Preparation Flashcards
Usain Bolt. Won 9 gold medals. Every time that guy stepped on the track, you just knew he was going to leave everyone in the dust for the 100m. Ran for 115 secs total. Made $119 million. More than $1 million per second.
What’s the message?
He trained 20 yrs for those 2 mins. He wasn’t born running fast. He trained and trained and trained.
Practise must be at the centre of my life.
Successful people don’t practise more, don’t practise harder, don’t have more discipline, aren’t born bigger or stronger, aren’t more talented in any way.
What do they have that’s different?
A completely different relationship to practise. The best in the world love practise. We show up for it enthusiastically. Practise IS the big game.
Why must I attempt to fail more than everybody else?
It means I’m trying harder than anyone else.
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The whole entire time you’re working toward this declaration, it looks like it isn’t going to happen.
But I’ve done it 4 times, and it happens every time. Even when it seems completely impossible, that it can’t happen, it happens.
Why is there no competition for the best?
Because no one else works that hard.
What type of practise will I be engaging in?
Deliberate practise. Practise outside my comfort zone, meaning it will be a struggle.
I don’t have control over how the process evolves (my long journey becoming the best). But what do I have control over?
I have control over my commitment to my journey.
Define being vulnerable in practise?
An openness and willingness to be hurt and to learn.
What’s incredibly powerful about removing things I’m comfortable with and distract me?
Saying no to distracting that don’t line up with me Being the best creates an enjoyable and powerful feeling.
Why are the most successful marriages the ones where the people are committed to a life long relationship?
They know they’re never leaving, and so they live from that truth. No Plan B. Closing all doors, shutting down every exit holds me a huge amount of power.
What’s the dif b/w a fan and a player?
A fan would run up to an Ronaldo and get a pic, selfie, autograph.
A player is a peer of Ronaldo. He shakes his hand, treats with respect and trains alongside him. Ronaldo then wants a picture with him.
People complain about this and that. Players?
I don’t have time to complain. I have time to train and time to perform.
What is “Flip your struggle; flip your story.”?
Change how I view my struggle. Instead of protecting myself from it, let it be rocket fuel. Let it be what drives me. Share the story in service of others
Why is “How?” a losing question?
When asked, one looks for a way out; one says they can’t do it; that they don’t want to do it. One looks for an excuse.
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It’s not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles and could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, of he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
