push ten
I had a conversation with Kurt Beyer, the CEO of Riptopia, this morning. He used to row competitively and he said sometimes the coxswain (have no idea how to spell that) would say "push ten." They were rowing at 100% capacity already, but they would row 110% for ten strokes. That's how I feel right now. I'm pushing ten.
We talked about finding balance. I think there is a time to "push ten" and there is a time for re-creation or sabbath. When we maintain the rhythm established in Genesis between work and play then we're "in sync." God has designed us so that we come with a pre-loaded circadian rhythm. To be at peak performance we've got to find that rhythm.
Work hard. Play hard.
We talked about finding balance. I think there is a time to "push ten" and there is a time for re-creation or sabbath. When we maintain the rhythm established in Genesis between work and play then we're "in sync." God has designed us so that we come with a pre-loaded circadian rhythm. To be at peak performance we've got to find that rhythm.
Work hard. Play hard.
2 Comments:
hey mark...my name is matt, i'm the associate at History Church. i totally know what you mean about finding that balance...i'm constantly in search of that.
i used to run track and had a coach that used to push us hard. 8-10 miles a day and then 14 on saturdays...but he also would say to us that resting on the off days (sundays) was just as important as putting in those miles.
this was just on my mind yesterday...we must all be gearing up for fall! :-)
We used to call it a 'power-ten' when I rowed in college - using all your power for 10 strokes at a critical point in a race.
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