I had the pleasure of working with Chris Spealer (left) and Josh Everett (right) a weekend or so ago at a Crossfit Level I Cert. Not the best picture, but I covertly snapped it while we were at Mi Cocina! You may be familiar with these two, you may not. Doesn't matter; what's cool about these guys is that they are humble dudes. First let's talk about what I mean by humble. Humility is not hanging your head low and assuming a "meek" and "lowly" disposition. To me, it means you are so engaged in making yourself a better person that you have little time to be critical of others &, on the contrary, are quite interested in what others have to say. I saw Chris hit 27 squats consistently on a tabata mashup & Josh C&J 335. These are impressive stats but you wouldn't have known it after watching them.
My point is --what comes first: humility THEN athleticism or is it the other way around? I say be humble first and you will achieve much more. Be so focused on what you are doing to make yourself better in every way that you are out of time to criticize the person next to you.
4 comments:
Great post Spencer.
Thanks!
You the man.
Wise beyond your years, man.
You are a great example for all of us.
Wise indeed.
Also, very creepy with the camera phone!
Missed this post. you are so right. This is something I am working on all of the time. I notice myself slip a lot. It is really easy to fall into the gossip trap. You overhear some discussion about someone and get drawn into putting your own 2 cents in. I think any time someone is spending being critical of anyone else, is time they could be spending on improving themselves. Humility is one of the best traits anyone can have. And it isn't a coincidence that most of the top athletes in crossfit have this.
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