MOVE: February 28, 2014

Dream Big…..We’re with You!

Spoiler Summary: The inspiration of motivation - An appreciation of achievement is a celebration of effort

Think of something that you're really proud of.  Something that you've done in life that wasn't necessarily easy, but was totally worth the effort because to you it was a big deal. Maybe not a big deal by someone else's standard, but by YOUR standard, based on the situation you were in, it was.  Have you thought of something?  Remember, no accomplishment is too small - the only criteria is that it had enough of an impact that you were proud of the achievement....even if it took a while for you to realize exactly how much it meant.  Now replay that moment or series of events in your mind a time or two and try to remember as many details about it as you can - relive it.

Now, the harder part.....think a little deeper about the situation - what was it that kept you going when the inevitable obstacles popped up? What kept you focused long enough and with enough intensity to get you all the way to the accomplishment?  What was it that drove you? Maybe you wanted to prove someone wrong. Maybe you wanted to prove someone right.  Maybe you were just too stubborn to give up. Maybe your cause was just too important to let anything stop you....maybe you simply cared too much to allow yourself to give in.....so you didn't until you achieved.

We consider ourselves immensely fortunate that we get to witness and experience such achievements - to see the unbelievable and so often contagious happiness that moments of achievement carry with them. Yet - without the effort and trials and even the setbacks along the way, those moments might not be as powerful. Without the layer upon layer upon layer of hard work combined with the doubts, fears and insecurities the joy might not be as explosive.  Would your big-deal be as important to you without understanding how hard or complex or challenging it was to accomplish it?

In 2012 we decided to give this phase of the journey a name, to put a label on it so we could raise our awareness to it, recognize and even celebrate when our clients and friends were in the midst of it.  We called it "the pursuit" and began to refer to people as being "in pursuit" (or #InPursuit if you're a Facebook or Twitter user) when we saw that drive and passion coming to the surface.  Although locally we often work to help our athletes MOVE better or faster, being after an athletic achievement is not a requirement for being in pursuit.  There are many folks who we work with in the corporate or industrial setting for example who are equally in pursuit of their health, safety and prevention goals. We celebrate the pursuit for increased quality of life via better quality FUEL for the customer who stops in to buy lunch in the same way that we celebrate the pursuit of the Physical Therapy client who is working hard to RECOVER.  We honor the sacrifices made by the parents, caregivers, co-workers and friends who ENDURE the ups and downs, the triumphs and the setbacks that are so intertwined with the pursuit of big things and we embrace and hold in high esteem the community of doers who have taken an active approach in helping us to CONNECT the opportunities to make things better with the resources that can.

As I hope you've come to expect from us by now - we've got big plans that go along with our big dreams......and they include you.  You'll see more and more of the evidence of what really works (and if you ask....what really doesn't) while in pursuit. You'll hear more stories about individuals and groups who are in pursuit and how they solved the puzzles and trials along the way.  If you stop in at BaseCamp31 at the right moment, you'll smell and perhaps even get a taste of some of the exciting pursuits that we're after.

It is our sincere hope that despite the challenges and trials that have already popped up in 2014, your pursuit has you "all in".  If being a doer of amazing things was easy, everyone would do it.  It's not easy.....but when you're in pursuit, it's doable - and we're with you all the way.

Now go do something extraordinary,

Mike Eisenhart, PT

Managing Partner, Pro-Activity