“Just decide…” – Will Smith
Sounds simple doesn’t it.
If you want to be successful just decide to be. The next day you will have all your goals met. You will be happy. Life will be easy!
Many of you are probably laughing at this post at the moment. We know success is not that easy. We know that success takes work. That there will be failures and challenging times as we strive to achieve.
But Will Smith is not wrong. And the process is that simple. It is a decision. The hard part is being able to make the decision and live by it.
As a coach, I’ve seen athletes make the switch and have athletic success beyond what they imagined. I framed the idea a little different then Will Smith but emphasized the importance of personally making a choice to succeed. My athletes wanted to win, to succeed, to make it to state. That was why they were out for the sport. Yet, success came when they decided to work because they wanted to, not because I said they should.
In different ways I would ask them “Are you running because I said to? Or are you running because you choose to work for your goals?”
Again, I asked this question in different ways and at different times, but it always boiled down to the choice of the athlete. Are you doing this because I said to, or because you are working toward your goals. And when my athletes made the switch, made the decision to work toward their goals… what a difference!
I could share so many success stories with you, but that is not the purpose of this post. Understand there was still challenges to overcome for my athletes. That success came quickly for some and for others it took years, but they achieved their goals.
Success isn’t easy, but the choice is.
Decide to work. Decide to work for your goals. Just decide.
