Lesson 7 – Do the work

We can relate this back to lesson one, where I stripped back my training volume so much I ended up with “pretty slow” athletes. I still talk about “doing the work” in relation to doing the boring things. I like to remind athletes that we need to nail the basics which can seem repetitive and “boring”. That being said, we do have fun (I promise) which comes from the personalities of athletes and coaches and the camaraderie we share.

When I think of doing the work from a business perspective, I think of all the tasks that I find mundane, but I know need to be completed to keep everything running smoothly. I’ve got 2 options here; moan about it and be miserable (not an option), suck it up and get it done (current option).

Doing the work isn’t for everyone; “if you gotta tell them to carry the bricks, they aren’t the ones to build with”.

Track and field is hard, elite sport is hard, training is hard, getting better is hard, running your own business is hard.

The sense of achievement you feel at the end of the hard bits makes it all worth it.

Don’t cut corners, do the work.