Good morning and welcome to the increased your impact podcast. I'm Justin

Sua episode 1,781. This episode we're talking about a tool that can help you

get back on track as you navigate some difficult times in your life. It doesn't

matter what your sport is, what your job is in whatever aspect of your life.

This tool might be able to help you. So the story we're going to go to is a

tennis player. One of the best tennis players to ever live. His name is

Novak Djokovic. Now in 2010, he was ranked number three in the world. One of the

best players in the world and he was the favorite to win the Wimbledon. But

after a quarter finals loss, he was devastated. He goes on to say that he hit a

wall. He told his parents that he was mentally messed up. He was exhausted and

he told him he was done. Now when his coach showed up, he broke down in

tears and his coach asked, said, let's look back. Why did you start playing tennis?

Do you still love it? Put aside your rankings, put aside what you want to achieve.

Do you really like holding a racket in your hand? And Djokovic said, yes, I do. I

love holding a racket in my hand. Whether it's a Grand Slam final on center

court or just a normal public court, I like playing for the sake of playing. His

coach said, well, that's your source. That's what you need to tap into. Djokovic

ended up tapping into that. And the next season, he had one of the best seasons in

sports history. For those of you who are going through a tough time right now, my

invitation to use a tap into the same tool that Djokovic's coach asked him to

tap into, which is to remember why you do what you do. It took the subtle

nudge of a coach to help Djokovic remember why he played tennis. It wasn't

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