Stop trying to play the same broken game as everybody else, expecting a different result. It’s literally insanity.
“Conventional thinking = more is better.
Critical thinking = better is better.
Most people are playing the game of stockpiling more onto their plates falsely believing more is better.
More simply eats up bandwidth.
The real game is working intelligently to do less, better.”
-Ray Zingler on X
Less is more.
You’ve heard the phrase originally coined by architect Ludwig Miles van der Rohe, in some rendition, likely all your life.
And for good reason, because less done better, beats more done the same, 100 times out of 100.
And this is the exact problem plaguing many of our youth athletes today.
“If I want to be better, I have to do more.”
While that inside the box, conventional thinking isn’t entirely wrong, it does come with a catch.
You should rephrase the quote to something like this, “If I want to be better, I have to do the enough of the right things, better.”
Because here’s the deal:
More is not better.
Only better is better.
So, if you do more and there isn’t a tangible improvement that you can point to justify the “more”, all the “more” did was drain you of resources, time, & bandwidth.
You created a net negative for yourself.
A great example I try to share with people in the youth sports world is the detriments of “Showcase Culture” that everyone is obsessed with because they feel as if this is where they’ll be seen.
I understand, I do.
But do you know what happens when you go to every single showcase under the sun?
Showcases that many of the same coaches (might be, but highly doubtful) are at?
You’re simply “showcasing” the same outputs and potential you’ve already shown.
You’re not helping your case at all.
You’re wasting your time.
It’d be like running a 60-yard dash 20 times in a row.
You’re not getting any better after your 3rd attempt.
So, would it not make more sense to spend less time showcasing and more time training?
So this way you could actually “showcase” a better, evolved product?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, not to beat a dead horse, but to share the truth with people.
All this extra shit they push on you and your kids aren’t for the kids.
It does absolutely nothing to help them in any way.
In fact, it hurts them when you factor in the physical tolls and opportunity costs.
They push all this stuff solely for the adult dollars.
Don’t feed the wolf.
Feed your kids.
