“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances.The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.”– George Bernard Shaw
That quote by George Bernard Shaw is one of my favorite, and it perfectly reflects my position on life. There is always a way to build the life that you want- it requires some creativity, often a lot of work, and at times compromise. In the end, however, for every dream there is a real world expression that is within your reach. Coach “Chef” David Wallach, our guest on Episode 26 of Life in Focus embodies this attitude, not just with his life, but in the way he encourages and directs the passions of others.
In this episode we discuss the difficulties we all have with change, and how often we go into it kicking and screaming, despite knowing we will be better for it. We talk resilience and what it means not just in the theoretical, but in real practical terms. Finally, we look at how personal determination, courage to face your fears, and the will to take action can really make the difference between defeat and success at this thing we call life. Sounds like a Life in Focus recipe – insight, courage to face roadblocks, and determination to act!!
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Take Home:
Even the people who seem the most comfortable with change …fear and resist it.- Beware, the words that you use and the language you surround yourself with daily, shapes your view and the world you live in.
- “Excellence is a practice, not a state of being.”
- It is through shear work, practice, trial and error that we rise to become the best version of ourselves. It is a mistake to assume that one is simply born exception.
- Human potential is UNLIMITED!
- There is something truly terrifying with our current tendency to shield our children and ourselves from any kind of hardship, conflict or distress. It leads to a level of fear and reactivity that has potentially deadly consequences.
More on Coach Wallach:
Chef’s life is food and fitness and he is among the happiest food, science, and functional fitness nerds around.
Knowing full well being an ‘expert’ means ‘knowing more and more about less and less’ he considers himself unduly blessed with the good fortune to be a lead instructor for the Crossroads Adaptive Athletic Alliance as well as Board Chairman of this nationally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization benefiting severely wounded veterans and civilian adaptive athletes. David is also a master chef and has taught Advanced Sports Nutrition to coaches and facilities owners on three continents over the last two decades.
After starting CrossFit in 2005 as his training of personal and professional choice, he ran head on into all things CrossFit as quickly as his feet could carry him only to discover the one thing more fun than doing CrossFit is coaching CrossFit. Chef maintains a simple motto, “We want you to know not just HOW to do what you need to do, but WHY you need to do it, you need to empowered by knowledge.”
As far as training? “If it’s heavy? Pick it up and move it as fast as you can, as long as you can. Then eat well, rest well, live well, laugh loud, then do it all again: heavier, farther and faster. Simple, isn’t it?”
