Olympic Life Coaching
Are you enjoying the Olympic Games?
I love to see the athletes on top of their sport who absolutely dominate their events. I am just watching Rebecca Addlington, GB swimmer, giving a demonstration of what is possible in the pool. Obviously, Michael Phelps has been similarly impressive and dominating. I also saw Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter, making the 100m look like a Sunday morning jog in the park and still finish under 10 seconds! It really is inspirational to see.
The other area which is so exciting is the close finishes. Congratulations to the GB men’s coxless 4 in the rowing, who won gold a short while ago. I don’t think I breathed throughout the final 500m as I willed them to catch the Australian boat, which they did with only seconds to spare. It is amazing how many events will end with a photo finish, even some events that take long periods of time.
It is events like the Olympic Games that really illustrate the difference between great and outstanding. 1/100th of a second between everything and nothing; 1% separating the gold medal and the also competed.
I am reminded also of the “Inches” speech that Al Pacino gives in the film ‘Any Given Sunday’ (read it here).
So what does this have to do with life coaching? Well, I know that the key aspects that make the difference are rarely made in the gym or the training area, but actually occur on the starting line. The real difference that makes fractions of a percent of difference is the mindset that an athlete adopts in the moments before a race; the beliefs that athlete holds about themselves and their competition; the thoughts that pop into the head in the seconds building up to the starter’s pistol.
Having a good coach can help to give you this mental edge that is required, and this translates far beyond the realm of sports and into all areas of everyday life. Business deals are won and lost everyday because of the fine distinctions that one sales person can make that another can’t. Relationships and made and broken depending on key elements of communication and the understanding of the subtle differences between the sexes.
Do you live your life like an Olympic athlete? Being in the top 5% is no longer enough. Do you want to put yourself in the position where you find yourself in the top 1% of the top 1%, the realm of unrivalled success and results? If the answer is truly yes, what are you doing about it?
All life coaches will help get you into the realm of the elite. They will direct you to do the things that successful people do, to read the books that winners read, and to attend the seminars that those who treat their life like the Olympics find themselves at.
It is then up to you to put the energy and determination into all of your endeavours so that you earn the chance to compete in the final event!
If you want to know more about my coaching services, email me at info@danstorey.com with the subject Olympic Life Coaching!
