Do We Set Our Own Ceilings?

As a newer surfer, I have worked hard to learn the skills and build my capacity to surf more waves.

I observe most of my surfer comrades even in their 20′s who are excellent surfers but do little extra to build strength, stamina, flexibility, and mobility. It means they are in excellent condition to surf the waves they want, but have to be selective because they want the best waves, but have limited amount of paddle endurance.

On great days they will be extremely satisfied with their four or five waves, especially if there is a big line up, but reach their endurance limits before maybe they would like to.

My participation in recreational sports has always been an effort to get stronger and play longer in addition to learning sport specific skills from practice.

Do we do the same in our daily lives? We work at our craft by putting in the expected hours and trying to make the most of them. What would it take to go the next two or three steps? What would we have to learn and what would we have to practice, or what classes, lectures, online seminars, books would we have to engage to get the next step learning?

For surfing I improve my diet, my supplements, do yoga, core work, upper body exercises, and stretching as well as watch videos, read books, and watch other surfers.

I don’t remember this extra curricular activity when I was engaged in a career, but in the pre melt down, industries didn’t disappear as fast. With greater change and disruption in the current horizon, I think it behooves everyone to be more and to start forecasting the emerging and dying trends.

It will take more fleetness and preparedness in the future to remain viable. .