It’s entertaining at the gym to listen to people complain about other gym goers. A frequent complaint is cell phone use. If I am on my phone during sets people feel justified to bitch and complain and be rude. If I’m staring at the wall, people are polite if they approach me at all. I can stare for 10 minutes…
Category: Meaningful Management
Anxiety is prediction
And emotions are safe not sorry, when it comes to prediction. That’s why we have so much anxiety that never materializes. And why we’re so thankful when it pays off.
Sometimes the wrong train will get you to the right station.
“Sometimes the wrong train will get you to the right station.” – Stephen Batchelor
Hook, Relate, Elaborate
When teaching, use the formula: Hook, Relate, Elaborate For example, if I’m going to teach someone to tie their shoes. I might say “There are three simple steps for tying shoes.” (hook) Then, I would tie my own shoes while they watch. (relate) Then I would go into detail about what I did, probably once again tying my own shoes and/or…
success and failure are fleeting
success and failure are fleeting Everything is
What do you think of you?
What do you think of yourself? When something goes wrong, how do you feel about you? When something goes well, how do you feel about you? When things are just going, how do you feel about you? Quite often you’re hard on yourself unnecessarily. It’s rare for another person to judge you as much as you judge yourself. That can…
Don’t overthink it – believe in your body
Growing up my schools had skate nights. I spent most of my time outside of the rink eating junk food and playing the games. When I stepped into to rink, I clinged to the wall and the handrails. I rarely ventured out to the fast lane. And if I did it was never at a fast pace. I vaguely remeber…
How to explain anything
Start with the benefit and work backward. If you’re lost in details it’s because you don’t know what matters and thus can’t naturally orient the material. Having clear benefits helps people relate to what you talk about and it gives you a final destination. That means you just have to help students find their way from where they are to…
Common cause unites
There’s a grumpy old guy at my gym that hates that I spend my rest time between sets on my phone. Like right now as I’m typing this, he’s getting up to complain. There’s another guy from the staff at the gym that thinks it’s a good idea to mop the gym while it’s still open. Including squat racks as…
Emotions are safe not sorry
That’s a blessing and a curse