What Daily Rituals Will Get You to Your Grand Final?

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In elite professional sport, what’s the link between this guy…

and this guy?

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Very different sports requiring very different skills.

But the common link between these two elite professionals is that both go through a pre-set ritual before taking every kick or bowling every ball.

The same applies to a top golfer, footballer, boxer, or snooker player. Virtually all elite sportsmen live and die by their rituals.

And so should you as a business owner. If you want to get to your own Grand Final, focus on the ritual not the result!

When it feels difficult, rituals see you through…

Focusing on the action rather than the outcomes of the action is a simple but powerful shift of mindset.

Recently, a client of ours, who was applying the Influencer Project strategies on LinkedIn, wrote and complained that “this feels really difficult”. 

We were intrigued - what exactly was difficult?

We knew that the actions he had to take were really simple: the click of a mouse, a short message, a quick installation of an app, etc. Nothing there was rocket science and nothing involved running a marathon.

Then we realised: what was so hard for him was getting his head around what he needed to be doing. 

It was the mental side of the strategy. The ‘muscle memory’ in his brain was telling him that these simple actions were difficult. 

Why?

Because he was focusing on where he was now compared to where he felt he needed to be; and the perceived gap was not getting any smaller. It all just seemed too hard.

It’s surprising how many small business owners think this way.

They see a maze of difficulty when all they need to focus on is the action of taking the next step.

If you look at the result, you can get overwhelmed. You quit taking the actions because you don’t think you’re ever going to achieve it. 

You stop the rituals that would help you get there - and your business suffers.

And what happens when you stop believing in the ritual? You go looking for a faster, easier result.

Stick to your lane and the results look after themselves

What a drag when you’re driving on the highway and you hit traffic! 

You know that the lane you’re in does lead you to where you want to go but other lanes seem clearer, with shorter queues, less traffic?

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The temptation to change lanes can be huge.

But changing lanes constantly is more stressful; you’re always looking for a quicker solution and you end up doing unnecessary work but not getting there any quicker. 

So it can be with your business. You end up feeling ‘busy’ without feeling like you’re making progress.

That’s because you’re focusing on the result, not the ritual.

If your rituals are in alignment with the results you’re seeking, it’s merely a matter of showing up day in and day out and doing the work!

The results will look after themselves.

Focus on the ritual - don’t chase the result

For Grand Final kickers, their rituals always vary in the details: the number of steps back and to the side; the number of times they look up at the posts; maybe they check what the wind is doing.

But they always do the ritual. They always show up. That’s why they’re in the Grand Final!

If the kicker focused on the scoreboard rather than the ritual, where do you think the ball would end up?

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Probably on the touchlines rather than through the posts.

He knows that he needs to focus on the action of kicking at goal every single time. This is ritualised to make it repetitive, automatic, consistent - no matter what the pressure is and no matter how good he is at it. 

He knows that doing this improves his chances of kicking yet another goal.

When he started out, he wasn’t successful every time. But the better he became at the ritual, the more goals he kicked.

This applies to your business. It may feel hard at first but if you perform rituals in line with the results you seek, your results will improve.

Look to create winning rituals rather than chasing a winning result!

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