Make Every Arrow Count

"Make every arrow count."

That's what one of the characters said on my son's X-Box game the other day: Make every arrow count.

And I instantly thought, "Holy shit, no kidding, huh?" (Luckily, I did not say this out loud or I would have received a stern lecture on language in the house.)

But, really, that little saying is fantastic and should be a basic tenet of  life. (Well, the arrow should probably be a metaphor, unless you're some sort of professional archer.)

What I mean is that we spend so much time wasting our efforts. We mosey around the gym, we half-ass the warm-up, we think "Oh, it's just a practice clean-and-jerk" or "This one doesn't really matter" and so we don't pay attention to what we are doing. And we do that in other parts of our lives too.

And that's our problem: We don't make every arrow count.

Imagine how crisp and clear your life could be if you didn't waste those practice shots.

• If you paid attention while you were in the moment.

• If you didn't waste effort mindlessly.

• If you made every arrow count.

• If you focused and honed in on what you were doing while you were doing it.

Focus. Breathe. Focus again. Lift.

Imagine what could be.

Listen, learn, absorb, do.

Make every arrow count.