My student’s keep telling me I’m different —Something’s changed in the last few weeks that they can feel.
I can feel it too. I feel more focused. Less distracted. I’m finally getting back into the groove of training after a medical derailment and training is going well. I’m learning a ton. I’m implementing a lot of it and overall, I feel dialed in.
So what changed?
I guess a couple of staph infections and being out for almost 5 weeks have a way of shifting perspective. Towards the tail end of the second infection, when I got the energy again to take in and absorb information, I came across a friend’s podcast that stuck with me (I wrote about it here).
Since I’ve been back, I focused first on easing in —lifting weights, no person to person contact. I focused solely on lifting and teaching.
Then I added some volume to my training; a few hours of light drilling.
Third week of May is the first week I’ve felt better than normal.
As I write this now, I’ve been dialed in to my teaching and training. So what changed?
A realization I had after listening to that podcast is that I’m always incredibly distracted. I thought to first focus on the thing that I am doing at any given time.
If I am eating, I am eating. If I am driving, I am driving. If I am writing, I am writing.
No more multi-tasking and no more being focused on something that is not physically occupying me in the moment.
It isn’t perfect, but it has given my mind more freedom to stay focused on the things that move the needle in my life the most. One of those things being jiu-jitsu.
The time and energy is reinvested into more training and more learning. The focus has been learning things I’ve neglected and becoming a more well-rounded practitioner.
So, below we’re going to take a look at my training over the last month and look ahead to July.
The Four Questions
Number 1: How’s training?
Number 2: What’s working well?
Number 3: What’s working not-so-well?
Number 4: What’s the ONE THING that will move the needle most and let’s start there
Let’s dive in!
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