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Monday, April 7, 2014

How's Your Paceline? Assess Your Skills at Reproducing Yourself in Others

Have you ever watched as cyclists formed a paceline riding close behind one another so the group could travel faster and more efficiently than any one rider could alone?  This happens in other sports as well, like automobile racing, running, and even swimming.

Consider the following steps. 

STEP 1:  Stopping the Solo Ride (You Can Be More Effective as a Team)
STEP 2:  Finding the Best to Ride With You (Especially Those More Gifted Than You)
STEP 3:  Allowing Other Riders to Draft (Take the Hardships So Your Team Can Grow)
STEP 4:  Telling Them When to Move Up Front (Teach Them the Art, Science & Timing)
STEP 5:  Falling Just Behind Them and Cheering Them On (Your Affirmation Matters a Lot)
STEP 6:  Celebrating at the Finish (Don't Get Too Busy to Celebrate)
STEP 7:  Letting a New Lead Rider Continue the Cycle (That's Multiplication)
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STEP 8:  Moving to the Next Track to Do It Again (That's Great!)

Perhaps it seems so obvious, but look again.  Which steps are you missing?  What do you need to change?  What needs to happen so you can intentionally form your paceline in order to travel farther, faster, and more efficiently than you ever could have on your own?

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