Starting Your Self-Improvement Journey Part 1

Starting out with Self Improvement Part 1

As with any journey, starting, is most important part. The pursuit of self-improvement requires an investment of both energy and time, to make sure there is a start.

Have you observed how sprinters meticulously seat themselves into their starting blocks with ritual focus, wiggling their way into the perfect starting position? 

The starting block enables the sprinter to channel as much of their their energy as possible into the start of their race, which is crucial to the sprinter's moving from stationary, to maximum speed, as quickly as possible. 

There is a lot more to sprinting than the start, of course, but the reference here, is all about making a connection to starting out with self-improvement.

Starting out with self-improvement is closer to starting a sprint race, than an endurance race, although actual self-improvement is definitely not about quick fix. 

If you ever ran races as a child, you most likely did not use a starting block. You probably assumed a standing start, or crouched into a start position. You probably noticed some of your energy was not utilised in getting you moving forward as you slipped, or tentatively started out, ultimately preventing you unleashing your maximum potential.

As with sprinting, you can choose a starting block, or work with the flat bare track. 

Judging from the uptake by all the World's best sprinters, starting blocks deliver some great advantages over going without.

When starting out with self-improvement, just like starting a sprint race, the aim is for all of your energy to propel you in the intended direction only. No slips, no slides.

The starting block is only effective if adjusted to fit the physical dimensions of the sprinter if they are to provide the best start, reducing, or even removing the slipping and sliding, which can prevent you achieving your best start.

Once you have started running, the starting blocks are no longer needed, until the start of the next race.  

So what are these starting blocks in relation to self-improvement?

Acknowledging your current strategy cannot take you where you want to go, and that You, need to upgrade yourself, to be able to take you where you want to go.


Sprinters need their starting blocks adjusted to fit them perfectly for the greatest effectiveness. A little off, and the sprinter could false start, start poorly, or in the extreme, injure themselves trying to launch into their start. 


Starting your self-improvement is much the same.

What is your current strategy? Spend the time to honestly detail your approach right now. This will be a lot more challenging than than it may at first appear.

This is the true start of your self-improvement journey.

I look forward to you joining me for Part 2.