When I was in my final season of baseball in high school, I took a few trips down to University Of Southern California to learn from a very famous pitching coach named Tom House.
What made Tom so famous wasn't his own career in the MLB as a pitcher, but the fact that he was Nolan Ryan's (the most famous pitcher of all time) pitching coach.
After a dead silent bullpen session that lasted about 60-80 pitches, Tom looked over at me and said words that I would never forget...and will probably never forget for the rest of my life.
He said, "Evan. 10% of the time you are going to be amazing, 10% of the time you are going to suck worse than imaginable, and 80% of the time you are going to be just average.
Champions are made in that 80%."
Isn't that amazing? Isn't it amazing that about 80% of your days you are going to feel completely average. Nothing special about the day. No incredible feeling in your body. Just the feeling of being average.
That may seem like a pretty bitter realization about life, but there's a final piece to all of this that really makes the lesson worthwhile.
You are 100% in control of how your day goes from that first moment you wake up. Yes, you may wake up feeling average, but you get to choose whether you go up or down in the day.
The choice is yours. But you have to set an intention for the day. You have to be willing to do what is hard...especially when you aren't feeling up for it. Because that's where the champions are made...
Those decisions are made when no one is watching and are truly a full representation of your integrity and who you are as a person. Even though those small decisions don't have an audience, they are the ones that will make or break you.
Most of the time you will spend hours and hours working your butt off and no one will ever see you put the time and effort in.
But that truly is the nature of the beast. The point is this...
You know how much effort you are giving.
If you understand that everything in your life truly comes down to who you are on the inside and what you are willing to give to see your dreams through, you can accomplish anything. You can become something great and do great things if you are willing to make the sacrifices.
I think that making it to the end of the road in life and knowing that you gave it your all would lead to a lot of very big smiles in your final moments.
That's the only way to do it. Go big.
So decide that you're going to have the best year of your life and make the most of those 80% days.
What made Tom so famous wasn't his own career in the MLB as a pitcher, but the fact that he was Nolan Ryan's (the most famous pitcher of all time) pitching coach.
After a dead silent bullpen session that lasted about 60-80 pitches, Tom looked over at me and said words that I would never forget...and will probably never forget for the rest of my life.
He said, "Evan. 10% of the time you are going to be amazing, 10% of the time you are going to suck worse than imaginable, and 80% of the time you are going to be just average.
Champions are made in that 80%."
Isn't that amazing? Isn't it amazing that about 80% of your days you are going to feel completely average. Nothing special about the day. No incredible feeling in your body. Just the feeling of being average.
That may seem like a pretty bitter realization about life, but there's a final piece to all of this that really makes the lesson worthwhile.
You are 100% in control of how your day goes from that first moment you wake up. Yes, you may wake up feeling average, but you get to choose whether you go up or down in the day.
The choice is yours. But you have to set an intention for the day. You have to be willing to do what is hard...especially when you aren't feeling up for it. Because that's where the champions are made...
Those decisions are made when no one is watching and are truly a full representation of your integrity and who you are as a person. Even though those small decisions don't have an audience, they are the ones that will make or break you.
Most of the time you will spend hours and hours working your butt off and no one will ever see you put the time and effort in.
But that truly is the nature of the beast. The point is this...
You know how much effort you are giving.
If you understand that everything in your life truly comes down to who you are on the inside and what you are willing to give to see your dreams through, you can accomplish anything. You can become something great and do great things if you are willing to make the sacrifices.
I think that making it to the end of the road in life and knowing that you gave it your all would lead to a lot of very big smiles in your final moments.
That's the only way to do it. Go big.
So decide that you're going to have the best year of your life and make the most of those 80% days.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into this article called The Meaning Of Integrity or these quotes on Changing For Life to get some motivation to move forward!
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