Comments on: Mountains http://guidedbywire.com/2010/01/mountains/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:02:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jason http://guidedbywire.com/2010/01/mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-34 jason Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:57:04 +0000 http://guidedbywire.com/?p=15#comment-34 If you could drive to the top of the mountain, all sorts of people would be there with their fanny packs and their diet Cokes and it wouldn't be special at all. And yes, it's the whole process of getting to the top that really makes the top so incredible. If you could drive to the top of the mountain, all sorts of people would be there with their fanny packs and their diet Cokes and it wouldn’t be special at all. And yes, it’s the whole process of getting to the top that really makes the top so incredible.

]]> By: Collin http://guidedbywire.com/2010/01/mountains/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Collin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:32:11 +0000 http://guidedbywire.com/?p=15#comment-33 Excellent post. Focusing on the process and not the product can keep you sane and keep you going. I have come to rely on this a lot recently. It is interesting that you mention this in a mountain climbing metaphor. I have found it useful in all sorts of endeavors, but I first started to lean on this practice when I was literally climbing mountains. There were so many times when the summit just looked too tall, the climb looked too steep, and my body was too exhausted to make it. But if I could block all of that out, I could always find what I needed to take one more step and to grasp one more handhold. Before long, all of those "one mores" would add up and I would reach the top. The trick for me is trying to balance a big picture view with the detail work of executing the process. It can inspire me and keep me from getting lost to pause and remind myself both of my end goal and my current progress before putting my nose back to the grindstone. Excellent post. Focusing on the process and not the product can keep you sane and keep you going. I have come to rely on this a lot recently.

It is interesting that you mention this in a mountain climbing metaphor. I have found it useful in all sorts of endeavors, but I first started to lean on this practice when I was literally climbing mountains. There were so many times when the summit just looked too tall, the climb looked too steep, and my body was too exhausted to make it. But if I could block all of that out, I could always find what I needed to take one more step and to grasp one more handhold. Before long, all of those “one mores” would add up and I would reach the top.

The trick for me is trying to balance a big picture view with the detail work of executing the process. It can inspire me and keep me from getting lost to pause and remind myself both of my end goal and my current progress before putting my nose back to the grindstone.

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