The trophy case is the past. The practice field is the future.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Everything already won is finished and cannot be added to. It is pleasant to look at and completely inert, which is why long looks at it tend to make people slower. Whatever comes next is being built somewhere less photogenic, on an ordinary afternoon with nobody watching. Where you spend your attention decides which of the two grows.

Notice how much time you spend rereading old wins this week, including the small ones. Trade one of those sessions for an hour of the boring work. Let the case sit there and keep adding to it from the field.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which past achievement are you resting on this season?

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