...Leadership...

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"...a few of the guys, millar, leipheimer: we're all waiting for them to assume the role of “the” leader: no doubt they are gifted - a lot of people are gifted, hell, we're all gifted; but in cycling, in life, it's not enough to be gifted; you also have to want it: ..whenever their name is mentioned, we always hear the word: tomorrow.

                                            - tour de france july 2007 "inner rumblings".

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....Life doesn't begin 5 pounds from now. If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?  Happiness doesn't come from the outside, it comes from within, a state produced by our minds. Although external objects can cause us to feel happy, the objects themselves are not the cause of our happiness. Everyday can be a great day... actually: everyday IS a great day... when you want it to be.

...take a pickle, for example: the largest pickle in a jar may be 10 calories... instead of attacking the pantry for multiple mounds of cashews totaling 900 calories, a 10 calorie pickle will send the same message to the brain to satisfy a hunger twinge... as will a 100 calorie apple, a 25 calorie wedge of iceberg lettuce, and so on... no, not meal replacements, just strategies to get you off the edge in times of emotional eating.. a healthy, low call eating suppressant to keep you on track of your bigger goals.... implemented only if you want it passionately enough; want to achieve that goal of yours.

...circa 1954: it was said, almost everyone believed, that it was impossible for a human to run a mile in under 4 minutes.. doctors said that a human would break down and kill themselves, engineers said it was impossible aerodynamically and biomechanically... and it seemed true, all the runners who tried up to that point, failed... but rodger bannister ran a mile in 3:59.4 on may 6th... six weeks later, john landy ran 3:58... it's not that they were faster or stronger.. it's because they believed they could and wanted it more.. ..as with every ironman winner, the fitness is always the same, the inner road work... that wanting, that drive is the difference.

...and that's what happens to an emotional block or a paradigm, to any belief system when a hole is blown in it; everyone and everything pours through it in a new way of thinking... now it's your turn, your road, your path of inner work, to end, to blow apart some of your b.s., your belief systems about what's possible, what you really want.... take charge of your own mind, and watch the impact unfold.

remember the key mental commitments:

1) are you coach-able?

2) are you willing to shift your personal philosophy to another level?

3) are you willing to do the hard work it takes?

4) are you willing to shift your eating plan?

5) are you willing to shift your training plan?

6) are you willing to shift your biological plan?

...everyone knows how old they are when they look at a calendar...big deal, it's only a date.. but how old you are inside is EVERYTHING.

train smart. live, race. recover smarter!