Waffles or Spaghetti?

What makes great achievers?  The ability to compartmentalize daily stresses and success. Yes, it can actually be that simple; being able to segment each aspect of your day at face value. Assess what happened, understand why it was good or why it was bad and then move on to the next conquest of the day.

Athletes who approach their training and racing with a "waffle" outlook will tend to have more consistent success within their performance. Picture a waffle, what you do you see? A waffle is comprised of multiple tiny squares and each square represent each an hour throughout day, one hour can be good, the next may not proceed as planned, and then the following hour right back on track again. Waffles win!

Now athletes who may have all the talent in the world, yet perform inconsistently under the pressure might be best represented as a plate of "spaghetti."  This athletes outlook is plate of noodles and all it takes is one displeasing action to become unraveled. Spaghetti is messy!

Shifting your focus to a waffle is how I encourage you to approach your training.  Being able to compartmentalize your training from the rest your day will allow you to approach each training session with the focus needed to achieve your personal best.