In my final season of high school baseball, I spent a few months down at USC to work with a famous pitching coach named Tom House.
Tom House's claim to fame wasn't that he was a great pitcher, but that he was a brilliant pitching coach. In fact, he was so good that he coached the most famous pitcher of all time, Nolan Ryan.
After about 60 pitches in the bullpen (all of which he was dead silent) he turned to me and 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%."
How incredible is that? 80% of the days you wake up you are going to feel completely average and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. You will wake up average most of the time and that is just what's in the deck of cards.
Now even though that may seem like a pretty nasty reality, there's a big secret to this that really left me with a fantastic lesson. I hope it leaves you with a great lesson as well.
The secret is this...you get to choose how your day is going to go when you make the decision to rise to the challenge or to fall to pieces. That is completely up to you.
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...
They are made in those early mornings, those late evenings, and throughout the day as your are working hard when no one else is watching 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 are the one who knows 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.
Because when all of this is said and done, you'll either look back on your life knowing you gave it your best and there was nothing left on the table for you to do or you will live in regret.
And I'll be damned if I let the latter option happen in my life.
So decide that you are going to make the most of those 80% days and become a champion. Have the best year of your life.
Tom House's claim to fame wasn't that he was a great pitcher, but that he was a brilliant pitching coach. In fact, he was so good that he coached the most famous pitcher of all time, Nolan Ryan.
After about 60 pitches in the bullpen (all of which he was dead silent) he turned to me and 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%."
How incredible is that? 80% of the days you wake up you are going to feel completely average and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. You will wake up average most of the time and that is just what's in the deck of cards.
Now even though that may seem like a pretty nasty reality, there's a big secret to this that really left me with a fantastic lesson. I hope it leaves you with a great lesson as well.
The secret is this...you get to choose how your day is going to go when you make the decision to rise to the challenge or to fall to pieces. That is completely up to you.
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...
They are made in those early mornings, those late evenings, and throughout the day as your are working hard when no one else is watching 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 are the one who knows 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.
Because when all of this is said and done, you'll either look back on your life knowing you gave it your best and there was nothing left on the table for you to do or you will live in regret.
And I'll be damned if I let the latter option happen in my life.
So decide that you are going to make the most of those 80% days and become a champion. Have the best year of your life.
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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