Giving up the easy way.

They say that giving up is the easy way, the easy way to say “I failed.”

During my high school years, I switched to a well-known private school in San Jose, CA to compete at a higher level in track & field and all sports. I remember how good that sounded: switching to another school so that I could compete with very competitive athletes, after all this should be easy, I thought, since I had a natural athletic talent. I didn’t know how surprised I would be until the first day of track practice at my new school: I remember the stigma of having to run 10 X 400m, very fast, no breaks. My ego was telling me I couldn’t do it, and that the coach and athletes at this school were crazy. My new teammates tried to encourage me and told me to block the throbbing pain in my legs out of my mind and just run. I could tell they were trying to tolerate me with little patience—they didn’t have time to deal with weak failures.

So what did I do? I walked off the track, gave up, and told myself and the coach I couldn’t do it and that the workouts were insane. I convinced myself that I had to be right, for no one in their right mind would endure such pain—no way! It wasn’t the way I was used to training.

Needless to say, it was a severe reality check—if I wanted to be a part of the best then I had to learn to run and train with and be like the best. What a horrible experience that taught me a valuable lesson…
The next day, I humbled my ego—(come join our FREE membership at tracklive.us and read the rest of this "Producer's Corner #2" free always!)