Work smarter ! -- Not harder !
I love this slogan -- and who wouldnt'? Just bone up on the procedures , --- make some sensible choices , then reap the benefits!
On the flip side, we have all heard the tales of woe from the sorry sacks who do it the other way
Maybe someone gets smug satisfaction from "working smarter" --- but the guy in the 12 hour cycling marathon with ruptured blisters in bad places and blood running into his cycling shoes because his previous longest ride is a trivial 5 hours is laughing at you
Work smarter? -- I like that. --- But i think working smarter opens up more opportunities to work harder !
What is the allure of anabolics? -- Why do "steroids" work ? EPO , etc etc ?
Its not like these substances allow you to pop a pill, then sit on the couch for 3 months watching The Family Guy , -- then you can win your club championship or local physique competition
These substances work because they mute and blunt your natural inclinations to stop -- and they encourage what would previously have been over training and push you further
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No --- you will not get much effect on a 3 day, 35 minute a sesh program when you're on the juice ---- You will receive some benefit to be sure as long as you dont get fat, but the pandora's box of gains gets tripped when you are training 15-20 hours a week, and getting plenty of rest
Was it Thomas Jefferson who said "The harder i work, the luckier i seem to get" ??
Lets take your job for an example - and bear with me ---- You're the type of guy with a a parrot at home -- your a Jimmy Buffet uber fan and you love to let loose at 4:30 on Friday -you and mother value your alone time - -- but your also pretty good at your job and you hate to see youngsters get promoted ahead of you ---
-------- Your big opportunity to get the corner office comes up -- but guess what??
All of a sudden, your making an extra 17k a year, but you have to work a couple of Saturdays a month , and 4:45 happy hours are a thing of the past. You also wear clothes to the office you formerly thought were "too stuffy" , instead of a "YOLO Man," or "LEgalize It !" sweatshirt and dungarees
Congratulations!!! You got what you wanted ----
But guess what? -- The concept of "Work smarter, not harder" - is completely gone now -- you are simply going to have to work hard
You have a sweet lease on a Buick Enclave now, so long 8 year old Hyundai
and you and the missus are contemplating moving to a bigger pad in a better part of town, --
To this From this
- but deep down, you liked the rut you were stuck in and working harder makes you uncomfortable -- a "sell out"
Let mediocrity slide over you like death's cold embrace as you take a lesser position across town with less stress -- its too embarrassing to ask for your old job back when you fail
You just got sucked in by the "Work smarter, not harder" mystique
Guess what? --- There are not many free lunches out there
Tom Brady --- he's a fun guy for "regular guys" to make sport of because on the outside looking in, his life looks perfect
A recent SI article details Brady's routine ------- Brady succeeds because he is more boring than you ---- he is more dedicated than you , --- 10 generations of his offspring are taken care of , --- but still , the guy wakes up unhappy and wanting to improve every day
Hours in the film room , hours of drills and practice as well as base fitness work. Beatiful wife? Beautiful house? --- Who gives a flip --- This is the business we've chosen, -- and Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck and Peyton are also working just as hard
I'll admit i'm not much of a pro football fan, although i keep up with my alma mater in college -- but i'll switch gears and reference a couple of guys' i'm much more familiar with
Arnold Schwarzenneger and Lance Armstrong
In their respective disciplines, - these guys would stop at nothing to dominate their sports, -- despite already having a genetic leg up on most of their competition
Arnie was an immigrant -- he overcame the language barrier and used his early bodybuilding winnings to invest in real estate and was reportedly a several times over millionaire before he even made his first movie back in the 70's --
--- The work ethic instilled in growing up modestly and then overcoming language barriers carried over and gave the guy a tenacity to succeed that other competitors with more comfortable backgrounds didnt have
Lance Armstrong --- yes, the guy has some very serious personality flaws -he turned into a megalomaniac -- But in his prime , nobody put in more time than he did. He was the highest paid guy, sure, but he also put in more work , more research and more obsessive detail
The result was 7 Tour de France wins
Yes, we all know the rest of the story, and he does have a ton of personality issues, but i do believe the playing field was equally juiced up during that time frame ------ If he had not tried to come back for 2 more in 09 and 10, he would have rode off into the sunset a national hero forever
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Schwarzenneger, BRady, Armstrong ----- all big names in sport -- all huge workaholics
Dont be these guys -- they have to take viagra and can't bench press their way out of a wet paper sack
As far as the "Work smarter not harder" premise ---- kick that crap back into the dank hole it deserves to be in and recognize that you need to
"Work smarter --- So you can work HARDER "
you lazy sacks of garbage ! ( kidding about the garbage part---- or am i?)
----- Prioritize your time, put in the hours --------
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