Load management

There’s a thing in basketball where players will sit out trying to ride the season out to be ready for the playoffs. Preserving their bodies for competitive advantage down the stretch.

Except when you look at the greats like Michael Jordan, he played all 9 times.

I have no idea what it takes to be a professional athlete. So, this isn’t a knock on players. But the prevailing wisdom in this era of basketball is that fewer miles now means more miles later. (Preserving tread on the tire.) And I am not sure that is how we should play our cards.

Funny, I did the same with video games growing up, hoarding resources and thinking I needed them for the final boss. This is obviously different from a professional athlete. The point I am trying to make is that we tend to hoard what we have at the moment for fear of being caught in the future. We don’t want to be in that position. As a result, we play it safe today. We play with caution. But we have no idea what tomorrow looks like. However, we struggle to imagine that we could be in a better position because the “worst case scenario” is easier to play out in our heads.