yet most people don't seek it; they just wait for it, half hoping it won't come.
Be on the ball
Bill Gates, had the knack: He could see at the dawn of the PC that his goal of a computer on every desk was realistic and would create an unimaginably large market. Napoleon was perhaps the greatest ever. He could not only hold all the elements of a vast battle in his mind but, more important, could also respond quickly when they shifted in unexpected ways.
Why people donÂ’t improve?
For most people, work is hard enough without pushing even harder. Those extra steps are so difficult and painful they almost never get done. That's the way it must be. If great performance were easy, it wouldn't be rare.
I think not!
To be honest with you from my experience I've learnt that I personaly have to push myself out of my skin night after night to get the results I need.....the problem is that very few people are dedicated enough to do that!!!!
Well I saw this article and I thought it was a great way to get the message across.....it's about business but translates well to working out!
I hope it helps someone.....
F1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/great_1.html
Shortened down great article of yahoo.
What it takes to be great.
Simply hitting a bucket of balls is not deliberate practice, which is why most golfers don't get better. Hitting an eight-iron 300 times with a goal of leaving the ball within 20 feet of the pin 80 percent of the time, continually observing results and making appropriate adjustments, and doing that for hours every day - that's deliberate practice.
Practice makes perfect
Deliberate practice." Its activity that's intended to improve performance, that reaches for objectives just beyond one's level of competence, provides feedback on results and involves high levels of repetition.
Consistency is crucial. As Ericsson notes, "Elite performers in many diverse domains have been found to practice, on the average, roughly the same amount every day, including weekends."
Real-world examples
Vladimir Horowitz supposedly said, "If I don't practice for a day, I know it. If I don't practice for two days, my wife knows it. If I don't practice for three days, the world knows it
It's about what you're already doing - you create the practice in your work. Go at any task with a new goal: Instead of merely trying to get it done, you aim to get better at it.
Adopting a new mindset
You are seeing a vision of the future, of how improving your skills helps you and others, more than short term gain.
Feedback is crucial! Yet most people don't seek it; they just wait for it, half hoping it won't come.
Be on the ball
Bill Gates, had the knack: He could see at the dawn of the PC that his goal of a computer on every desk was realistic and would create an unimaginably large market. Napoleon was perhaps the greatest ever. He could not only hold all the elements of a vast battle in his mind but, more important, could also respond quickly when they shifted in unexpected ways.
Why people donÂ’t improve?
For most people, work is hard enough without pushing even harder. Those extra steps are so difficult and painful they almost never get done. That's the way it must be. If great performance were easy, it wouldn't be rare.