Ruben Climbing Mt. Raininer
Most of us only accomplish a fraction of what we are capable of accomplishing. That’s why it’s good to challenge yourself once in a while in order to prove to yourself that you are capable of achieving more in life.
I just got back from Mt. Rainier where I spent a day learning the basics of mountain climbing, and two days climbing with the help of the RMI Guides. Never having climbed before, I wasn’t sure of what to expect.
Ildiko Strehli in her “Sled Full of Hope”
A couple of days after finishing my competition at the Salt Lake City Olympics I was sitting in the Olympic Village Coffee Shop drinking my standard four shot expresso. There, I met an incredible lady. Ildiko Strehli of Hungary.
She was in her mid thirties and I was 39, so we both stood out like sore thumbs in amongst the other athletes (The average age for winter Olympians is early twenties, when you walk in the Olympic Village it feels like you’re in a college campus where everybody’s in great shape. I looked so much older than the other athletes that almost every day someone would ask me if I was a coach!).
I asked her what her story was. How she’d gotten to the Olympics. Her story blew me away!
Ruben and Rudy Ruettiger
Average people expect their dreams and goals to fall on their lap. They are not willing to inconvenience themselves for their dreams. They refuse to do anything outside their comfort zone to reach their dreams. They don’t stand for anything, they don’t commit to anything and they just drift through life. That’s why they are average. Because they are not willing to do what successful people are willing to do. Consequently, they don’t live life, they merely exist. They just take up space.
In order to succeed in life, you have to be willing to inconvenience yourself in a big way. You have to be willing to commit to yourself and to your dream. You have to be willing to face your fears and do some things that are very uncomfortable. You have to be willing to do the things average people are not willing to do. You see, success is not about aptitude. It’s about attitude. It’s about having the attitude that you are willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
You were created to chase your dreams. For that reason, you will neverbe truly satisfied until you break down all barriers that restrict and limit your soul’s aspirations.
But you have to be willing to pay the price. There will be a struggle. That’s how you will become stronger. You have to develop an unconquerable will.
Success is about getting from point A to point B. It’s about knowing where you are and knowing where you want to end up. It’s not about getting rich and diving a sports car (unless your goal is to get rich and drive a sports car). Get it? Success simply means you set a goal and you reached it.
Success is simple but not easy. Most people allow fear of failure to keep them from even attempting to pursue their dreams. They don’t understand that failure is part of the price of success.
Read this first thing in the morning and last thing at night with power and passion (preferably while looking at yourself eyeball to eyeballl in the mirror) and watch your life change!
I am a champion.
I believe in myself.
I have the will to win.
I set high goals for myself.
I surround myself with winners.
I’m cool, positive, and confident.
I have courage. I never give up.
I’m willing to pay the price of success.
I love the struggle and the competition.
I stay relaxed and in control at all times.
I focus all my energy on the job at hand.
I vividly imagine what victory will feel like.
I am a champion and I WILL WIN!
Olympic Motivational Speaker Ruben Gonzalez
www.TheOlympicSpeaker.com
Vince Lombardi, Green Bay Packers Coach
Vince Lombardi said that your body will withstand almost any amount of punishment. It’s your mind you have to convince.
The Old City of Sarajevo…
I’ll never forget it.
We were training for a week in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, an ancient city in Eastern Europe. We had a couple of hours to kill so we visited the old city. The streets in the old city are too narrow for vehicles. The air is filled with smoke because many people still burn wood for heat. And everywhere you look you see towering minarets, a constant reminder that you are now in Eurasia, far from home. When you are walking the cobbled streets of Old Sarajevo, if feels like you have been transported back in time.
How do you find the consistency to keep doing what you know you need to do day after day after day after day?
Great question. I’ve struggled with it all my life. How do I get myself to consistently do what I know I need to be doing?
Like anything else, it’s all a mental game. And the best way to win the mental battle is by using everything in your arsenal at once. To do a variety of things to get you to perform like you know you should.
Olympic shooter Karoly Takacs
Karoly Takacs. You’ve probably never heard of him. However, in Hungary, he’s a national hero - everybody there knows his name and his incredible story. After reading his story, you’ll never forget him…