The 5pm class gets down and dirty with the Filthy Fifty.
Do me a favor: Go out and fail today. Really. Pick something that you’ve never done or that you’ve never done well and do it. Fail at it. Again and again. I don’t care if it’s double-unders or forward rolls or snatches or even just trying to balance on one leg with your eyes closed for 10 full seconds. Heck, you could probably do that wherever you are right now. But do it for a minimum of 5 tries. Try and fail. Try and fail. Try and fail. Try and fail. Try and fail.
Failing is good for your head, and your soul. We often get trapped into this idea that people who succeed at something do so because they can do it correctly most of the time from the very start.
Wrong.
Successful people fail more than unsuccessful people. That’s right. Think about it. Successful people fail more. They work and they try and they mess things up, again and again.
So, what’s the difference between success and failure? Learning from your failures.
It’s the key to all of life — and to CrossFit. Greg Glassman, the founder of CrossFit, is fond of saying things like “Fail, and fail quickly” and “F*** around. Play with it. See what happens.” Why? Because he knows that life — and success — is found when your a** is on the floor and your brain is furiously recording what went wrong, what went right, and what you should do differently next time. Success isn’t found in success. Success is discovered in failure. Success comes directly from learning.
So, go out today and fail. Please. Learn from it. Then you’re on your way to success.
(Words by Lisbeth Darsh/CrossFit Watertown.)
SCHEDULE ALERT: Sunday’s 9am class will be held at the Taft School track/fields off Guernseytown Road in Watertown. And it will be fun. You don’t want to miss this one.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:41 am
The way Mikey is getting off that box looks like an MC Escher painting.
July 9th, 2010 at 10:49 am
For those of you playing along at home: http://www.mcescher.com/
July 9th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Really only 2 posts!
July 9th, 2010 at 11:26 am
It does look like a MC Escher painting, thats crazy. To all out there Berry, Derek and I were thinking of having drinks after the WOD tonight. Come on out and be social.
July 9th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Related to Lis’ post.
http://thetalentcode.com/2010/07/06/the-0-25-second-that-makes-all-the-difference/
(via CFNYC Blog)
July 9th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Seriously Lisbeth….When is the book coming out??? You are UNIQUELY gifted at inspiration. I HOPE to find a reason to come to CT, to WOD at your box, think i’m going to hide in Nikki’s suitcase the next time she visits mom!
July 9th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Also, since everybody is looking to try something new this weekend, would anybody be up for some watermelon (the game, not the fruit, although I don’t think that anybody would object if somebody brought some, pre cut)? It’s a lot of fun. Just ask Pam, Migs and the viking.
July 9th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
@Eric — that was a great post! Thanks for linking that.
@Stephanie: Thanks for the kind words! I do appreciate them. And the CFW door is always open to visitors!
@Mikey — tempting. Someone else is taking off for Albany today so I think I better get the CFHQ blog written so I can enjoy a libation after coaching Fri. Night Fights.
July 9th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
What is watermelon?
July 9th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
As always, an inspiration!!! Failing? we all know about that. Also, “what don’t kill us makes us strong, carry on”(Tim McGraw)
July 9th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
@Barry: Watermelon aka Suicide. We play with a big ball rather than a tennis ball:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_(game)?wasRedirected=true
I think you’ll like it. Plus, someone has to beat Stamos!
July 9th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Watermelon is way cooler than suicide and you know it, Pameroid.
July 9th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Great post!
I got this one covered
July 9th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I would like to be the first to congradulate Kirk and Melissa on the soon to be new addition to their family. I was unaware, but if you look at this picture apparently Kirk is 7 months pregnant. Congrats from all of us!
July 9th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Is he knitting?
July 9th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
AHHHH i miss crossfit watertown. sadly i’ve been dominating 4th graders in basketball and soccer/slicing your grandmothers lunch meat. can’t wait to come in on monday!!!
July 9th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Domination of 4th graders is a noble pursuit. I face it every day. See you on Monday, Taylor!
July 10th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Just notice Kirk…LOL! you should have stayed off of those frozen drinks..
July 10th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Jason, thanks for spilling the beans….I’m due in early September, right before Jax turns 2. Clearly Lis photoshopped that image, because if I look anything but shredded it must be fake. Or, I have to hit the gym more. I’ll have to think about that.
July 10th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Check out our boy Mikey adding 35lbs (!) to his Front Squat 1RM: https://www.me.com/gallery/#100105
July 10th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
OMG Jason!! lol
July 11th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Nice Mikey! Looked like you had a little more in you, too.
July 20th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
for instance… you’ve failed at properly formatting your article on failing! form meets function, nice job
July 20th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Hal, it depends on the browser you’re using. Mozilla on a Mac and it’s formatted just fine. If you’re using IE and/or on a PC, you might have more trouble with the format.