What Comes Before Winning?

What comes before winning?

It is so painfully obvious that we miss it. It’s so incontestably right in front of us that it’s hard to see. You see it on a poster in high school football locker rooms. You see it written on motivational posters. You see it on that dude’s shirt at the gym. It’s cliché, but it’s true…

What comes before winning?

Commitment.

Commitment to seeing it through. Commitment to accomplishing what you set out to do. Commitment is a decision. A single decision that must be made everyday. A decision to do the things we said we would do and see through the things we start. A decision to choose, everyday, to do the things we may not want to do in order to reach our goals.

Commitment is not something we can decide on once and forget about. It’s not a New Year’s resolution. It is a daily decision to wake up and do what needs to be done in order to win. It’s commitment, and re-commitment, and re-commitment. Everyday.

If you want to win, commit to winning. Not just when it’s easy, but when it’s hard.

Happy Friday, folks!

Chris