A few weeks ago I watched a video of Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce at her son's elementary school's field (sports) day. If you don't know who Shelly Ann is, she a track superstar, Olympic champion, world champion and one of the fastest women in the world. At this particular event parents were asked to compete against each other in a 100m track race. Shelly Ann competed and of course she won. I found it interesting that she would even compete. But it got me thinking and here are the lessons I learned from that event.
- Boldly show your greatness regardless of who is at the table. Never make yourself seem small to please others. Shelly Ann never held back, even in a small friendly competition, she ran with her all as if she was on the world stage.
- Rise to the challenge, never back down, even when competing with someone who is considered greater than you. The moms who took on the challenge to race with Shelly Ann knew exactly what she brought to the table but they competed anyway.
- Always chase greatness. As these women ran they knew the bar was high and that motivated them to put their all into the competition. It is so important to surround yourself with greatness and to set the bar high for your accomplishments.
- Don't look back, stay focused, keep moving forward, you may just run your personal best.
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Danni
Powerful- keep setting that bar high because I'll be chasing
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ReplyDeletey to put on my 'dim' whenever I think someone may not not look too good if I go on bright....but number 1 right here...
Hey Danni, what about the proverbial saying, “don’t put your hat where you can’t reach it”, how does that fit into your outlook on life?
ReplyDeleteThat statement to me is similar to telling a child not to aim high because their dreams are beyond what they can accomplish. Interested in hearing your take on this?
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