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- June 2003
How
I made Singles Luge a Team Sport!
When I decided to take up the luge and train for the Olympics I was 21 years
old. Back then I thought I could make it to the Olympics all by myself. I
still had a lot of growing up to do...
In "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," Steven Covey talks
about three stages people go through - dependence, independence, and
interdependence. At 21, I was still in the independent stage and needed to
move on to becoming interdependent.
Along the way I realized that I needed some help. In order to accomplish great
things I was going to have to develop some leadership and people skills to
build a team. Then I would have to work through the team to make my Olympic
dream come true. I was going to have to turn singles luge into a team sport.
It’s no different in any big project or endeavor. Lone Rangers never
accomplish as much as people who work through teams.
I like to keep things simple. I believe it takes only two things to be a good
leader. Passion and integrity.
If you are passionate about your mission, you will attract the people who are
like minded; people who would like to be a part of your mission. I was
passionate. I told everyone I talked to about my Olympic dream. Everyone! And
I was excited about it. I was not wishy-washy. Other people had no doubt that
I believed in and was committed to the dream.
By doing that, whenever I talked to someone who was interested in the
Olympics, I became their link to the Olympic Games. And many times they were
willing to help me out.
Believe me, I needed a lot of help.
I needed financial help. It’s very expensive to be flying all over the world
to train and compete. You’re also out of work for months at a time. Everyone
thinks I have corporate sponsors. People ask me, "Ruben, who are your
sponsors? Coke? Pepsi? Nike?" My sponsors were Visa and Mastercard baby!
I put it all on the card. And when The card filled up, my family lent me tens
of thousands of dollars. It's part of the price you pay to succeed.
I needed medical help. Doctors, Chiropractors, and massage therapists that
kept me healthy and patched me up after bad crashes. Click below to learn more
about my Houston based Olympic caliber medical team.
Finally, I needed spiritual help. I needed people who would keep my spirits up
when I was struggling. Especially in the beginning. People who would keep me
from quitting. The first year I was crashing four out of five times. It got to
the point where even after crashing, it was going to be easier to get back on
the sled than to come home and tell everyone I had quit. I couldn’t quit. I
didn’t want to let the team down.
My passion about the Olympic dream attracted people to me. I believe everyone
has the capacity to be passionate about something. Unfortunately, most people
keep their passion all bottled in. They don’t want to show their passion out
of fear of what others might think. I didn’t care what others thought. I
actually wanted to know who did not believe in me so I could stop associating
with them. I made it a point to only spend time with my supporters. Doing so
made me unstoppable.
The first part of leadership is passion for the cause. The second part is
integrity.
Would you follow someone you don’t trust? Of course not! So if you want to
be the leader and have others follow you, you need to be absolutely
trustworthy. Your word is Gold. You keep your word. You start being very
careful about what you promise. You must deliver on every promise. Every time
you don’t, your credibility and your reputation suffers.
If you have passion for the cause and you are a person of integrity, you’ll
be ahead of 95% of the people out there. People will be attracted to you, and
you will be able to accomplish great things.
Thought
to Ponder
You don’t determine a person’s worth by what they accomplish. You
determine a man’s worth by how much it takes to make them quit.
We all have bad days. Some days you're the windshield and some days you're the
bug.
You’ll have more days of frustration than winning days. You will have occasional
peak experiences but the work is done in the valleys.
The
Champion's Affirmation
I've taken this affirmation with me all over the world. Reading it regularly
helps me become unstoppable. Hope you like it as much as I do.
Tip- Read this at your computer and see how it makes you feel.
Then, print it out take it with you to a mirror (preferably one where you are
standing up to see yourself) and read it with power and conviction while
looking right at the reflection of your eyes. You'll be amazed at the
difference the mirror makes.
I am a champion. I have the will to win. I have the will to overcome handicaps
and disappointments of any kind. I am emotionally strong and I understand that
winning and losing are just part of the game. I set high goals and work hard
to achieve them. I have the ability to summon great reserves to rise to the occasion.
I am a champion. I believe I will win. I am positive I will win. My attitude
is one of cool, positive, aggressive confidence. I am emotionally strong. I
don’t let anything bother me. I just keep pushing on. I have courage. I have
the ability and the will to get up off the floor and to come from behind to
win. I never give up. I have tremendous concentration. I focus all my
faculties on the job at hand.
I am a champion. I love the struggle. I love the competition. The tougher the
competition the better. I stay relaxed and emotionally in control under any
conditions. I am a champion and I will win.
Quotes
of the Month
Relentless, repetitive self-talk is what changes our self-image.
Dennis Waitley
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Aldous Huxley
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than
any other one thing.
Abraham Lincoln
Book
of the Month
"Simple Steps to Impossible Dreams" by Steven Scott is this month's
book of the month. This is a terrific book that I use as a reference over and
over again.
What's the difference between Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Bill Gates, and
the rest of the world? Why do a few people achieve all of their dreams, no
matter how impossible they seem, while most people never achieve any of
theirs? It's not a matter of IQ, education, family, or luck. Steve Scott
failed at nine jobs in his first six years after college. Yet in his tenth job
he and his partners created more than a dozen multi-million dollar companies
from scratch, with a total of over one billion dollars in sales!
What was the difference between the first nine jobs and job number ten? Scott
began using a set of specific strategies and techniques that enabled him to
fulfill his impossible dreams, not only in business, but in every other area
of life. Along the way, he discovered that the world's most successful women
and men use these very same techniques.
This book does not just motivate you to fulfill your dreams, it gives you the
step-by-step directions to do it!
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