However, in a period of one week, his bamboo sprouted to 9o feet!” The critics, those closest to him laughed at him. Day after day, year after year, he worked with no visible results. but the farmer ignored the critics and continued to water his bamboo. He shares that “everyone in his village thought the bamboo farmer was crazy for watering a barren plot of land for several years. But high achievers know the truth it’s due to this compounded, incremental growth.Ĭoach Ghitelman shares this idea in the parable about the bamboo farmer.

To those watching, you will appear to be an overnight success. If you’re lucky enough to be recognized for your hard work, it will be due to showing up day after day. This championship mindset will allow you to naturally show up with passion, trust, gratitude, honesty, and humility day after day. The only way to experience this happiness is to show up every day and “chop wood, carry water”. They know happiness is the process it’s not a destination that they will ever arrive at. Yes, it’s nice to be celebrated and share their success with their friends and family, but they know this won’t bring them happiness. They know they will never arrive, each day they must start again, that they must wake up each morning and begin ‘The Process” of “chop wood and carry water” That is why you hear about the best NFL football players getting right back to their training after a Super Bowl win. They enjoy the fact that the journey to greatness has no end. Advertisements sell the idea that chasing external rewards will bring you confidence and well-being, but elite performers know the secret. We do it for the confidence and the well-being that we’re rewarded with when we show up and work towards a goal. We may never be recognized for our work, but that’not why we do it. However, when you do the work, when you embrace the struggle, when you focus on being worthy of praise rather than the praise itself, then the world tends to take notice! Winning and external success is just the ancillary benefit of improving yourself. What it means is, to show up every day without the need for recognition. After enlightenment, chop wood carry water”. This echoes Coach Ghitelman’s spiritual take on ‘The Process’ is “before enlightenment, chop wood carry water. Someday, some way, everything will break open”, A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. Vernon Howard in “ The Power of Your Supermind”, encourages us to, “ not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Every coach talks about it, but what does it mean? In my opinion it means, showing up and working towards a goal with diligence, patience, persistence,and presence with no thoughts of external success outside of the happiness and well-being you’re rewarded with for doing the work. Q: Do you embrace the process or do you chase external success? Urn:oclc:53462417 Republisher_date 20130410185910 Republisher_operator Scandate 20130410160814 Scanner .11/22/19 Q: Do you embrace the process or do you chase external success? OL7961485W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.86 Pages 230 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0877071454 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:57:42 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA164004 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Marina del Rey, Calif.

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