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Overwhelm, Skateboards, and a new podcast
When we see a top performer in action they can seem to be floating on air.
They’re able to effortlessly riff, duck, and weave.
The waves they ride just keep on waving.
We wonder: how do they manage this to keep this going seamlessly for 30 minutes, an hour, a day, a week? Month after month, year after year?
Take standup comedy, for example. The standards for stand up comedians usually start at a 5-minute set.
Doesn’t sound like much, but try it out and it’ll feel like an age. From there a standup can work up to 10 minutes, 15 minutes, maybe 30. The aim is to get to the hour.
The problem we face is we look at the hours, days, or months first.
Even though we aspire to become the star performers, the reality is they can intimidate us.
They don’t push towards doing the work: they inadvertently push us away.
We ask ourselves:
How could we ever freestyle a whole track?
Teach a complete semester?
Play the entire season?
Complete a full routine?
