Showing Up is Only Half the Battle

The second half is actually putting in the work

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When I was in high school, my cross country coach always used to always tell the team, “The proof is in the pudding.” Well, back then, we never really understood exactly what that meant. If anything, we used to tease him about it. I mean, pudding? What does pudding have to do with running? Or proving anything?

Thinking back on it now, because running is still a huge part of my life, it actually makes complete sense. And that’s because we should have been referring to the word “putting” instead of “pudding” that whole time.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu

I’m sure that many of us know that the hardest part of accomplishing anything is the part where we are first getting started. However, what many of us aren’t aware of is that the second hardest part of accomplishing anything is the part where we continue to put in the work that goes along with it — The part where we keep going. The part where we take it a step further and work towards actually excelling.

“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and…