Category: anti-motivation

The Envious Athlete.

Their squash is better than your squash because they’re playing right now and you’re just watching.

Envying the other players skills, fitness or opportunity should inspire you towards optimal training.

Envying the opponents kill shots should inspire one to practice our own kill shots.

Envy is the symbol of a loser who probably won’t work towards becoming a success.

The truest mark of being born with great qualities is expressed in optimal training.

The envious athlete grows leaner with each success of the opposition.

Envy implies self recognition of ones inferiority at something, thus should lead towards superior training.

Happiness and envy can be barriers to improvement. Too happy with a component of ones athleticism leads towards stagnation or deterioration. Too envious about anothers athletic component leads towards loss of agency.

The envious athlete dies not once, but every time their opponents win applause.

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Nicks at Mach Speed.

air craft during day time

Spectators observe what the athlete appears to be, few experience genuine athleticism.

It is better to train and compete than not to train and thus regret competing.

Technique and fitness combine in athleticism, however if we must choose between them, choose fitness for that is the healthier option.

If an opponent injures you and you can’t continue competition, take the win, if you can’t continue your athletic career, hand the matter to insurance or a legal team.

Spectators judge the athletes competitive performance, not the athletes training.

The fastest athlete can be decieved and be disadvantaged by their speed, the skillful athlete can become tired and loose their accuracy, thus an athlete must be able to recognise and overcome the strengths of the opposition.

The wise athlete chooses the higher value option between…

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Proverbs of Squash : 26 Top Spinning Backhand Drops.

Like perpetually subsidising fossil fuel technology,

Honour does not befit the stupid athlete.

Just as a street skater has reason to flee and

a scooter to fly higher,

So a curse does not come

without a real reason.

Whip the rudely dismissive, highlight

the ambiguity of dissemblers,

and anonymity safeguards the whistleblower.

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