There was this quote that my old football coach used to say:
“Hard work beats talent when talent aint working.”
No, he actually used to say, “F****** move faster, Lalonde!”
But the hard work thing resonated with me. It was true. Talent can only get you so far.
There was another quote from my old coach that I loved. I try to live by it. I constantly fail to live by it all the damn time. But I try. I think everyone should try.
The quote is: “Be comfortable uncomfortable.”
This was usually said during the hardest parts of our football workouts, when we’re on our 1,000th up down or 12th full field bear crawl. He was saying to embrace the pain, the discomfort, relish in being uncomfortable.
I like that.
But I’m going to flip it.
What about, “Be uncomfortable comfortable.”
This was my community’s mission statement in JVC.
I think this is more universal.
This is something I really need to work on.
When I start feeling too comfortable, I should be uncomfortable. I should push myself out of comfort zone a lot more.
We all should.