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Passion: Articles that deal with the inner drive that we all need to want to MOVE from where we currently are to where we dream to be.
Preparation: These posts reference articles, books, documentaries, speakers, quotes, and other inspirational and formative ideas that I have found that helped me and the people around me.
Practice: Articles in this category have a heavy sports and performance training lean.
Performance: These articles focus on how you go about your work. From networking to communications to finding a better way to do what you do.
Perseverance: Articles in this category speak to the mechanics that we go through both mentally and physically to stay on track and not get STUCK.
Control What You Control
Do me a favor. Think about the best person in your given field. See them do their work. Notice how it seems like it’s easy, like it’s second nature for them to do this task. When you watch them, you think to yourself, “I’ll never be able to do that.” What you did was measure them, through your personal lenses and your ability to do the same task.
The Path of the Elite Performer
All of the things that happen in your life count. They can alter your course. They can either push you farther or divert you from where you thought you wanted to go. For some, these changes in course can mean that they lose track of their dreams and goals. They go off on tangents that put them in a world that they never could have imagined being in.
Read more for three steps to become who you want to be.
Deserve vs Earn
In one of my stops in coaching, I ran into a “defining moment”. A defining moment is one of those where you get to see firsthand the difference between two similar words.
I had been coaching for a while when a situation in the athletic department arose. A long-time head coach was moving up to an administration position within the athletic department. This left an opening. The three candidates were brought to interview for the head coaching opening. I was part of the hiring committee because I dealt with this sport and the players.
Passion
To be the best, one cannot just “hope” to be better. Being better isn’t just about the time that you commit to your time in the office. It’s not about what you have done in your past. It’s now about all the information you have acquired. Being the best, becoming successful, living out your life’s dreams begins with the hardest part of being an Elite Performer. Having an unquenchable PASSION!