Two types of people post

We'll mark this post in one of two categories. This can be a motivational post, or, it can be something to challenge and possibly benefit your philosophy. Here is another trend we ALL have to watch out for to some extent. Learning less and less about more and more. It's that idea that there is no need to really study something deeply as long as I can go to Google for a quick answer. This is bad. Things studied are more lasting and more importantly, able to influence who we are and how we think as a person. Yet, this is a health and fitness blog, so why am I bringing this up?

The reason is simple:there is another side to this, a incidental byproduct perhaps. We're learning more about less. So we are still learning, but only skin deep knowledge. At least we're still learning right? Yes and no. It is great to learn, never stop learning. That is a good attitude, a better one is: Never stop learning good and useful things. Unless you want to be a trivia nut, or are studying for a game show, you'll only know the basics on any given topic or question. If we don't really know something, but only how to find the answer via the internet, how well do we know it? The real problem is this, we are taking up our time learning small things we could often just go without.


One of my favorite thinkers is Jim Rohn, he illustrates what I am trying to say rather nicely. Jim says, "There are some things you don't have to know how it works - only that it works. While some people are studying the roots, others are picking the fruit. It just depends on which end of this you want to get in on."

The issue is simple, there are too many people who would like to live better, but are doing it wrong. They want to do it right. Yet instead of doing the workout, or preparing the meal, they are checking if it's better to eat ___ 12 minutes after a workout versus eating ___ 22 minutes after a workout. Tweaking can be beneficial, but this stuff can kill momentum! I heard in a sermon once that if you do what you know you are suppose to do, you'll find your next step after you have done all you know you can do. That's it- just do what you know works, tweak some throughout, but don't let tweaks cut out the ever important action part.