Simplicity

Toshihiko Seko has a simple training program. It's so simple, he tells it in only twelve words. And yet with this plan, Toshihiko won the 1981 Boston Marathon and the 1983 Tokyo Marathon. This plan enabled him to outrun the world's greatest, fastest, and most gifted runners. What is his plan? Seko says, "I run ten kilometers in the morning and twenty in the evening." When Seko was told that his plan seemed too simple when compared to that of other marathoners, he replied, "The plan is simple. BUT I do it every single day, 365 days a year."

I believe people fail to reach their goals not because their plans are too simple, but because they aren't willing to follow their plans! Many goals do not require detailed plans. But they do require following the plan.

Making an A requires time spent in study instead of wathcing the soaps, comedies, detective shows, ten o'clock news, and late-night reruns on the night before the test. Playing the piano involves daily practice. Losing weight requires a daily program of exercise ans sensible eating.

Seko's plan was effective because he followed it everyday. Plans don't have to be complicated but they do have to be followed.