The importance of simplicity, consistency, and failures
“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.”-Alfred Montapert
Over at the Nike “Trained” podcast, they refer to five tools that professional athletes use that we can also use: Mindset, Movement, Nutrition, Recovery, and Sleep.
Over at the “Chasing Excellence” podcast, they refer to their five factors of health as, how you eat, move, think, recover, and connect.
In my coaching practice, I have integrated these, forming the Five Pillars of Well-Being.
My pillars are Movement & Recovery, Nutrition, Sleep, Mindset, and Connection.
The 5 Pillars may not seem like a lot to some people, or they may seem like too many for others. The important thing to keep in mind is to keep it simple.
We cannot realistically focus all of our energy on each of the 5 Pillars all of the time. Figure out what your Pillars are (here’s a hint: they don’t need to be those of a professional or elite athlete), which one works, which one needs work, and how you can improve it.
Strive for good enough.
Consistently showing up is better than sporadically showing up. If you can get 1% better 80% of the year, that’s 292 days, and if you maintain where you were the other 73 days, you’re still better off.
If you don’t get better those other 73 days, you will still improve 1% on 219 days, which is a whole lot better than nothing. Stay consistent.
Failures are part of the process and part of the journey. They give us an opportunity to grow and improve the process.
Can we find ways to look at these failures as challenges and use them to help us improve the process?
Forward, always!