We are what we repeatedly
do. Success is not an action but a
habit. – Aristotle
Success isn't always about
'Greatness', it's about consistency. Consistent, hard work gains success.
Greatness will come...Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a
little better than the day before. It all adds up. – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
We are what we repeatedly
do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but
a habit. – Will Durant
Rowdy Gaines started swimming his junior
year of high school and soon discovered he had a passion for being in the
pool. Auburn University offered him a
swimming scholarship and he became a five-time NCAA champion. With the Americans boycotting the 1980
Olympics in Moscow, he thought his chance of competing for a gold medal had
passed and he stopped swimming. After
encouragement from his father, he jumped back in the pool and started training
again. Competing in 1984 at the Olympics
in Los Angeles, he won the 100-meter freestyle and participated in two relays
for the United States, which they won.
After
winning his medals, he calculated all the miles he swam in the 8+ years leading
up to the Olympics and discovered that he had swam over 20,000miles in 50-yeard
increments. Rowdy Gaines said:
I swam around the world for
a race that lasted 49 seconds.
Gaines had passion, desire and
discipline. He learned that mundane
repetitiveness is the best way to master anything.
Challenge: Your dreams are displayed on your dream board.
Goals are hanging in a location making it easy to daily review
them. Now it is time to develop new
habits that will help you accomplish your dreams and goals. What consistent habits do you need to
incorporate into your life to accomplish your goals and make this the best year
of your life?
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Well if mundane repetition is the way to master something, I am a master of Brady Bunch reruns! :)
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