In bodybuilding there are NO short cuts. Often the journey will take us down roads that we never dreamed of and they are usually very unpleasant. They are usually unpleasant and hard because we don’t believe it will do any good, or we are afraid of change, or we are stubborn and just don’t want to do it. Even when we know the hard road is necessary we fight doing it.
I hated being told by my coach, Justin Dees that I don’t listen and I’m constantly going rogue on him even after him giving me very clear instructions. He was right! I thought I knew enough to skate by and be successful. Boy! I was wrong. I was consistently under performing and it had everything to do with my attitude. Justin got me aside and took me into his office and told me, “I don’t know why you pay me! You don’t ever do what I tell you.” That wasn’t a wake up call, it was a call to duty and a severe warning! That was about as close to crying by a grown man as you will ever see. Times changed pronto! This was the “WORST”—Now, in order to get to the best things I had to perform under the ultimatum. I learned and it was painful! I just finished my 21st contest.
When my son was diagnosed with Acute T-Cell Leukemia at age 11 things got very bad very fast. He was sick and I was working hard to be a normal dad for him. When things got real bad his Pediatric Oncologist told us what was decided for his treatment. But! his next few words set the course for us and my son’s treatment. He said, “In order to get to a better place we have to go down into a very bad place. There was no other way.” Nathan, was going to get very sick and he might die but we have no other recourse. This was the way to the best and it promised to be the worst of journeys. We did it! We suffered and Nathan nearly died but he is alive and in permanent remission.
In each of the above stories the kernel of wisdom is to grasp the truth of the journey, face it, get on with it and don’t look back and don’t give up. The BEST is up ahead but we have to PATIENTLY execute the plan and endure when it seems better to quit!
Bottom Line: THE “WORST” ALWAYS BEGETS THE “BEST”
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