In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he’s tired. Everyone is. That’s not the point. The point is to run.
— Seth Godin
We all have our own races. Today we tested students for some advanced belts and each of them had to learn how to put the “tired” away for later. How we run the race and our determination to finish strong can be learned and practiced. Our students are learning and practicing.