What we repeatedly do
I have seen so many peeps in my networks who quote some version of this . . . "As Will Durant writes in The Story of Philosophy (a quote often misattributed to Aristotle): “We are what we repeatedly do.""
This is arguably the most simple and the most complex statement ever. I am what I repeatedly do? And what do I repeatedly do? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. That is where the rubber meets the asphalt and friction occurs. So let me list what I repeatedly do, and perhaps you might find some similarities and likely conclusions.
I sleep the most of anything
I eat the most regularly of anything else, often, frequently, everyday
I read a great deal every day
I work very hard every day
I exercise a great deal every day
I travel a great deal every day
I smoke a cigar every day
I talk to my dad every day
I get a massage 5 times a week when in Europe or Asia
I watch a hockey game three times a week
And everything else declines from that . . . those are my most regularly repeatedly done tasks/actions.
So what are I?
We are what we repeatedly do?
So I am a sleepy, eating, reading, hard working, riding, traveling, smoking, well massaged hockey watching son?
No.
It is not only the actions we repeatedly do, it is the quality of the CONTENT and QUALITY of what we repeatedly do that makes us what we are - at least that is what I am thinking.
The QUALITY of my sleep prepares me to accomplish all the other things I repeatedly do.
The CONTENT and QUALITY of what I eat fuels my accomplishments of what I repeatedly do.
The QUALITY of my exercise determines my energy.
Etc etc
You get the picture. You have to have the highest caliber of CONTENT and QUALITY in those things you repeat each day to get the results you expect and want.
Aim high.
