Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode 1,874. Today we are talking about a story from Andre Agassi's book. Now, Andre Agassi, former number one tennis player in the world. He not only did it once, but did it twice. And he was asked, how did you get back to being the best tennis

player in the world when you were so far behind? Agassi responded, I made a commitment to take

ownership of my life. I started to get more connected. And then I just kept going with tangible

daily goals. It wasn't about a destination. Getting back to number one was something

I was pretty convinced I'd never achieve. But that journey from Rock Bottom to the summit a second

time was a great accomplishment for me. Without it, I don't know if I would believe in myself as much

as I do when I face other challenges now. I was able to recognize that regardless

of what the score is, the most important point is that next point. It's all about what you've done

leading up to that day, whether you've done your homework, prepared right, trained hard enough,

put enough fluids in your body. You have to do all those things a little better than the person you'll be measured against.

If you can get yourself into that state of mind, you just are who you are.

People give you more credit for coming back than they do for blowing somebody out.

Then both, but both require the same skill. After a blowout, nobody says, wow,

how strong and focused you are, but you really are, close quote. What I really like about this

quote from Andre Agassi is when he says at the most important point is the next point.

Now, for those of you who are listening to this, some of you are on a winning streak.

You've stacked wins and you are riding momentum. You're riding high. And then there's some of

you who are listening to this and you are just happy it's a brand new day

because you want to somehow shift the momentum. My invitation to you today is to focus on the next

point. Now the next point could represent your next project. It can represent your next move,

your next decision, the next game, your next day.

So my question for you is this, what does focusing on the next point look for you right now?

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