Performance is Personal: Anything but Winning Is Preparation

Watching the Olympics in Beijing, China I started to think about the difference between good, great, and being the best in the world. You can be good, even great and still not be the best in the world.

I am always amazed at the commitment Olympic athletes make. They have phenomenal character. They lay it all on the line for one event that will determine if they are the best in the world and if they will get the gold medal.

We Get What we Expect: The Canadian Challenge

One of the greatest challenges for the Canadian Olympic Team was that they were expected to just show well, do their personal best. Interview after interview revealed a complacency and acceptance that a personal best was good enough.

Is it just me or were you struck by the fact that no one was talking about going for the gold medal?

Christopher Robin said to Pooh, “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” Here is the rub, unless you believe that you are brave, strong, and smart knowing doesn’t really help.

Thank goodness there were some men that expected [read: believed they would] to win the gold medal!

One Goal: Olympic Gold

The Canadian Men’s Eight Rowing Team had a different perspective than most of the other Canadian athletes.

I saw an interview where one of them said, “We have just one goal, to win the Olympic Gold Medal, that’s it”.

Simple, no ambiguity one vision. They would be satisfied with nothing else, win the gold medal.

By the way, they won gold!

Look at those faces, these guys are going to be smiling for a long time! That’s the kind of smile I want to have on my face at the end of each day.

Being the Best in the World

I started wondering how my life would be different if I had the tenacity to commit to compete at a world class level, to be the best in the world?

What would happen if you made a decision to shoot for being recognized as the best in the world? How would it affect my attitude, standards, and approach to personal and professional development?

There is a fine, albeit significant, between my personal best and being the best in the world. It is separated by being totally obsessed and committed to constant and never ending improvement.

I have spent the last three years testing, preparing, and refining an idea - and process that allows CEO’s to operate the business at a distance - by Remote Control. It is a story I have not yet told and yet represents the best of what I have to offer business owners.

It is possible for an entrepreneur to keep a business and yet reduce or eliminate his/her need to actually work in the business. I have proven that it can be done with my clients.

Performance is Personal

I have been thinking about my own performance and have taken a number of steps to become the best in the world.

1. I have hired a coach who is the best at what they do.
2. I have invested in the hardware, software, and tools to help me train and grow.
3. I learn from every “best” attempt and then figure out what needs to change to improve.
4. I have a vision for being the best at helping entrepreneurs enjoy the freedom they’ve always dreamed.
5. I am completely re-engineering my business and developing a road map to guide me in coaching my clients along their path to become the best in the world.

Have you ever considered how your life would change or what you might achieve by becoming the best in the world at what you do? Look at the attitude of Michael Jordan:

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” - Michael Jordan via StartUp

Becoming great is a worthy pursuit. Being the best in the world is well, the best.

I have an opening for a new coaching client who has the burning desire to become the best at what they do. Someone who is looking for a coach who wants a win as much as you do. If that’s you, call me at 1-866-281-8281 I would love to meet you.

P.S. I am working on Manifesto that tells the story of the work I have done coaching business owners to become a Remote Control CEO.