“Training (it has dawned on me) must be a 100% effort.”
Yeah, I wrote that in an email. Brilliant, neh?
What did come out of it is looking at effort differently than I did in my past. “Effort” connotes sweating like a hog, breathing hard and aching muscles. But there is (or should be) a lot of other things besides just physical labor. There should be a sense of total involvement.The only way to do that is to give the conscious mind specific goals/tasks. In training, in the fight, everything.
Think about it. The conscious mind is prone to wandering off to fantasy land or abstractions. Without a specific task, the mind wanders and you end up being a performing monkey. How good is what ever it is you’re doing? About as good as a performing monkey.
Know what you’re trying to do for real. In detail. Understand why the hell you’re doing what you’re doing so you can try to do it better. Do it more efficiently.
If you don’t understand it, you don’t own it. That’s what 100% should mean.
