Attacking this day with enthusiasm unknown to mankind

I have a love/hate relationship with Jim Harbaugh. He’s a hell of a football coach that almost led my 49ers to our first Super Bowl since 1994. He had a falling out with the organization and was ousted. He eventually took the job with Michigan and ended up beating my Washington Huskies last year in the national championship.

He’s a bit of an asshole. He rubs people the wrong way. He’s gotten caught cheating and he’s currently under fire for what he did last year with Connor Stallions. All that said, he’s a hell of a football coach and wins.

His sayings and antics corny are as corny as they are effective. I suspect that it works for him because that’s truly who he is. He lives and breathes what he says. He’s not someone to say something and then act differently behind closed doors.

I was listing to Harbaugh on one of my podcasts and one of his famous lines is “attack this day with enthusiasm unknown to mankind”. I didn’t really pay much attention to that in the past or know what it truly meant until listening to him speak about it on this podcast.

In short, he uses this phrase to encourage people to take control of their day. He never liked when people told him “have a great day”, because he wanted to take control and make it a good day. I loved that.

Listening to him speak about this corny saying made me realize that I have fallen a bit into a pattern of lethargy. My weekday pattern recently has been wake up, go to work, workout, go home, cook dinner, watch some TV and go to sleep. I live a good and happy life, but I had not been looking to make my day great.

In other words, I wasn’t attacking everyday with enthusiasm unknown to mankind. Perhaps the opposite actually. Every day on earth is a gift and I don’t know many days I have left. I might as well make every day the best I can when it comes to work, workouts, or fun.