The Reps
Hampton Morris just medaled in weightlifting, ending a 40 year drought in the event for the United States.
In Olympic weightlifting, it comes down to a few reps.
A handful of opportunities.
Bar goes up, or it doesn’t.
And that’s it.
Because we never see the thousands of times Morris picked that bar up and put it down.
And while the reps that won the medal keep us on the edge of our seats and gave him a memory for a lifetime, those other reps?
Tedious.
Irksome.
Boring, even.
There’s nothing exciting about The Work.
But without those thousands of moments, there’s no Moment.
Be bored, but be doing.
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