In technical stock market lingo, there is such a concept as a line of resistance. Such a line of resistance keeps a stock bound in a price range that it’s somehow needs to overcome. Unfortunately, in our personal lives I believe that somewhere along the line we’ve all learned to create similar lines of resistance in too.
Often we go through lives where sometimes we hit a homerun or score the big goal, but then start to pace ourselves, saving ourselves for something on down the line that may never happen. I’ve guilty of follow this kind of behavior myself.
But what if we are wrong? What if that something we are saving ourselves for never happens or worse yet, we aren’t up to the challenge because we have been saving ourselves for so long that we are now rusty, and no longer the potential champion we once were?
I ask this because I’ve seen other do this including my son and myself. We do some superhero activity, then for some reasons we pull back as if someone would discover that we truly super we can be. I often wonder if it’s because of a base of shyness? Perhaps some people (including me), were raised to specifically not be the center of attention.
Whatever the reasons, I think we can overcome these little issues by doing just a little bit more. Put in a little more effort each day, no matter what. Run a little harder during sport games and practices. Think a little harder during each day to try to fine tune your mind.
Make it a habit to continue to increase your efforts each and every day. I believe that if we do just a little bit more, eventually we’ll break through our own personal line of resistance and explode to the upside.
-MR
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That’s an interesting observation. I almost feel the opposite way, that I’m always playing catch up with everybody else. I’m always the slowest mt. biker, and the least fit of my crowd that I hang with. I guess it all depends on what your frame of reference is.
If you were on an all star baseball team, maybe your one home run would be considered underperforming vs being super.
I think it’s important to surround yourself with people who are smarter, fitter, more creative and ambitious than yourself, so you feel like you’re behind, not ahead.
I like your logic! That makes perfect sense… That way you create real competition to motivate you! 🙂
I watch some people work so hard, and just spin their wheels because they don’t step outside the box and really look at what they are doing. I think it is so important to get a fresh perspective sometimes so you can make adjustments to whatever you are doing. Effort is great, but you gotta put some brains behind it too. Things change, and you have to change along with them.
This can apply to just about anything in life. Take exercise for instance. Everyone knows there is a plateau effect with exercise. So when you hit it, you gotta mix it up a bit so you can move forward. The thing is, you have to recognize the plateau and make adjustments. Some people just keep going and going and never see the big picture.
Great post.
I like to look at things from a different angle too. If I didn’t I would have been stuck at many things… never to progress.
I’m the opposite. I do even better if I do well or even worse if I’m stinking at something. I’m very much spurred on by others…
I know what you mean 🙂
I’m kind of the same, but I’ve getting better at the stuff I stink at too.
The concept of pushing past that line of resistance is similar to setting goals. One should always stretch a little bit otherwise the goal would be too easy. I believe you make your best effort each and every time you do something. That way, you have no regrets! If you are concerned with being the center of attention, you want to push yourself for the private satisfaction of doing your best.
Sounds like a sound way to tackle tasks 🙂
I agree. We definitely don’t want to succumb to complacency. It may feel good, at least temporarily, but the rewards come with reaching for “a little bit more”
By the way, even if it doesn’t “feel good” to stay complacent, it is certainly more comfortable than pushing past the point of resistance.
I agree with First Gen American.
“I think it’s important to surround yourself with people who are smarter, fitter, more creative and ambitious than yourself, so you feel like you’re behind, not ahead.”
That should give incentive to better yourself.
Incremental margins matter and add up over the long term. Incidentally, it’s a key concept in permaculture design, to value the marginal.