{"id":363,"date":"2016-10-25T16:13:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/?p=363"},"modified":"2016-10-25T16:13:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:13:50","slug":"catch-up-or-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/2016\/10\/25\/catch-up-or-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Catch up or play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey boss~<\/p>\n<p>How are you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Life is a marathon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So, here is the question. If you were running a 10k and were 1k behind everyone else, would you run harder to try to catch up or would you stop to play hop scotch?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Well, I guess it depends on a few things:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong> Are you tired?<\/strong> If you are tired of running, you may want to stop and rest a bit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Are you young or old?\u00a0<\/strong>If you are older, you may want to take a rest. If you are younger, you may want to catch up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Are you competitive?\u00a0<\/strong>If you are competitive and want to be your best, you should try to catch up. You may also want to try to win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Finishing is not always enough<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If you are running this marathon because you are improving your lifestyle, and it is a challenge, then finishing is a great thing. Good for you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">But if you are a seasoned runner, <strong>if you have finished other races,<\/strong> then just finishing is not enough. <strong>You need to catch up<\/strong>. <strong>You need to not play hop scotch<\/strong>. You need to make that effort to at least finish with the pack.<strong> You don&#8217;t want to<\/strong> <strong>finish 1k behind the pack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Reward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The reward is pride of achievement. The good feeling you have being good at something. I can&#8217;t think of a better feeling than going from behind to being at the finish line even a bit ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Respect is another reward of catching up. When you catch up, the crowd really roars. <strong>You are an exceptional person when you go from last place to finishing with the pack.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Be exceptional.\u00a0<\/strong>You will be a better person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Yeah!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Smile for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Lisa Y. coaching<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">www.facebook.com\/lisaylifecoach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey boss~ How are you? Life is a marathon So, here is the question. If you were running a 10k and were 1k behind everyone else, would you run harder to try to catch up or would you stop to play hop scotch? Well, I guess it depends on a few things: Are you tired? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/2016\/10\/25\/catch-up-or-play\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Catch up or play<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":655,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[161,160,159],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-be-exceptional","tag-catch-up-if-behind","tag-life-is-a-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctacoaches.com\/lisay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}