If you were to look at the world with such an attitude - then of course becoming world-class would be unappealing.
You can look at something as the hard stone-cold logical way that it seems to be - that if y then x...
If I practice loads and loads and loads then I become really really good at it.
Makes it sound terrible.
If instead you have the perspective of an artist. That your craft is beautiful and that you thoroughly enjoy doing it.... then you will see things differently.
When I wanted to get ripped I did think "Ok so I'll have to work-out 3-4 times a week and do this exercise and that exercise..."...
But what motivated me wasn't that...
It was that I enjoyed the burning in my muscles, that I enjoyed the way that hard work-outs allowed me to focus deeply on the moment (mindfulness)... that by training both my body and my mind I was able to push my body to new limits.
There's a certain feeling of mysticism I have about the way the body moves now. Like I am always so aware of where all the parts are, what they are feeling...
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