Comments on: Go for the personal record, not the medal http://lifetoolkit.net/2010/02/19/go-for-the-personal-record/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Practical tips for Life Management Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:03:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Maria http://lifetoolkit.net/2010/02/19/go-for-the-personal-record/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Maria Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:19:24 +0000 http://lifetoolkit.net/?p=322#comment-223 That's a wonderful story David! I'm also a runner (well if you count out the last winter months) and I know what you mean about setting your internal personal record. Isn't it sad that often the outside world is pressing for us to fulfill external stakes - "get that job", "move into a house", "have kids by the time you're 30", "achieve 100% increase in sales", much rarer asking "what is your internal goal?" That’s a wonderful story David! I’m also a runner (well if you count out the last winter months) and I know what you mean about setting your internal personal record. Isn’t it sad that often the outside world is pressing for us to fulfill external stakes – “get that job”, “move into a house”, “have kids by the time you’re 30″, “achieve 100% increase in sales”, much rarer asking “what is your internal goal?”

]]> By: David Damron http://lifetoolkit.net/2010/02/19/go-for-the-personal-record/comment-page-1/#comment-222 David Damron Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:45:48 +0000 http://lifetoolkit.net/?p=322#comment-222 From birth until the end of high school, I played team sports that were ultra competitive and I loved them. Then when I entered college, I entered the world of marathons and triathlon and my world was flipped upside down for the better. I realized I could still be competitive within myself (MY PERSONAL RECORD) and not need the medal. Sure, it is awesome to get a medal, but the different mentality from team sports to individual sports has led me to enjoy individual sports more. The comradeship that is developed within individual sports is great. At my marathons, people who I don't even know will be rooting for me because we are all one team fighting to improve ourselves individually. Anyways, I think this is a great point that I wish I would have learned earlier in life. David Damron The Minimalist Path & LifeExcursion .-= David Damron´s last blog ..<a href="http://theminimalistpath.com/2010/02/twitter-simplified-writing-forever-in-4-ways/" rel="nofollow">Twitter Simplified Writing FOREVER in 4 Ways</a> =-. From birth until the end of high school, I played team sports that were ultra competitive and I loved them. Then when I entered college, I entered the world of marathons and triathlon and my world was flipped upside down for the better. I realized I could still be competitive within myself (MY PERSONAL RECORD) and not need the medal. Sure, it is awesome to get a medal, but the different mentality from team sports to individual sports has led me to enjoy individual sports more. The comradeship that is developed within individual sports is great. At my marathons, people who I don’t even know will be rooting for me because we are all one team fighting to improve ourselves individually.

Anyways, I think this is a great point that I wish I would have learned earlier in life.

David Damron
The Minimalist Path & LifeExcursion
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