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Sunday, March 16, 2014
That Guy
I am "that guy".
You know "that guy".
He is smart, talented, funny and charming.
He is gifted, seemingly could do whatever he wants.
Everyone looks at him and says "wow, what potential."
He's the Ryan Leif or Aaron Carter with flashes of greatness but a life of disappointment.
And he is forever underachieving any of his dreams or the dreams set out for him.
In sports he is the classic 1st round pick that never pans out. In college, he is the Magna Cum Laude that fails on the opportunities that lies before him. In life he is the guy that excels in middle to low level career roles, but never becomes the man he could become.
Potential is scary. Potential is powerful. Potential holds the capability of becoming real. Potential is the teeter-totter of life that can tip one way or another but rarely holds stable.
Potential is label we use to express hopes of future outcomes. And a label pasted on others who fall disastrously short of expectations.
Within me is the potential, the possibility, the opportunity to become something or someone of greatness.
How does potential become reality?
For guys like me that seems to be the answer that is always just out of reach.
Most days, I feel like "that guy".
You know "that guy".
He is smart, talented, funny and charming.
He is gifted, seemingly could do whatever he wants.
Everyone looks at him and says "wow, what potential."
He's the Ryan Leif or Aaron Carter with flashes of greatness but a life of disappointment.
And he is forever underachieving any of his dreams or the dreams set out for him.
In sports he is the classic 1st round pick that never pans out. In college, he is the Magna Cum Laude that fails on the opportunities that lies before him. In life he is the guy that excels in middle to low level career roles, but never becomes the man he could become.
Potential is scary. Potential is powerful. Potential holds the capability of becoming real. Potential is the teeter-totter of life that can tip one way or another but rarely holds stable.
Potential is label we use to express hopes of future outcomes. And a label pasted on others who fall disastrously short of expectations.
Within me is the potential, the possibility, the opportunity to become something or someone of greatness.
How does potential become reality?
For guys like me that seems to be the answer that is always just out of reach.
Most days, I feel like "that guy".
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Missing it
Not gonna lie, I miss it.
I took myself out of the game by choice. I was injured. I was hurting. I was in need of getting healthy.
But in my most honest reflection, I miss communicating and teaching. I miss standing in front of the audience/congregation. I miss the tinge of nervousness as you begin with a not so funny joke that you are hoping goes over. I miss the look in the eyes of someone as the gain understanding and connect with what you are sharing.
While 99% of people would rather face a grizzly bear in a steal cage match, I love speaking! But when this is who you are it is hard to deny!
I love conveying truth to people. I love giving people tools to better their lives. I love digging out ideas and presenting them in a way where someone says "I've never thought about it that way." I love the creative process. I love partnering ideas with music in an artistic marriage in that moment. I love to draw pictures with my words and sell my paintings to eager listeners.
My healing process has been long and pro-longed, mostly by me. I have built my own roadblocks to my recovery. At times thinking that staying away is the best answer.
Yet what I realize and know deep down is that what I am built, wired and birthed to do is teach and speak. Hiding from that is like asking a lion to be a house cat. Not a good plan!
In time this tame tabby cat will once again become king of the jungle and "you're gonna hear me roar."
I took myself out of the game by choice. I was injured. I was hurting. I was in need of getting healthy.
But in my most honest reflection, I miss communicating and teaching. I miss standing in front of the audience/congregation. I miss the tinge of nervousness as you begin with a not so funny joke that you are hoping goes over. I miss the look in the eyes of someone as the gain understanding and connect with what you are sharing.
While 99% of people would rather face a grizzly bear in a steal cage match, I love speaking! But when this is who you are it is hard to deny!
I love conveying truth to people. I love giving people tools to better their lives. I love digging out ideas and presenting them in a way where someone says "I've never thought about it that way." I love the creative process. I love partnering ideas with music in an artistic marriage in that moment. I love to draw pictures with my words and sell my paintings to eager listeners.
My healing process has been long and pro-longed, mostly by me. I have built my own roadblocks to my recovery. At times thinking that staying away is the best answer.
Yet what I realize and know deep down is that what I am built, wired and birthed to do is teach and speak. Hiding from that is like asking a lion to be a house cat. Not a good plan!
In time this tame tabby cat will once again become king of the jungle and "you're gonna hear me roar."
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Opportunities, Options, and Liking Neither
I have sat in the same grey chair with a slightly defective right arm for the last three years. Everyday I sit and spin out to my left (hence the damage right arm) to and fro where my job leads. This has been simply a "job", a place to earn a paycheck.
In recent days my career path has presented two new opportunities. And for the first time in 3 years I have options.
The struggle...I can't say that I really like either one. Nor does staying put in my grey chair excite me anymore.
What all three options lack is the one thing that makes me feel alive. Like much of the world I live in the tension of provision and passion. The place where we stay put in order to provide. But where we find ourselves currently planted has nothing to do with our passions, callings and giftedness.
As I stand with a small plethora of possibilities, needing to make a choice, I feel that none of the choice equate to choosing me. Really they are just one more station to provide provisions lacking the fulfillment of passion.
Trying to unstuck my life to place myself in position to pursue my passions...
In recent days my career path has presented two new opportunities. And for the first time in 3 years I have options.
The struggle...I can't say that I really like either one. Nor does staying put in my grey chair excite me anymore.
What all three options lack is the one thing that makes me feel alive. Like much of the world I live in the tension of provision and passion. The place where we stay put in order to provide. But where we find ourselves currently planted has nothing to do with our passions, callings and giftedness.
As I stand with a small plethora of possibilities, needing to make a choice, I feel that none of the choice equate to choosing me. Really they are just one more station to provide provisions lacking the fulfillment of passion.
Trying to unstuck my life to place myself in position to pursue my passions...
Thursday, November 14, 2013
You're not alone!
Despite what you may feel like right now, you are not ALONE!
I think we all have moments when we feel alone in our journey, whether that journey be health and fitness or just part of our walk through life. It is easy when we get down and discouraged to feel like we our left out their on our own! There is an old adage that say everyone loves you when your are on the mountain and no one walks with you through the valleys. What is most interesting is that the valleys are when we need others the most.
Here are three benefits of walking through your valleys with someone else:
1) Two are stronger than one.
There is a bible passage the says two are better than one because there is a better reward for their work. Find someone to journey with you - a workout partner, a running partner, an accountability partner who checks in on you. If your journey is not health and fitness, find someone who can partner with you in business or even just in your life.
2) Plateaus get broken
It is amazing what happen when you partner yourself with someone else. The combined energy does not just create double the energy, but has the potential to create synergy. There is an story that paints this that says if one horse can pull 700 pounds and another horse can pull 800 pounds, what is the total they can pull together? Most would answer 1500 pounds. You would be wrong. The combined efforts created a maximum of 3000 pounds. If you partner yourself with someone else who is willing to push and give effort as much as you are than your efforts get compounds past what you can do by yourself. Weight loss plateaus, running plateaus, fitness plateaus will be shattered!
3) You need someone!
"You know that I can use somebody. Someone like you!" The King of Leons penned those lyrics, but they are true for all of us. We all could use somebody. Somebody to struggle with, someone to celebrate with, someone to overcome with, someone to face the challenge with. You and I both need a "somebody" to go with us! Maybe this is a silly question, but what is the point of getting fit and healthy if you don't have any to celebrate the milestones right along side you! Find a "somebody"!
If you need help finding a someone, I would love to get you connected to some other somebodys with similar health and fitness goals! Bear this in mind when we are partnered with others in life, when one of us wins, we all win! I want to win alongside you!
Coach Jeff
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