The Value of Patience in Achieving Long-Term Goals

I came across this quote with a picture of Usain Bolt, and whether he said it or not, I'm 100% on board with this:

"I trained 4 years to run 9 seconds.

People give up when they don't see results in 2-months"

What a fantastic dose of reality eh? In our modern "instant gratification" world, one thing that remains TRUE is that our physiology does NOT work on this premise. All GOOD things take time, consistent effort and patience.

• Olympians train for years, in some cases like the 100m, for much less than even 30sec of performance...

  
  

• Olympic style weight lifters hone their skills in exercises like the squat, over a period of years...

  
  

• Elite endurance runners put hundreds, even thousands of hours into their sport to be able to perform their long distance races physically, mentally and emotionally...

  
  

• Authors write more than just the book you're reading. They journal, write short stories, write down ideas and snippets of story ideas over and over, regularly before their best-selling novel comes to life...

  
  

• Artists draw or paint hundreds of pictures, or hundreds, even thousands of hours between some of their best work...

  
  

• Songwriters write and create, song after song, verse after verse before they find one that is ready to put out for others to hear and enjoy...

Deep Health comes to those who cultivate realistic, sustainable and simple practices that aren't a burden to them. Those who put their energy into the process and practice, more than the outcomes will find it easier to maintain their health habits.

Regardless of your goal and your "why"; the ability to accept that patience and consistent, realistic effort will create whatever is coming for you and your health, will set you ahead of MOST others.

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This post is part of the "Zen Quickies" category of posts that cover a wide variety of topics in Deep Health and are shorter in length... But still aim to get YOU thinking about YOUR own health practices and how YOU approach them.