The Sum Of Small Efforts

'Success Is The Sum Of Small Efforts, Repeated Day In And Day Out'
-Robert Collier

Most days of the week I wake up at about 530am in the morning to join Longhorn Aquatics masters swim team for their morning workouts at 630am and to my surprise by the time we get in the pool at 630am, the kids who were training before us from 5am got out. Wow.. No partying, no late nights, just school and swimming for them..

From the looks of it, some of those kids are bound for great heights as future olympians and elite swimmers for the US. Over the years longhorn aquatics has produced many top class swimmers such as, Aaron Peirsol, Branden Hansen, Eric Shanteau, Garrett Webber Gale, Ian Crocker etc etc who all made it as great champions.

Those kids probably get up at 415/430 each day and then head down to the pool to train. Day in, day out, just train and no complaints. At the end of the day it is the sum of all these efforts, the training they do when no one is around, nobody sees and know about, that will turn them into champions of the future. Their dedication and discipline in life will put many older people to shame.


So its a long path up to the top, but with the attitude that all these young age group swimmers show (about 13-17yrs) I'm sure all of us can and will achieve our goals that we set for ourselves in life.

In 2009 I hope to learn from them and live my life with the same discipline, desire to succeed and toughness like them as I gear up for my 2009 season that will start in April. Next up is 2 half marathons as prep races!

Here's to a disciplined lifestyle,
Yuen