Think about your life and what you have achieved so far. Whether it’s sports, school, career or relationships I am sure the first thing that you think of is something that means a lot to you. Did you toil and struggle to earn it, or was it an overnight success?
More than likely you worked away, committing time to it every day and balancing every decision you made on how it would effect the outcome of that goal. Was it difficult? Did you want to give up sometimes? How long did it take you to finally be able to celebrate?
I see scenarios so often in society, including at The Athlete Factory, where individuals get discouraged because their results don’t happen overnight. They eat clean for a day and are disappointed the next day when the scale hasn’t budged or they follow their program for a week and get discouraged because the small improvement they have made isn’t as large as they had imagined. The discouraged attitude starts to settle in and cools the intense passion that was once burning hot.
What you as the athlete, parent, coach, client, spouse (insert your role here) have to remember is that every day you will be faced with decisions that will either help or hinder your progress. Those decisions will be there, guaranteed! Choose to have a clear mind and do what it is right in getting you to where you want to be. It may take you some time, but remember that the greater the struggle, more often than not the better it feels!
