When I was in middle school and high school I ran on a cross country running team that won 7 out of 8 state championships during those years.
Now I’ll be very clear about one thing up front…I was never good enough to run as one of the top seven varsity runners. I was on the team, but I wasn’t one of the best on the team.
We were a very small town with an amazing coach.
We did lots of different types of workouts throughout the year but three of the days each week were solely dedicated to miles. Miles and miles and miles of running. In the summer 15-20 miles a day.
I still can hardly believe I did that back then.
At one of the cross country meets I remember someone asking my coach how he had such an elite varsity team.
And I haven’t forgotten his reply…”These kids love to run”.
(Another important note: I never loved running. I loved the way I felt after a race or when we were winning the meets…but the running in and of itself, nah…even though I was a full participant in practice :)
Those varsity guys man, they loved it. That’s why they could put in the miles year in and year out and win those championships.
It turns out if you’re going to run cross country and succeed, it really helps if you like it.
The same thing can be said for what you’re doing.
Do you actually like it? Do you like the work? Or do you just like the result?
If you truly enjoy the work, that’s going to be a key factor and even an ‘unfair’ advantage as you move along your journey of success.
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