Treat Your Career Like a Triathlon: 11 Productivity Lessons from Endurance Athletes

Endurance athletes train for months, if not years, to prepare for their events, often sacrificing time with family and friends, and pushing their bodies to the limit. Despite this, they thrive on their training schedules, finding ways to boost their brainpower through exercise, connecting their training to a deeper purpose, measuring their results, holding themselves accountable, optimizing work conditions to maximize efficiency, prioritizing self-care, taking off-seasons to prevent burnout, and getting fit for the long term. These strategies can be applied to professional life, enabling individuals to improve their productivity, performance, and overall well-being.