In yesterday’s blog, I referenced a comment that I recalled from many years ago.
From a Fitness Instructor in a club that I was Personal Training at.
“I may not earn much money, but at least I work hard for it”.
The irony with the comment was he had no idea how hard I worked or not.
He just saw what I was doing on the hours he was on shift.
Almost by definition, when he was there, I was there less.
And even then, he probably only really noticed my paid hours.
The hours I was actually training people.
Missing the countless hours spent walking the gym floor and talking to members.
The time spent in the café area and at home writing programmes, messaging clients, doing admin, studying and so on.
He just noticed that my paid hours were less than his paid hours for a higher hourly rate.
It’s very easy to form an opinion based on insufficient information.
It’s tempting to think that our friend seems to be “able to eat whatever they like and never gain weight”.
Despite the fact that we probably only see them for about 10 or 20% of the times that they’re eating.
If that.
Seeing little, if any, of the time they spend exercising (it’s www.myrise.co.uk/apply if you like the sound of a surprisingly enjoyable and time efficient way of exercising alongside proven support in helping with everything outside of that)
It’s tempting to think that others have it easier than us.
Based off social media observations of what is probably only a few hours out of the 168 in the week.
It’s tempting to feel that others find things easier or are just naturally “better”.
Missing the time and effort spent planning, scheduling, reviewing, practising and so on.
Its human nature to create opinions on incomplete information.
We all do it.
But recognising when we’re doing it can help us adjust our approach to get the results that we desire.
Much love,
Jon ‘On Christmas Eve, the family and I were walking. in a park where there was several deer. I casually said to my stepdaughter “Do you know what they call those animals when they can’t see?”. “No idea (no eye deer)” she replied with a little smile (she normally rolls her eyes at my jokes). Buoyed by this success, I followed up with “Your mum and I were thinking about buying some of them. But they’re not cheap. We could just about afford the first one but another one will be two deer (too dear)”. She didn’t get that as, apparently, she’s never heard that expression. And I was left in my standard “My wit is wasted on these children” position’ Hall
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