Milo from Croton small town in Southern Italy, in 6th century BC was an Olympic winner six times in a row. He had also won prestigious athletic titles, including 32 wrestling competitions and achiever military triumph. Now let’s look at the main lessons of his training and improvements.
Acquiring any new skill starts with very small steps
If your expectations are too high when you undertake a new challenge, you will be greatly disappointed and give up sooner or later
- Manage your expectations and keep the long-term view in mind
- Long-term thinking means planning the great results to come in years, not months or weeks
Progress is never linear
You have to keep your plan lean and agile
- Adapt to the feedback you get from your body and your environment
- Stay flexible without any fixed ideas
- The Universe is a change
- Find new ways to improve when you reach a plateau or face a setback
In the end, make sure you never give up
Emotions are the fuel that drives people forward
- You need a strong emotional reason why you want to achieve something
- When you find your why, you don’t have a problem with motivation
- Feel that you were born to do something
Milo knew that consistency is key
Hard work beats talent every time
- You have to persistently follow a carefully orchestrated process that leads you to your big vision
- Consistency and never giving up, while staying flexible are the key to everything
- The more adversity you face, the more determined you must become
Make sure you combine consistency with progressive overload and interleaved practice
Practicing something with the same amount of effort and in pretty much the same way sooner or later becomes easy.
- With that kind of consistency, your comfort zone stretches and when that happens it’s time to put more effort on your shoulders.
