How to approach success or a "winning" streak
Sports Motivation Podcast
Niyi Sobo
4.9 • 767 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Most people celebrate, get cocky and cost after they win. In this episode, I help prepare your mind for what will inevitably come next...more challenges, obstacles and problems.
Time Stamps:
(4:12) Today's episode is dedicated to...
(5:34) Most winners will make these mistakes
(8:40) After you win: Identify the next goals
(10:35) After you win: Identify likely/potential problems ahead
(12:55) After you win: Identify areas of vulnerability
(13:45) After you win: Looking beyond your career
(14:47) After you win: Rebuild your infrastructure
(19:57) After you win: ACCOUNTABILITY
(23:13) In conclusion...
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| 0:00.0 | Right now, you've been making progress towards your goals. |
| 0:05.0 | And maybe you're even close to reaching them. |
| 0:08.0 | In spite of the coronavirus. |
| 0:10.0 | But let's be honest, what happens when you actually get what you want? |
| 0:13.0 | You ever hear that quote, be careful what you wish for? |
| 0:17.0 | It's true. |
| 0:19.0 | Many times people ask and beg for results. And of course, they get them. |
| 0:23.7 | You know, a coach gets the clients, an educator gets the grants, the athlete gets the draft |
| 0:28.4 | pick or the scholarship, only to then realize, oh shit, I'm not ready. Usually, you know before it happens. |
| 0:39.4 | Maybe that's why you feel anxiety. |
| 0:41.3 | Maybe that's why you find yourself self-sabotaging |
| 0:44.8 | because you're afraid of what everyone else is afraid of, |
| 0:48.7 | falling off once you gain the success. |
| 0:53.5 | So obviously, you know that self-sabotage is not the answer. |
| 0:58.8 | And surely, the answer is not running around with anxiety |
| 1:02.4 | and trying to hide it from everyone and appear confident. |
| 1:05.7 | That's not the answer either. |
| 1:07.7 | The solution for you is to get ready. |
| 1:10.1 | It's to prepare for the success that you're asking for. So maybe you're really close. Maybe. Maybe you've already got what you wanted. And right now you're feeling the pressure of the reality that you aren't prepared to handle it. I don't want you to panic. I want you to be wise. I want you to be smart. So right now is the time to |
| 1:29.8 | clarify what's needed to support the goal that you're attacking. And then aggressively, |
| 1:35.4 | relentlessly, and of course strategically build. It's time to prepare. Do not imagine that |
| 1:43.7 | anything lasts forever. Whatever you've been chosen to do, |
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