In a performance related field, what exactly does it mean when you aren't constantly trying to improve yourself? When you get complacent. When you start to find contentment.When you aren't practicing your craft. Even when you label/resign yourself to a certain mold.
It means you're getting worse. Maintenance is a scary concept.
When not careful, the mode of "maintenance" is easy to fall into. Trust me, I know.
You know, you could compare it with death. Our bodies need to find constant stimulation and nourishment from the environment. When we stop doing this (especially the basic necessity of eating) we die. When we lose the will to live, we die. Not feeding our passions is means for their death isnt it? Things become stagnant, harmful bacteria grows, and infections come into place. Life has to be preserved.
Thank you, Matt Schaub, quarterback of Houston's Texans football team for illustrating to me why exactly one must avoid contentment like the plague. Year after year, your "good enough" label has infected your performance and never have I seen you achieve the greater heights that are needed to match the excellence around you. Of course, there is always next year, will you approach the off-season properly? Will try to redefine yourself and try to become greater? Or will you sit like a chicken, staying alive and holding one purpose, and being a very good layer of eggs.
Football has taught me this very important lesson.
