One of the funniest things about the human experience is that we have a list of 180+ cognitive biases. That means we’ve defined more than 180 ways in which we are illogical in our thinking, but think of the power of naming them!
If there was no name for the Planning Fallacy, for example, we as a species would just continue to underestimate the time it takes to accomplish things into perpetuity without an objective awareness of it. Once we notice it as a pattern, we tend to name it.
Naming things inherently lowers its power over us.
Maybe no one has had a larger impact over creative resistance than Steven Pressfield, the author of The War of Art. It will surprise you 0% that part of what makes his commentary on the creative process so powerful is that he names Resistance with a capital R to define the universal negative force that tries to impede the human creative process.
Him naming Resistance in his best selling book, hasn’t made it go away from he or I or you, but it does decrease its power over us simply by objectifying it. When we’re aware of a negative impacting force on us, we have choice. And, choice allows us to better metabolize it than ignorance.
When you experience something negative (albeit an external force or an emotion), try naming it. This objective, observational, meditative posture will certainly bring you power over it.
9/2/26 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 5 rounds of the following:
5 Bench Press
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
16 alt. DB Bench Press
15 DB Kick Backs
12 Body Saws
Complete the following for time:
16-12-8-4
OH Reverse Lunges (53/35)
4-8-12-16
Alt. Jumping Lunges
DEUCE Garage GPP
EMOM 8
1 Snatch Pull (Below-the-Knee) + 1 Hang Power Snatch (Below-the-Knee)
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
10/10/Max Inverted Rows
10 Rev Sled Flys
12 Seated DB Presses
Then, complete 2 rounds for time of:
4:00 Max Cal Assault Bike
-Rest 2 Min-
AMRAP 4
400m Run
Max Man Makers (45/25)
-Rest 4 Min-