In my final season of baseball in high school, I took a few trips down to USC to attend pitching camps with a very famous coach named Tom House.
What made Tom House definitely wasn't his baseball career as a MLB pitcher, but rather the fact that he was the pitching coach of 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...
He said to me, "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%."
80% of the days you have you are going to feel average. That's right. Average. Nothing great about the day. Nothing crappy about the day. Just "meh."
That may seem like a pretty bitter realization about life, but there's a final piece to all of this that really makes the lesson worthwhile.
You are 100% in control of how your day goes from that first moment you wake up. Yes, you may wake up feeling average, but you get to choose whether you go up or down in the day.
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...
Even though those decisions don't have an audience, they are the foundations to your integrity as a human being. They may seem like small choices, but eventually they add up and make a huge impact on your life.
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's not the point. The point is this...
You know how much effort you are giving.
You know how much you put into something and what it really takes to get to where you want to go. If you know that, and you are willing to dedicate the time and make sacrifices, you can do anything with those 80% days and take advantage of what this life has to offer.
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.
That's really the only way to do it. Go big or go home.
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.
What made Tom House definitely wasn't his baseball career as a MLB pitcher, but rather the fact that he was the pitching coach of 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...
He said to me, "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%."
80% of the days you have you are going to feel average. That's right. Average. Nothing great about the day. Nothing crappy about the day. Just "meh."
That may seem like a pretty bitter realization about life, but there's a final piece to all of this that really makes the lesson worthwhile.
You are 100% in control of how your day goes from that first moment you wake up. Yes, you may wake up feeling average, but you get to choose whether you go up or down in the day.
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...
Even though those decisions don't have an audience, they are the foundations to your integrity as a human being. They may seem like small choices, but eventually they add up and make a huge impact on your life.
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's not the point. The point is this...
You know how much effort you are giving.
You know how much you put into something and what it really takes to get to where you want to go. If you know that, and you are willing to dedicate the time and make sacrifices, you can do anything with those 80% days and take advantage of what this life has to offer.
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.
That's really the only way to do it. Go big or go home.
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 these great Integrity Quotes http://thewordsofencouragement.com/integrity-meaning/ or these quotes on changing for life http://thewordsofencouragement.com/change-for-life/ to get some motivation to move forward!
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