Victory and defeat. Treating both impostors the same.
In?an?era?where?life?coaches?are?all?the?rage,?we?tend?to?forget?how?well?sport?does?the?job.?If?we?roll?back?the?clock?to?the?golden?years?of?playing,?instinctively?we?remember?all?the?fun?we?had.?But?if?we?dig?deeper,?we?find?all?the?values?the?game?taught?us.?Values?that?have?become?a?part?of?who?we?are.?
One?quality?that?sport?teaches?us?is?the?ability?to?focus?on?the?process?over?the?result.?A?quality?that?holds?a?lot?of?value?in?the?real?world.?We?have?seen?athletes?get?hung?up?on?the?outcome?of?a?game?and?become?a?pale?shadow?of?themselves.?Because?they?stop?having?fun!?We?have?also?seen?several?athletes?reinvent?themselves?with?this?very?realization.?By?simply?focusing?on?the?very?next?moment.?By?taking?it?ball-by-ball,?play-by-play.?
This?is?a?school?of?thought?that?extends?way?beyond?sport.?The?moment?the?mind?is?preoccupied?with?the?outcome?of?winning?and?losing,?we?have?already?lost!?It?becomes?impossible?to?compete?in?a?manner?we?are?truly?capable?of.?That’s?when?we?need?to?go?back?to?the?basics.?We?hear?cricketers?talk?about?how?important?it?is?to?have?a?single-minded?focus?on?the?next?ball.?That’s?it.?When?we?start?trusting?the?process,?the?result?begins?to?seem?insignificant.?And?that’s?a?great?place?to?be.?Because?we?are?at?our?best?when?we?have?nothing?to?lose.?