Nobody cares. Work harder.
Texas football coach Tom Herman stamps that motto on his program. Don’t tell us your problems–nobody cares. Want to get better, to win? Work harder.
It’s a great bumper sticker slogan. Works well on t-shirts and posters and weight room walls. If you’re an athlete griping about the length of practice or the difficulty of a workout, it’s true. Nobody cares. Your competitors are training. Want to succeed? Get to work.
I certainly don’t like excuses and I’m all for hard work. Sitting around waiting for results isn’t much of a strategy. But we have this sneaky tendency to confuse “work harder” with “work more.”
Want a better lifestyle? Work more. Want better grades? Work (study) more. Want to ride your bike better? Ride more miles.
Want better results from your prayers? Pray more.
Ever hear of the Law Of Diminishing Returns? At some point “more work” cannot produce more success, but it does create burnout, damaged relationships, and likely long-term failure.
Seth Godin says, “Almost nothing benefits from being the only thing we seek.” He’s right; turning work into a god is simply another form of idolatry. The work suffers; so do we.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” It’s a life principle, not a pretty platitude.
Sure, work hard. But know when it’s enough.
Oh, and the “pray more” thing? Talk to God. A lot. Listen some as well. More is better.
Not because the results will change, but because you will.
The FREEDOM TOUR team is training. One week until blast-off for the FRONT RANGE Tour, and it’s tempting to think we need to cram in more miles, more fundraising, more of whatever we haven’t done enough of yet. To them, to you, to me–let’s work hard and trust God for the results.
And let’s allow enough to be enough.