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Understanding the Q Model

We all ask questions– what, where, who, how, why, etc.  We know this.  What we don’t always recognize is that we also pose a fundamental question behind the questions.  This is one reason that five people can consider the same situation considering the (mostly) same variables and generate five distinct solutions.  Some of these people will wonder why the others don’t see what they see.  The Q Model helps explain why that is.

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Defining a Long Term Plan

I was asked recently how I stay motivated to train followed with the question of whether I have a year long plan.  My immediate response to the query was overly complicated and unhelpful Alicia-ese.  I said “…that I’m committed to life long fitness balanced against continual performance optimization. I create shorter term goals that play off of my personality characteristics to motivate me to achieve these ends.”  Super.  How about I try and write something that makes some sense to people who speak English?

The simplistic answer is yes, I do have a year long plan, but that doesn’t even begin to answer the first question about staying motivated nor does it tell you where my year long plan comes from.

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