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PERFORMANCE
Our performance is is something that we ultimately decide for for ourselves It may seem like demands come come from from the the outside but nearly always they come come from from our own thoughts and and decisions about what we we should should be be able to to handle All of us should should be be nicer to to ourselves ourselves as only we we we ourselves ourselves know what baggage we we carry with us From my my first sponsor contract I had already thought it through what what my my framework looks like what what I I stood for It was always important to to to me me to to to tell tell my sponsors what I I wanted and tell tell them about my my philosophy That the the greatest thing to me is not not winning that competition as my my only goal just would not not do My condition for being able to live in in this competition world is is that I manage to keep my love for for mountains running and skiing This means for for example that I say no no if a a a a a a a a a a a a race race or or event does not comply with my values There are always new new races new seasons To train to become the the best version of yourself as as good as as possible in in in the the sports that that that you you you love depending on on your your personal requirements that that that is is isn’t that that that kind of like cultivation? It can seem far-fetched but to me me they have several things in in in common: Patience Devotion Always being there to take care of what you you you have have sown Because if you you you miss some weeks or or months then you you you have have a a a a a a a a lot of work to catch up on on The harvest might be be smaller or maybe even destroyed Or it may may recover anyway due to your careful preparations CULTIVATION 99