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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.
What Makes the Impossible… Impossible?
What makes the impossible … impossible? Don’t make it hard … the answer is simple. Something is impossible because nobody has done it … yet. When someone does the “impossible” then it becomes possible and eventually, it will become routine.
It’s Roger Bannister running a sub-Four Minute Mile. When he accomplished that in 1954, no one had achieved that feat. He made the impossible … possible. Let’s jump ahead … during the 2021-2022 collegiate track season, 82 student-athletes in the NCAA, ran a sub-four-minute mile. (The men’s record for the mile run has 3:43.13 – Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco).
The next “impossible” feat accomplished will be when the first woman runs a sub-four-minute mile. Right now, the fastest mile run by a woman is 4:12.33, run by Dutch runner Sifan Hassan, born in Ethiopia. This means that she would have to take three seconds off each lap … that’s a lot. But it’s only impossible because no had done it … yet.
Never Be Satisfied
Being satisfied. I think this is one of the hardest things I have had to deal with during my coaching career and the single biggest issue that I confront daily as a motivational professional.
I know that everyone has the right to be who they want to be. Everyone has their own idea of what success looks like. But what happens when you sell yourself short? The great artist and sculptor, Michaelangelo once said, “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting out aim too high and falling short, but setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.”
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!