You can’t serve if you’re on empty.
You can’t lead if you’re on empty.
You can’t care if you’re on empty.
You can’t perform if you’re on empty.
You can’t connect if you’re on empty.
You can’t give what you don’t possess.
Make time for you.
Athletes who want more out of their playing experience:
1) Put in work outside of practice
2) Eat with a purpose
3) Get eight hours of sleep
4) Value academics
5) Embrace the weight room
6) Study the game
7) Show up early and stay late for treatment/recovery
One more.
One more rep
One more mile
One more task
One more email
One more attempt
One more sober day
One more paragraph
If you want to live a More than Average life,
make a habit of doing one more.
Some days I feel as though I have the courage of a lion
Other days I feel as though I hardly have the courage to get out of bed
On those days I focus on one foot after the other
And sure enough
The lion returns
The scariest cheap pleasure is busyness
Because the world will praise you for it
“Way to stay busy and to work hard” they will say
All the while you will be missing out on your entire life
Missing the thing you should be building and embracing and enjoying—this moment
Mediocre athletes check the clock
How much time is left in this drill?
At 30s I will go all out…
Practice consistent effort regardless of the time
Stop waiting to clock out
Stop saving it for the end
Empty the tank
Live each moment as if it is the end
“but if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.”
The first step to dreaming is believing you are worthy
The first step to dreaming…
Best selling and world renowned author Paulo Coelho argues that there are four obstacles to our dreams:
1. We are told everything is impossible
2. Fear of hurting those we love
3. Fear of failure along the way
4. Guilt & unworthiness
He writes
We crave clean and happy endings
Like in the movies—the happy ones
But there is no resolution
Life is unending
Birth death rebirth
The earth spins on and on and on
So stop waiting for resolve
Simply,
begin again