What's the importance of training?  How necessary is it really?  (Please tell me you know those are rhetorical questions.)  Here's two scenarios for us to consider about the necessity of training: 1) I am guilty of being in a hurry and forsaking training up the child in the way she should go (as it relates to life skills) in favor of just getting it done. Small view it gets done quickly and correctly (which is my way of course). But large view is I do a disservice to my girls who need to know how to do those things as well - and why we do them. If I never slow down and operate in the large view mindset, my children are going to grow up to be really awful roommates - not knowing how to clean anything, do dishes, do laundry, etc.  2) I had a boss who wanted to delegate some tasks to me but wouldn't take the time to train me. He felt he was too busy. I kept reminding him that if he took the large view and took the time to train me he wouldn't regret...

Today's training is about our brains. And it's not new training, per se, but retraining. A lot of us have brains that need to be exercised in new ways. A retraining is in order, we've fallen into thinking patterns that have turned into actions that need to be changed. Check out this article I found, Retrain Your Brain—And Break Free From The Patterns That Are Holding You Back.   So take time today to consider how you might need to retrain your brain so that you can be successful in whatever you do!

The whole purpose of training is the space and time to learn and make mistakes. Mistakes are important because they help us learn. We have to be allowed to make mistakes and we have to allow others to make them.  Training isn't just for things like jobs or sports. Life takes training. And we have to allow for mistakes to be made.  Here's a couple of articles that talk about the importance of mistakes being made in training: The Best Way to Train Employees Is to Let Them Make Mistakes 9 Crucial Life Skills to Teach Your Child 12 Basic Life Skills Every Kid Should Know by High School

Last year my hub trained for his first full marathon. He's done a couple of halves but last September was his first full. (And no, those are not his shoes and my shoes above!) He trained for 16 weeks before running the marathon. This time of training was serious. I almost think running the marathon is easier than the training! The time of training consumed his time, in varying lengths, and he got pretty tired of the schedule. But he had a goal so he pushed through the weariness of the training and kept on. He's a better person than I am. He's got more self-discipline and stick-with-it than I do or will ever have. So today, in honor of my rockstar training hub, #TrainingTuesday is about endurance. One important tip for endurance is find the right training plan. If the plan isn't right for you then chances are good you are going to give up. Read about finding the right plan and four other tips to help you stick with your training by clicking here . Another key to...