 Joel YounkinsPhysical Preparation Coach Why does it always seem like the same people constantly win? The same teams seem to go on a run every season... The same company seems to be growing and expanding... Is it because they're more talented, work harder, have some secret tricks up their sleeves? There definitely is some truth to those things and I never want to take away from that, especially the hard work part. But winners all have one thing in common that separates them from the rest. THEY EXPECT TO WIN! Their lives are built around winning. Everything they do in their life, how they live, how they prepare, and how they perform is all built around winning. That is the expectation from themselves AND everyone else. You will only take yourself as far as your mind will let you. You will only expect and work as hard as your mind tells you to believe in. If you have low expectations, you will have low level preparation, that produces low results. I like to tell this story about my high school football team after my junior season. Not as an excuse to chat about the "good old days," but as one of those life lessons that sports teaches you. At my high school we were always EXPECTED to win our conference and at the very least make the playoffs every year. But, during my junior season, we had a lot of seniors get hurt, so most of the starters were all juniors and sophomores and we ended up losing to two really good teams and one team that we really should've beat. We went 7-3, second in the conference, and just missed the playoffs... For most football programs, that would be a pretty good season to hang their hats on. However, that wasn't the case for us. For us, everyone around town and in school would ask us... "What happened to you guys this year?!" "You guys kind of sucked!" "That was a rebuilding year." Looking back at those comments, they sounded kind of rough. But it's because we didn't live up to our expectations placed on the team, we under performed to the standard, it wasn't good enough to the standard that was set for the program. Our Head Coach at the time, Coach Bayuk, always told us in preparation that "everyone is always gunning for us, they want to be the team to knock off the top dog, that we had a target on our backs." That was his reminder of where we were at on the food chain in our conference. When you're expected to win, you prepare to win and you perform to win. You become a winner. That next year, we went 9-1 (one loss was out of conference to a great Maple Heights program) and we made it to the second round of the playoffs (we're not going to bring up that game ha). We were hands down the most dominant team in our conference, nobody came close to touching us and we beat our rival twice, once in the season, and the other in the first round of the playoff. As far as how we felt about the season before going 7-3, "we took that personal" as the great Michael Jordan says! Now, I know I'm over here talking about my high school football like I'm still the guy living in the glory days, I assure you that's not the case! I write about it, because it's such a beautiful example of reality. It's a perfect life lesson that I learned looking back at my time in high school football. It's the same repetitive lesson that happens over and over again for people across the board. Success leaves patterns and clues if you're looking in the right places. This same reality runs with all successful people. The same goes for my day to day life working with my clients. I expect them to show up, I expect them to do their best, I expect them to get great outcomes. You will only go as far as the story you tell yourself about yourself. Your conscious self knows, your body knows, and your daily actions know that your reality is limited by your beliefs and expectations for yourself. Don't be afraid to rewrite your story, and the best part, you can start rewriting it right now!
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