Original link: https://pt.plus/08-13-23-inner-coach/
This week’s topic is Inner Coach.
It comes from a short article by Scott Belsky:
I’ll often whisper to myself towards the end of a hard run, “Come on, give me another sprint…another mile, you can rest later.” This “inner coach” voice has developed over recent years. It celebrates a good run and calls me out when I’m sloppy. When running around the Central Park reservoir, there is a certain stretch I call “the straight shot.” When I reach this point about two miles into my morning run when I am in NYC, my inner coach reminds me to sprint it from start to finish. Doesn’t matter if I’m on a recovery run, feeling under the weather, or exhausted. I do it to remind myself that I always can despite the circumstances, and my inner coach won’t let me get away with an excuse. I’ve come to realize this inner voice is what keeps us honest with ourselves and performant across many parts of our life. All too often we think that, if nobody else notices a short -cut we take, that we can get away with it. But your inner coach cannot be fooled. Your inner coach stubbornly remembers everything. And the self-reliance, strength, and commitment to raw truth that result from empowering and respecting your inner coach makes you better. Develop this inner coach persona in your head. And pay attention to your terrain for anything that can be merchandised to yourself (and team) as a moment of challenge like my “straight shot” around the reservoir and tuck these sprints in .
At the end of a hard run, I’ll often whisper to myself, “Come on, one more sprint…one more mile and you can rest later.” This “inner coach” voice has developed in recent years. up. It would celebrate my good runs and call me out when I was sloppy. When running around the Central Park Reservoir, there is what I call a “straight shot” distance. When I get to this point on my morning run in New York City about two miles away, my inner coach reminds me to sprint from start to finish. It doesn’t matter if I’m returning to running, not feeling well, or just burnt out. I do this to remind myself that no matter the situation, I can always make it, and that my inner coach won’t let me run away with excuses. I have come to realize that it is this inner voice that allows us to be honest with ourselves and excel in many areas of our lives. We often think we can get away with it if no one else notices that we are taking shortcuts. But your inner coach will not be fooled. Your inner coach stubbornly remembers everything. The self-reliance, strength, and commitment to raw truth that come with empowering and honoring your inner coach will make you a better person. Cultivate this inner coach image in your mind. And pay attention to your terrain, look for any challenging moments that you can sell yourself (and the team), like my “line shots” around the reservoir, and cram those sprints into them.
The original text talked about 12 thoughts about running, and this is one of them. Speaking of running, it is a habit I picked up again this year. I have been running for half a year since spring, and my physical condition has gradually improved day after day. Reading this article will make me feel more empathetic.
The Inner Coach idea, however, was new. It is a kind of internal spiritual power, built on the imagination of one’s own power, and completes new challenges in the self-prompt all the time. Since I finished reading this paragraph, I started to try to extend the running distance, and I succeeded every time, although it was only extended from 3 kilometers to 5 kilometers – it pales in comparison to the results posted easily in the circle of friends, but it is not bad. small progress. Before, when I got close to the 3km distance, I would start to imagine stopping for a relaxing walk, and going home to drink a cold drink on the sofa; now, Inner Coach replaced this imagination, and he called in his heart: no matter what We must continue to run.
Is this self-soothing? Probably yes, but it did make a difference. I tend to think that it may not improve my physical fitness, but it allows me to release my physical energy more completely-but I haven’t tried to use it to break through the limits of my body, such as running an unprecedented long distance.
Which brings us to Sam Lessin, who, in an interview with The Generalist, put it this way:
What trait do you value most highly in others?
I Help Keep My Solicition Feedback. I am very Into Sharing Shitty Ideas At high Velocity and Relying On Ots to Keeping ME Intellectually In Check. I Think that’s a message publicion word years: One where you’re Willing to be wrong on almost anything, all the time, without stressing it. Trying to avoid being wrong is a path to being intellectually dishonest with yourself and others.
What qualities do you value most in others?
I help myself to be honest by asking for feedback. I’m a big fan of sharing bad thoughts quickly and relying on others to control my intellect. I think it’s a state of mind worth cultivating: you’re willing to be wrong all the time about almost everything without stressing about it. Trying to avoid being wrong is one way to be intellectually dishonest to yourself and others.
This view of Sam Lessin is not uncommon in (or on the lips of) many investors. The Strong Opinions, Weakly Held I shared before actually have similar meanings. This concept first came from futurist and Stanford professor Paul Saffo, who wrote (sorry, because the original text is very short, so I quoted almost half of it):
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