Savvy by Michael Munsterman

Author:Michael Munsterman [Munsterman, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F.O.G. Publishing
Published: 2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00

Crossfit

Learn To Move The Weight

I enjoy being a member of the Crossfit community. Am I trying to win the Crossfit games? No way. Am I trying to compete at a high level, crushing everyone else in the box? Not at all. My goal is simply to push myself to a level of discomfort. My main objective is to keep myself at that level of discomfort, until I accomplish the WOD (Workout Of the Day). I mark that little check mark of victory at the end of every WOD, and then I go on about the rest of my day. Sometimes reminding myself of that victory as my day goes into the toilet, because you inevitably will have lots of those days that everything feels like it is derailing.

I gain power in my day by reminding myself in those moments, hey, I’ve already had a victory today. This isn’t any harder than what I went through this morning. Focus on what’s happening. Separate the problem. Tackle the goal and see it through to the end.

Using my Crossfit example, the weight typically is the problem. A typical WOD requires some heavy lifting. Here is an example of a WOD I have completed recently. It starts with overhead squats at 135 pounds, 20 times. The next move is to run 400 meters. Finally we end with doing some pull ups. Guess what we do next? You guessed it, we repeat the set! We end up doing this same routine for 5 rounds and a timed score. The times are posted for all to see at the gym.

That particular WOD was a challenge. The 135 pound weight inside of the overhead squat is the problem for me. The weight that I carry throughout the run is the problem. The weight that I’m pulling up over the bar is the problem. I have to recognize that I have three different problems in the course of action and it’s a pretty consistent fight to get through to the end goal. Do that five times and call it a day. What was my time? Next time I have the same problem, can I do it quicker?

Now, take that exact same analogy and apply it over to business. You have an unhappy customer. Someone is discontent with the product or service that you’ve offered or that your company has offered. The struggle from the Crossfit analogy applies perfectly in business.

What’s the weight in this situation? The weight is the customer’s unhappy. Where are you? You are in a miserable spot because whether customers want to believe it or not, theres not an entrepreneur in the world who goes through what we go through without caring about the customer. Moving the customer from a point of frustration to a place of satisfaction is the WOD. The same as a workout, the more times you do it, the easier it becomes and your time might even get better too!

I’ve had some customers imply that businesses just care about money and at the end of the money we’re done.

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