I've seen lives transformed by indoor cycling. It's such a simple thing, and yet it has such tremendous power to change lives for the better. Including my own. Getting ahead in life and work often pulls on those lessons learned in the saddle.

Measure stuff
Taking metrics is important. The way we feel is so subjective - we may not feel we're getting fitter, even when we are. And that's why you need metrics. Is your recovery rate going down? Your jeans size? Your resting heart rate? Your blood pressure? How about your functional threshold power - is it going up? How about your maximum climbing gear?