Focus on the wins, I told him
He’s 14 and tends to dwell on missed opportunities sometimes
He played ball with the top 40 kids in the county
By invitation only and based on stats he earned in tournaments in the spring
By data and measures, he’s one of the best
And yet, he struck out in one AB
At Bat
Slung a single at another
And walked at the next
Even as the highlight reels showed some of the bigger boys slamming dingers into the scoreboard on a Tennessee field
Focus on what works, I told him
And what we need to do is work harder and smarter and better
Advice I wish I could take myself
I do a lot of work
I do a lot of effort
And I tend to focus on the misses too
Focus on what ain’t working
And call it optimization
Instead of being satisfied
Even for a moment
For just how well the systems are working
A biz guy told me that’s normal
That once you reach a new level
That’s the new baseline and anything short of it
feels like failing
And more than I love winning
I freaking HATE losing
And that mindset means I might not have the skills to level up
Or the know how or the where with all
But I will work my mind to a frazzle and fingers to the bone to beat that baseline
I wish I could focus on the little W’s
Like I preach to you
to him
to anyone
Yesterday started a new challenge
To myself
To you too, if you want
100 Days
It carries me to Dec 6
I made a list that I won’t share with you
But I will share the focus
Stacking dubs in work
in fitness
in money and my mind
Because anyone who does anything for 100 days will do two things
Fill the column with micro-wins that act as overwhelming proof of progress
And stack that deck in favor of success
In essence, doing “the thing” for 100 days turns you into the House
You know the rule, the House always wins
That’s just the math of it
And I’ll give you how I started the W’s on day 1 of 100
It started the night before watching the lunar eclipse
Then up before the dawn to watch the sun rise
Two wins stacked before the majority of people were even awake
Then I filled the day with work and gratitude
Which is reminding me to remember to be grateful and search hard for the good things
The more you look for them, the more you see
At least for me
And while there were a couple of misses for things I wanted and planned to do
That’s okay
I may not have checked them off, but there were still more hits than misses
And 99 days from now, that’s all that counts
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