Doing, Doing, Doing

Every feel like your talking about the surf rather than surfing. I find that happens to me often, living in Houston. Years of living near the beach in South Australia spoiled me. A couple of years back I would've laughed if you'd say I'd find myself commuting down I-10 to sloppy surf along Galveston coast. Jokes aside, thinking about how we can often find ourselves spending more time 'knowing' (talking about surfing), rather than 'doing' (pulling on the wetsuit and paddling out there) is an everpresent problem - aka the knowing-doing gap. Next time you find yourself struggling to make a change, just ask yourself "are you surfing or or are you just talking about it." Practice makes you just a little better. TIred, sore, and perhaps even frustrated, but a little bit better - and that's the goal.

A nice little posting on how we view surfing as a metaphor for deliberate practice.