Importance of returning to your comfort zone after a tough day

-

“It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached warrior who wins, not the hothead seeking vengeance and not the ambitious seeker of fortune.”
~ Sun Tzu in 'Art Of War'
Most people who don't achieve their goals are stuck at not putting in enough work. But there is another class of people that work extremely hard, and as a matter of fact may be the hardest workers in the room, but may still not achieve as much.
ardour-quote-instagram-comfortzone-growth
" If you want to succeed you must work hard". Don't we hear this very often? So what if a person who is working incredibly hard - sleeping less than 5 hours, studying or working up to 16-18 hours a day, sacrificing entertainment and skipping on hangouts - still is unable to find the level of success you'd expect that amount of work and that kind of work ethic to achieve? What would you tell them? Why is that some some are able to work hard and work diligently and find their successes while the others struggle to just get off the ground?


Often times when we convince ourselves to work hard through the "motivation" of not failing exams, or not ending up destitute, or not ending up like the cousin who smoked his life away, or not ending up like the cycle repair guy who lives in a shack and we find strength to keep pushing ourselves even when terribly fatigued and mentally drained. At this stage when we require our cells to be recharged but the 'fear of not ending up like that' hangs over our head we rewire our brain and feelings to think of the fatigue as a normal and healthy feeling. And in order to keep pushing beyond this fatigue your brain will re-prioritise and potentially shut down the creative and highly analytical parts of your brain because the situation now demands survival beyond high performance.

When you reach this point and consciously decide to get some rest to recharge batteries, your subconscious brain is already on the survival track. Now trying to find that sweet spot in your comfort zone is just absurdly difficult and not very straightforward to reach. We require recharging our minds and bodies on an everyday basis. There are certain periods, say the exam season during our schooling, when the time to recharge ourselves is just not sufficient. These are times when we must push ourselves and allow ourselves to go with the flow. And after this period of constant draining take enough time off from similar activities to allow our maximum potential of energy to return.
Young athletes meditating after a tough session
Young athletes meditating after a tough session
At the end of every hard day, or even a hard session of workout, attempt activities that activate the Parasympathetic Nervous System. The Shavasana(or the Corpse Pose) is one great way to do so. Spending time in nature, around animals and kids(probably not for teachers and coaches), deep breathing, meditation are other helpful ways to activate the Parasympathetic Nervous System.










Authored by Rahul Dagliya, CEO at Ardour Sports Academy

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE A FAT PERSON IN OUR SOCIETY?

-
Image
What does the term ‘obese’ mean? 'OBESE' basically means OVERWEIGHT. Being fat or obese in our society is hard. Take this from someone who is experiencing the hardships on a daily basis.  Most obese people in the world have a number of names given to us by society, like fatty, moti, golu, pani poori, gol matol, to name a few from the long cringeful list of ‘fat’ names. People younger than us also call us by ’fat’ names made by our society instead of being respectful and referring to us as bhaiya, brother, or even by our own name given to us by us parents.     Most obese people find it difficult to perform the tasks that others around them can easily perform. We find it hard to play the sport we like, because we know we will be teased. If we do something wrong people will make fun of us. Upon all that we wouldn’t try to correct that person or correct the others. The worst part is when others talk about the funny incident for almost a week because of which we feel re...
Read more

HOW TO BECOME MORE CONSISTENT

-
Image
WHAT IS CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE? Literally speaking, consistent performance is the quality of always performing in a similar way or to a similar extent each time someone performs. For example: finishing the race first each time you participate is consistent performance. You could also define it as achieving a similar feat each time you perform or each time you do something. When we’re consistent, it means we’re dedicated to carrying an activity or completing a task. It means we’re clear on what we want to accomplish and are taking the necessary steps to reach it. THE REASON WHY YOU AREN'T BEING CONSISTENT You’re focused on the outcome rather than the process. This is not to say that the outcome is not important, but if we become fixated on outcome, it will work against us, no matter how compelling. Why? Because any outcome compelling enough to excite you is probably one that won’t be achieved without hard work and sacrifice over a long period of time. Without certain processes in p...
Read more

WHY ISOLATION AND CONFINEMENT IS UNNERVING

-
Image
"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear". ~ Aung San Suu Kyi Most of us in the recent months would have felt the pain of having to be isolated and confined to our houses. Most of us would now know the ache of having our bodies and our minds to forcefully stagnate, the ache of not allowing our minds to freely skip around the place to release any built up frustration, the ache of having to experience what our worst fears might feel like and then the resulting anxiety. The frustration starts to build bit by bit. Slowly you start to give up on the idea of daily routines, then your workouts, then daily bath and then even routinely tidying up your house. So what is it about isolation and confinement that is just so hard to bare? Why did Heath Ledger aka Joker have to face the worst coming from isolation and confinement? What is it like to be imprisoned, albeit, in better conditions? We are used to the auto pilot life where our consc...
Read more