If Covey were a triathlete with 7 habits
Do you know what triathlon habits would be like if Stephen R. Covey were a triathlete?
Taking inspiration from his classic multi-million dollar selling self-help book, The 7 habits of highly effective peopleThere are beneficial benefits to investing time in applying your business philosophy to the sport of triathlon.
# 1 – Be proactive
Do it before they tell you. Take nothing but responsibility. Make decisions instead of wishes. Learn to be a triathlete.
# 2 – Start with the end in mind
The unknown destination is not an actual finish line location. Commit to your end point, the milestones along the journey, and the skill sets required to complete the journey. Maybe you’re thinking geographically: local races, regional, national championships, or maybe the final status of international races. You might think in terms of speed. Decide to go fast with a sprint distance triathlon or faster as part of a relay stage. If you think in distances: set goals for sprint, olympic, medium, then complete. Or maybe you think in terms of things like a pool, a lake, then an ocean, or even plains, rolling / rolling landscapes, or big climbs. No matter how you think, determine your end in mind. Write your custom triathlon mission on how to get started, including specific milestones throughout your journey.
# 3 – Put First Things First
The swimming, cycling and running competition comes after signing up, training and following the starting line. Evaluate your “Performance Links” to align with the importance of training preparation activities to achieve your triathlon mission.
# 4 – Think win-win
The sustainability of races continues because runners support their families, volunteers, race officials, sponsors, equipment providers, service providers, and even their toughest competition. Get to know the specific people who make up your support structure. Compliance and personal brands are wins even if you don’t cross the line first. Remember, you only win if they win too!
# 5 – Seek first to understand, then to be understood
Learn the disciplines of the sport, the competitor’s tactics, and the uniqueness of racing, then let your performance and respect for the sport speak for yourself. Your goal metrics communicate a universal language. Expressing gratitude for the performance of others by understanding the longevity of the sport is also beneficial.
# 6 – Synergy
Get a coach, leverage knowledge of family, sport, and job skills in your personal silos. Join a team. Raise the bar for all swimmers, cyclists, and runners to improve the sport.
# 7 – Sharpen the saw
Continue with the continuing education of your life in family, social, work and sports settings. Improve the performance of your life by adopting polarity management. Be an all-learner triathlete, not a know-it-all participant. Recognize that life’s graduation day is the last doomsday.
And for a bonus, from your tracking book, The eighth habit:
# 8 – Find your voice, inspire others to find their voice.
Be a contributor. Be a triathlon leader, mentor and ambassador as generations of learners for years to come continue to teach the world how to practice triathlon.
During your next workout, think about these eight habits and what you could adopt to improve your running results for 2018 and beyond.
Do you know what triathlon habits would be like if Stephen R. Covey were a triathlete?
Taking inspiration from his classic multi-million dollar selling self-help book, The 7 habits of highly effective peopleThere are beneficial benefits to investing time in applying your business philosophy to the sport of triathlon.