Monday, January 7, 2013

Breaking Bad Habits

Bad habits are hard to break in swimming and all aspects of your life.  In order to help you make the best use of the information in the Nose Bubbles blog, I challenge you to shape your approach to swimming around the following quote from Aristotle, “We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”  Whenever you are frustrated because things aren’t “coming together” as quickly as you would like, remember the commitment you made to form the habit of excellence and refuse to allow yourself to give up until the skill has been conquered.  Some skills and techniques will take longer to conquer than others.  During a swim workout it is very tempting to revert to your old habits just to “make it through.”  Vince Lombardi is quoted as saying, “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”  I encourage you to make a commitment to incorporate these new swim techniques into your workouts and stick with them even when the going gets tough!  YOU CAN DO IT!!!

1 comment:

  1. Love that I found out about your Blog. You will forever henceforth be known to me as "Bubbles"! lol...

    This is great stuff Beth! Instant fan!

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