Good morning and welcome to the Increase 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 quarterfinals 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 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 of 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.

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