Why I Write This Blog

In Dave Tate's article Iron Evolution: Reflections Part 2 he touches upon something where he answers the question; "Biggest mental lesson from Westside?" A part of the answer to this question sums up why I started writing this blog and sharing the things that I learn.


"The next lesson, and this is related to the first, is that to be truly excellent, you have to make helping others become better than you your number one goal.

A lot of guys, even some of the guys at Westside, never truly bought into this. They'd pitch in and assist and give spots or whatever, but they never really relished in seeing someone else excel. And that should be goal number one.

Today I realize that's what greatness is built upon. It's like a circle – someone mentors you, you excel and mentor the next guy to be better than you, and the whole team wins.

It always stings a bit to see your name wiped off the board, but what some don't get is that your time to be number one may come again. If it doesn't, and you did your job, while you may not see your name when you look up at the board, you'll see all those you helped to get up there. And there should be pride in this."


That bit in bold: It's like a circle - someone mentors you, you excel and mentor the next guy to be better than you, and the whole team wins. I've been searching for a while for the best way to explain why I started this blog, I've even been asked in job interviews why; and I've always come up with a decent answer, but I think this is the perfect explanation and metaphor.

A circle, mentoring the next guy to be better than you. I've said this many times before; many people will not understand this, but if you open your mind and take a moment to really think about it you will understand. The aim is to teach people to avoid your mistakes, to avoid silly injury's and nutrition mistakes, mentoring them to avoid these things so they can excel; and yes, be better than you. That final bit: "And there should be pride in this." A very true sentiment; you should be proud to help others, and to help them become better than you. I am proud of helping you people out there, I am extremely proud to share what I know personally and what I discover so we can all enhance our knowledge, training mentality, experiences and our overall lifestyle.

I thoroughly enjoy writing this blog, I love training, I love mental training and most of all I am proud to be helping the people who take their time to read. So I would like to say thank you to all you people who read and share my words of wisdom, and I will keep on going with this because I love it and I am proud to do it.

Once again Thank You, and I would also like to thank Dave for sharing his wisdom that he has gained through pain and incredibly tough times. Remember you can follow Dave on Twitter; @UnderTheBar and you can follow me at @indie_is_king and @is_reehal.

Good Evening Readers, Much Love!