Average is the norm for a reason. Because being exceptional demands extra effort, sustained inspiration, and uncommon discipline... and very few athletes are willing to go that extra mile.
When we attempt to give flight to our dream of being a better shooter or better ball handler, we have to overcome the weight of opposition.
We have to be mentally strong… mentally committed. Like gravity, life's circumstances constantly pull on our dreams, tugging us down to mediocrity. Remember, being average means you are just as close to the bottom as you are to the top.
Most of us don't pay the price to overcome the opposition to our dreams. We may start out inspired, but through time we fatigue (mentally). Although never intending to abandon our dreams, we begin to make concessions here and there. Watching TV or doing something else that takes our focus off of our goal. Through time, our lives become mundane, and our dreams begin to slip away.
Write down your goal for the upcoming season. Do you want to be a better shooter? Then write it down. Tape that goal to your door and look at it and act on it daily. Take action daily, if only five or 10 minutes per day, to get you closer to achieving that goal. You’ll soon find that after just a couple of days, that goal doesn’t look that difficult to reach after all.
It’s the start that stops most of us.
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