I am going to get straight to the point, because this one is a bit of a lecture.
Events are exciting. Processes are not.
All the things I value most come from processes, and then I look forward to events.
So, both are brilliant. Ok, we all know that.
I would argue that lots of processes break down when we try to turn them into events.
Example.
I have eaten the same thing for breakfast every morning for years.
It never changes. I got it signed off by my dietitian for its nutritional value. I enjoy it. I feel good after it. It works.
If I decided to go out for breakfast every morning for the next year to find the best breakfast restaurant in Dublin, it would be very exciting. Sounds like a dream. But make no mistake, my nutrition would suffer. As would my bank balance, as would my work schedule.
Everything can’t be an event.
If 60,000 people showed up to watch Leinster’s training sessions every day, they would have a problem.
In a process, its about putting the show to one side and getting down to work.
In a great process, monotony is part of it. It’s actually an essential component. The sooner we accept that, the sooner we can embrace it.
Mastery comes from monotony.
At Bua, we do everything in our power to make every day of the process as engaging as possible. But make no mistake, it’s a process.
Repetition, repetition, repetition.
Doing difficult things. Over and over.
Game Day, Filthy 150, Hyrox, Dublin Marathon. All events.
If we turn try to turn the workout of the day into an event, it can quickly become performative.
“Doing CrossFit” can turn into a mini-show every day. Putting on a show means sticking to what we are good at. “Doing” the toes to bar, rather than working on them. We show our best stuff and stay a mile away from the things that show weakness.
This quarter, we have 80 days in a process, 11 “event” days.
This lecture is here to remind you to stay in the process, be obsessed with progress.
Save the performance for the event days, and then enjoy every second of them.
Bua Blog 