The Dabbler vs The Operator

If two men with no experience playing the guitar wanted to learn Stairway to Heaven, who do you think would learn it first?

The man who dabbles, only picking up his guitar when he felt motivated?

Or the man who studies his charts, practises his chords, and picks up his guitar every day, regardless of how he feels?

The answer is obvious.

And that’s exactly why you’ve been struggling to stay in shape.

Not because you can’t play the guitar…

Because you’ve been operating as a dabbler.

You start hitting the gym again a few days each week.

You start making better decisions with your food.

You start prioritizing more steps each day.

And right when the momentum is just about to hit, you stop.

You tell yourself it’s because work got busy.

Or maybe a vacation threw off your groove.

Those, my dear friend, are the words of a dabbler.

You see, anyone who’s accomplished anything meaningful didn’t get there by dabbling.

They got there by going in.

Like, all the fucking way in.

Zuck. Bezos. Musk.

These men didn’t dabble.

They acted as operators on a mission.

And by the way, I’m not saying you need to bring SpaceX CEO level obsession to your health & fitness.

What I’m saying is you need to treat your health & fitness as something you actually give a shit about.

Like an operator.

Because those of us who do?

We secretly wish you would too.

Nothing beats the feeling of waking up every morning and seeing a physique in the mirror that you’re in complete control of.

Or the feeling of knowing you can grab any piece of clothing off the rack and wear it with complete confidence.

Or, most importantly, knowing that you’re adding quality years to your life that you get to spend with the people you love.

And sadly, these are things that very few men will ever get to experience.

Because the truth is, most men are dabblers, not operators.

That being said, a dabbler can become an operator at any moment he chooses.

If he’s prepared to fully let go the excuses he holds tightly.

If he’s prepared to keep going, even when he falters.

If he’s prepared to kill the dabbler within.

Which begs the question…

Are you a dabbler?

Or are you an operator?

— Coach RK