So how have you been? It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything. My writing as of late involves the daily monotony of multiple sales invoices for the spine surgeries that I assist in for my job. It’s how I get paid so like it or not, it must be done. My family likes a roof over their head and food to eat. I love them…..and I like sardines…. so I do the job.
My career, like most others out there, has its good days and its not so good days. The same can be said for the gym. I like to keep a watchful eye on the good and the not so good. It’s important that the good days win out. It’s also important to stay mindful of the fact that good doesn’t just happen on its own. In my opinion, we all must strive for good. I see good as a grade of how life is going. Good is an improvement. I don’t see good as less than great. Great is on the same par as good. It’s a positive term used to out rank the word good. In my opinion, however, it’s really just an embellishment of good. I once had a sales manager that thought it was a mental boost to his team if he said ““Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.” Sure sounds nifty....Hell, I may have even said it a few times……but I always come away empty with that statement. Empty because it’s just another way to say you must work at being good. I just say work your ass off and good will come from it.
Then there’s the school of thought that anyone in the “good enough” camp has somehow missed the boat on high achievement. Once again…..bullshit. Good enough is just a conclusive adjunct to good. It means complete in a roundabout way. In other words, any time we achieve the objective, whatever it may be, well then that’s good enough………..we could even say it’s fantastic or really fucking cool. Just don’t look down on good enough. It’s an achievement. Some will achieve more and some less. Who gives a shit as long as it’s an improvement. It is all of this that sets up this particular blog title. Please point your attention to what I mentioned earlier. You know the part where I stated that we must strive for good. Yeah. That good is faith. One definition of Faith is “strong belief or trust in someone or something”. That someone or something must absolutely be you and what you love. That means have faith in yourself, your family, and your friends. Have faith in what you do for those important to you. Give them and yourself your best effort. Your best work. If you are looking to get the most out of this life then you must have faith, period. If you are looking to just exist and not improve the life you’ve been granted, well you’ll often times find yourself falling short of the objectives you set….IF you are without faith.
How do you get good in anything? …..the answer is faith….and a shitload of practice of course….but you don’t get one without the other. Faith is confidence, self-esteem, loyalty, love, strength, belief, duty. It is everything you make of it. Always strive for good. Look for good in others, even if they are annoying as fuck. Shoot for good in all that you do. Good Life. That’s the goal. Evolve. Training is one piece that will make and help maintain good enough. Your strength numbers and your times will go up and go down. No matter. Just keep doing this shit and strive for good. Read. Learn more. Be a knowledge sponge and never stop. Never ever, no matter what, under any circumstance……
My career, like most others out there, has its good days and its not so good days. The same can be said for the gym. I like to keep a watchful eye on the good and the not so good. It’s important that the good days win out. It’s also important to stay mindful of the fact that good doesn’t just happen on its own. In my opinion, we all must strive for good. I see good as a grade of how life is going. Good is an improvement. I don’t see good as less than great. Great is on the same par as good. It’s a positive term used to out rank the word good. In my opinion, however, it’s really just an embellishment of good. I once had a sales manager that thought it was a mental boost to his team if he said ““Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.” Sure sounds nifty....Hell, I may have even said it a few times……but I always come away empty with that statement. Empty because it’s just another way to say you must work at being good. I just say work your ass off and good will come from it.
Then there’s the school of thought that anyone in the “good enough” camp has somehow missed the boat on high achievement. Once again…..bullshit. Good enough is just a conclusive adjunct to good. It means complete in a roundabout way. In other words, any time we achieve the objective, whatever it may be, well then that’s good enough………..we could even say it’s fantastic or really fucking cool. Just don’t look down on good enough. It’s an achievement. Some will achieve more and some less. Who gives a shit as long as it’s an improvement. It is all of this that sets up this particular blog title. Please point your attention to what I mentioned earlier. You know the part where I stated that we must strive for good. Yeah. That good is faith. One definition of Faith is “strong belief or trust in someone or something”. That someone or something must absolutely be you and what you love. That means have faith in yourself, your family, and your friends. Have faith in what you do for those important to you. Give them and yourself your best effort. Your best work. If you are looking to get the most out of this life then you must have faith, period. If you are looking to just exist and not improve the life you’ve been granted, well you’ll often times find yourself falling short of the objectives you set….IF you are without faith.
How do you get good in anything? …..the answer is faith….and a shitload of practice of course….but you don’t get one without the other. Faith is confidence, self-esteem, loyalty, love, strength, belief, duty. It is everything you make of it. Always strive for good. Look for good in others, even if they are annoying as fuck. Shoot for good in all that you do. Good Life. That’s the goal. Evolve. Training is one piece that will make and help maintain good enough. Your strength numbers and your times will go up and go down. No matter. Just keep doing this shit and strive for good. Read. Learn more. Be a knowledge sponge and never stop. Never ever, no matter what, under any circumstance……
Never. Lose. Faith.
Good luck in 2015.
Be strong.
Peace - Johnny
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