Ask any pro athlete and they will tell you that the mental part of the game is huge. Any successful millionaire, etc. same thing.
Looking back through my years with clarity and honesty....I must say I've not had a winning mindset. I got along and that was it for the most part. Things that I had passion for I put special attention into but that was it.
When I was a kid in school I recall standing on the sports field during a game and seeing the kids up front furiously fighting over the ball. I wondered why I didn't get to play much but the answer should have been obvious...I stayed to the back of the field and waited for the ball to come to me. I stood there just hoping...wishing it would come to me....but it rarely did. I felt lonely and frustrated.
I have a challenge with something so very important in my life...my battle with self destruction with alcohol. Over the years I've been saying things to myself like "I hope I do ok this weekend". etc. feeling like I'm not completely in control....mentally wringing my hands in dispair just trying to squeak by somehow. We'll that's crap. I'm sick of just squeaking by. I want to win.
in fact I don't want to just win, I want to dominate!
I don't want to just win this fight...I'm going for a first round knockout.
I don't want to just finish this race....I want to break the tape at the finishing line...look back and notice I can't even see who's in 2nd place because they are so far behind.
I want to break my own "world record" ....then immediately break it again.
if I can be strong enough to mod someday then fine...if not that's also fine. It's not changing this game...I have to win, and I want to.
My mindset is changing. I can feel it. It's starting to take form.
Looking back through my years with clarity and honesty....I must say I've not had a winning mindset. I got along and that was it for the most part. Things that I had passion for I put special attention into but that was it.
When I was a kid in school I recall standing on the sports field during a game and seeing the kids up front furiously fighting over the ball. I wondered why I didn't get to play much but the answer should have been obvious...I stayed to the back of the field and waited for the ball to come to me. I stood there just hoping...wishing it would come to me....but it rarely did. I felt lonely and frustrated.
I have a challenge with something so very important in my life...my battle with self destruction with alcohol. Over the years I've been saying things to myself like "I hope I do ok this weekend". etc. feeling like I'm not completely in control....mentally wringing my hands in dispair just trying to squeak by somehow. We'll that's crap. I'm sick of just squeaking by. I want to win.
in fact I don't want to just win, I want to dominate!
I don't want to just win this fight...I'm going for a first round knockout.
I don't want to just finish this race....I want to break the tape at the finishing line...look back and notice I can't even see who's in 2nd place because they are so far behind.
I want to break my own "world record" ....then immediately break it again.
if I can be strong enough to mod someday then fine...if not that's also fine. It's not changing this game...I have to win, and I want to.
My mindset is changing. I can feel it. It's starting to take form.
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