Are You Willing to Pay the Price?

byfabray

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9 years ago

“Every high-performing mindful athlete knows that if you want to achieve something, there’s a good chance that you can, no matter what, if—and this is a big if—you’re willing to pay the price. You not only have to focus on your intention, but you also have to be willing to get up early in the morning and do the same thing thousands and thousands of times—and then another thousand times—with intention. Which leads me to deliberate practice. ...

When I worked with Kobe Bryant, he was making about thirteen hundred three-pointers a day in the off-season when he was working on his three-point shot.”

—George Mumford from The Mindful Athlete

So much goodness in there.

First, let’s look at the self-confidence/self-efficacy of the elite athlete. They know that if they want to achieve something, there’s a good chance they can, no matter what IF (all caps) they are willing to pay the price.

Scott Adams says the same thing in How to fail at almost everything and win Big “One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard goes something like this: If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it. It sounds trivial and obvious, but if you unpack the idea it has extraordinary power. I know a lot of people who wish they were rich or famous or otherwise fabulous. They wish they had yachts and servants and castles and they wish they could travel the world in their own private jets. But these are mere wishes. Few of these wishful people have decided to have any of the things they wish for. It’s a key difference, for once you decide, you take action. Wishing starts in the mind and generally stays there.

When you decide to be successful in a big way, it means you acknowledge the price and you’re willing to pay it.”

Let’s focus on you.

What do YOU want?

Do you believe you can have it?

What price will you need to pay?

Are you willing to pay it?

P.S. Fun sports fact: Early in his career, Kobe Bryant wanted to be an extraordinary three-point shooter. He knew he could be. Decided the price was 1,300 three-pointers PER DAY during the off season. And he went out and paid the price.

P.P.S. Let’s do this! :)