Ask yourself is what you are doing just work or is it
training? Work is just activity, a lot of nice to do exercises with no central
purpose or connection. Training on the other hand is focused, composed of need
to do activities in pursuit of a specific objective. Above all training is mindful,
it demands concentration not just effort. Certainly work will yield results but
training produces measureable progress toward a goal in a predicable time
frame. I don’t know about you but I want my training efforts to pay dividends
that are predictable. Don’t get caught in the activity trap.
2 Comments
Victor Hall
Great post Vern. I would also add that results from “training”, as opposed to “work”, are reproducible. It is difficult to reproduce haphazard results from a collection of activities.
Mark Day
There is also the scenario of doing some good things/movements without much attention to speed/intensity. I am not sure if it even qualifies as work.