IF YOU AIN'T CHEATIN' YA AIN'T TRYIN'
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE GREAT BOBBY KNIGHT WHO SAID If ya ain't cheating you ain't trying, maybe because March Madness is on or maybe just because he said so many funny and profound things...
... and I did a little cheating recently.
I use to cheat a lot.
Every Sunday, and a lot of days in between.
Chips n salsa.
Sleeves of Thin Mints.
Dozens of doughnuts.
I think it was His Excellence, Tim Ferriss, who drove the concept home in The Four Hour Body.
While there is some good info in there...
... cheat days, as I've learned relearned and learned again, ain't one of 'em.
Even once a week.
Not if you're really committed to peak performance...
... and the reason is simple.
- If you've laid back in your own personal dental chair
- with a pair of greasy vice grips in hand
- yanked hard on that sweet tooth
- and tossed it down in trash
- you know what I mean.
Once it's out...
... it's like casting out the devil.
The shackles are broken, the cords loosened...
... you are free to roam about the house with zero temptation.
But, if you're anything like me, give that devil an inch and it's over.
Just this week, Surfergirl brought home a giant, fresh, delicious sourdough bread.
Golden crust.
Thick.
Want a bite?
Nah.
Sure?
Well, okay, just a bite.
Next thing I know I'm up in the middle of the night like a feverish, drug addicted rat searching all corners for that bread I asked to be hid.
Morning came.
Uh, Handsome did you find the bread?
Mmmmmaybe.
Did you leave any?
Uhhhhhh, you know I love you and how I begged you to hide it.
I did hide it!
Not good enough.
Uh-oh
By the way, we're out of butter.
This quote of Bobby's is a little more apropos:
The key is not the will to win.
Everybody has that.
It is the will to prepare to win,
that is important.
- Bobby Knight.
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