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What does it take to have a mindset of a champion?
Great achievers have a vision that they will succeed and sometimes even see the steps leading to their success. So, in my opinion, what makes a champion, and I mean a champion in the broadest sense, is a champion mindset. And, if you have done something great in one field, you are more able to do it in another. Your champion mindset is the transferable commodity and not the skill itself. It is our mindsets which ultimately limit our expectations of ourselves and which circumscribe our boundaries. It is our mindsets which determine whether or not we have the courage to challenge others and to expand our horizons.”
Dr. Allen Snyder, Director, Centre for the Mind
I grew up in a broken home. Big deal, who didn’t, right? So where I really grew up and acquired most of my character traits was in the locker room and playing fields of high school and collegiate sports.
In retrospect, twenty years later, those sports weren’t just games; they were platforms where I put myself in challenging positions in order to test my limits. And then push beyond those limits once I recognized those limits were self imposed.
This is called growth.
This is life.
This is what we signed up for.
As I look back, I realize that my biggest personal successes came when I surrounded myself with winners. People who wanted to push themselves as hard as I did and compete. People who wanted to become better tomorrow than they were today.
In fact, just sitting here thinking about it makes my soul hungry for more. Not in a reminiscing ‘glory days’ type of way but in a more profound way…it makes me crave being a leader. It makes me want to be part of a team of people who want to be champions.
People who want to write their own life story in a way that they will make generations proud- get their moneys worth out of life.
It makes me yearn for teammates.
On the flip side…
the times in my life where I’ve underperformed or look back with regret, were times that I was on cruise control or got caught up hanging out with people who were OK with just being ‘good.’
Being good is for sissies.
No one gets a standing ovation for being good.
You weren’t put here to be good.
Developing and maturing into who you were destined to be, as God formed your irreplaceable mold… that’s the game.
I have two little boys, Frankie, 3 and little Brody, who just turned 10 months old. I don’t want to be a ‘good’ Dad. If I’m a ‘good’ Dad, they’ll grow up, do their own thing and call me a few times a year. That’s not ‘good’ enough.
And it all starts with a mindset of a champion. [click to continue...]
