Phelps’ amazing .01 of a second win in the Olympics stresses an extremely important lesson if we choose to learn from it. Winning in life is about the .01 second difference. Sports is the perfect learning ground to study if you want to win in life. It is about perseverance. It is about discipline. It is about perfecting your art, your sport, your life. It is about sacrifice. Winning doesn’t come by chance or luck. Winning comes from digging it out every single day, whether you feel like it or not, doing things that average and ordinary people won’t do. And, as Phelps taught us, it is about being willing to take that last stroke, that last ditch, gut wrenching effort while others glide home. That same kind of effort can set you apart. Are you willing to read and listen to self-improvement books and cd’s while others listen to music? Are you willing to sit down and write out your goals while others won’t? Are you willing to practice your craft, work until the job gets done no matter how late or how long? It’s one more stroke, a photo finish, a fraction of a second that separates us from making history. Are you willing to make that extra call that you’ve been putting off instead of leaving leads ‘out there’ so you believe you have business waiting or are you willing to create more? Are you willing to take the time with your little ones at the end of a long and stressful day when they look at you with those big eyes and say “Mommy/Daddy, do you want to play?” It’s the perfected putts all through the game that separate the winner from the losers by one stroke difference in the end. It’s the extra effort given at the end of the race that allows you to accomplish those .01 second finishes and turn an average and ordinary life into an extraordinary one. Make the extra effort. It’s worth it.
To Your Success!
Tracy
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