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Today’s daily dose: Finish Strong
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The winners are those people who finish strongly. The ones who win on the athletics track are the ones who train for beyond the winning line. They don’t see the winning line and say – hey it’s just there I can ease up now, I’ll stop doing all I can and just coast a little – I deserve it…after all I’ve been leading this race from the beginning. Or if they do, they are beaten by the people who are prepared to go beyond the winning line before they consider stopping.
Train for beyond the winning line!
Take any of the team sports. The players don’t just train so they can play for the exact length of time they have to play their games. What would happen if they went into extra time and had nothing left in the tank…who is the team going to win if that is the case? You got it…the team of people who had trained so they could run the extra few minutes to clinch the game.
In your business ventures – do you go that extra distance? Do you put in the time you need to ensure you are a success or are you prone to coasting at the crucial moments?
How about your personal fitness goals. Do you do all that you can? Or are you tempted to coast a little on the distance, the weights and the intensity of the workouts. Who are you cheating? Yes – you are cheating yourself by not doing all that you can.
Go that little bit further today. Stretch yourself and finish strong.
“One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people’s expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about it.”
“I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for – getting paid for doing what you love.”
From early childhood I dreamed of being the world’s best golfer. I worked hard and applied my family’s values to everything I did. Integrity, honesty, discipline, responsibility and fun; I learned these values at home and in school, each one pushing me further toward my dream.
One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people’s expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about it.
A professor at the University of Wales grilled ten top athletes in order to come up with a definition of mental toughness.
By pinning this down so precisely…he also produced a blueprint for the elite businessman or woman.
Here it is…
1) You have to have unshakeable self-belief.
2) You bounce back from setbacks with increased determination to succeed.
3) You know that you are better than your opponents.
4) Your desire for success is overpowering.
5) You are fully focused on the task in hand.
6) You regain psychological control after unexpected events.
7) You ignore others’ performances and focus on your own.
8) You thrive on the pressure of competition.
9) You can block out personal problems.
10) You can switch your professional focus on and off.
Now…I don’t know about you..but isn’t this a fantastic blueprint (with a few changes in wording, of courses) for living an ‘elite’ life?
It certainly got me looking at how I deal with things both in a business and personal sense.
When commissioning cartoons… Pick TWO of the three options!
Good+Fast = Expensive Choose this and I’ll postpone every other project on my drawing board, my round of golf or give up my footy match ticket and work day and night to get your job done. It WILL NOT BE CHEAP though!
Good+Cheap = Slow Choose good and cheap and I’ll still do a great job at a discounted price. But you’ll have to be patient while I fit you in after my higher paying clients, updating my web site, going down the gym, my footy matches, rounds of golf and liquid lunches!
Fast+Cheap = Inferior Choose this option at your peril. It will still be delivered on time but it will be inferior, as many corners as possible will be cut. You know the saying ‘You get what you pay for!’ The least favorable option in my opinion!
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