The Best Minute: Doing what it takes, not assuming, and being the type of person
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Art Williams on doing what it takes:
“Almost everybody can stay excited for 2 or 3 months. A few people can stay excited for 2 or 3 years. But a winner will stay excited for 30 years or however long it takes to win.”
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II. Alvin Plantinga on not assuming we have all the answers:
If while camping you look into your tent for a St. Bernard, and you don't see one, it is reasonable to assume that there is no St. Bernard in your tent. But if you look into your tent for a 'no-see-um' (an extremely small insect with a bite out of all proportion to its size) and you don't see any, it is not reasonable to assume that they are not there. Because, after all, no one can see 'em.
Many assume that if there were good reasons for the existence of evil, they would be accessible to our minds, more like St. Bernards than like no-see-ums, but why should that be the case?"
2 IDEAS FROM ME
I. Instead of saying “I’m not the type of person who [budgets well, reads, understands difficult concepts, wakes up early, etc.], you should say “I’m not the type of person who chooses to [fill in the blank].”
We can do many of the things we assume you have to be the “type” or person to do, it comes down to whether or not we want to train ourselves to do them. Assuming you can’t be that type of person means you never will.
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II. Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent. If you continue to practice wrong, you will perform wrong. Practice alone won’t get you to where you want to be, it must be intentional and reviewed along the way.
1 INTERESTING FACT
Night vision occurs slowly
If you feel like your eyes need time to adjust to a dark room, that's because they do. Night vision takes between 20 and 30 minutes to “turn on” through a process known as dark adaptation. Even once our eyes have adjusted, our surroundings appear mostly black-and-white because the rod cells that allow us to see in dimly lit conditions aren't responsible for color vision.
Source: AARP
1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
What is one thing you assume you can’t do because “you are not that type of person” that you spend time on this week?
P.S. Long story not short.
