Have you celebrated your own Gold Medal Yet?

A Gold Medal Winner Jessica Ennis Team GB 2012 London Games
Photograph: Jason O’Brien/Action Images

Congratulations to all the athletes of the 2012 Games. I was lucky to watch a great deal of it and the emotions, dreams and talents of all involved were all very evident. I also wanted to congratulate Jane Roberts for winning the FOCUS CHALLENGE and getting her mini biz plan sorted (Power of Focus book going out to you) and I was impressed with Jeff Dawson who made superb headway with his writing (copy of my new book – it will be a few weeks yet so hold on!)

Michael Phelps: His last solo race, the final of the 100 metres butterfly, ended as have so many others. With a win
Picture: The Telegraph UK

I have to say the athletes made success look easy. Sone of those young divers were in the air mere seconds, however some of them had been training for years and years. A presenter interviewed the humble Michael Phelps, the USA super athlete (I think 22 Olympic Medals now;what it takes to be a winner to succeed. He replied “I swam in the pool every day for 20 years (bar 6 months), that’s how I did it. There was no easy route and I believed I could do it”.

Tom Daley – the Popular Bronze Medalist in Swimming! He was overjoyed with Bronze..great effort! Picture: Daily Record

It was clear to see Tom Daley’s definition of success was ‘getting a medal’ he didn’t care which one, just a medal. Tom stated,“I was thinking, ‘You know what, this is it. I’ve just got to go out and enjoy it. I can’t do any more than I’ve done’.”He was overjoyed with Bronze..and it was fabulous to see his whole team dive in on the achievement of the 3rd place. This was not the same case for the Chinese Diver who got the Silver Medal, he was distraught at NOT GETTING THE GOLD. I understand that he wanted it and was probably under great pressure to get it after never-ending dedicated training. However, stop for a moment and just think how awesome a Silver Medal is – Your are 2nd in the world. Something to go ‘Wow I AM GOOD’ and celebrate. How many times in your life do you ‘beat yourself up because you didn’t get the Gold?’ Isn’t it time to start enjoying – whatever medal you have got in your hands today?

In todays world many of us want instant success. We forget there IS EFFORT involved, even all the internet millionaires I know, all started somewhere (many of them in early 2000’s) You need focus, you need a strategy and you need to trust it is going to happen for you.
As I get older I am noticing that the more ‘intention’ I have without the attachment to the outcoome, the easier life is becoming. The less I worry about the good opinion of others, the easier I can breath, the more I focus on the joys of the moment, writing with my heart and communicating with purpose – the happier I become.
Whatever your definition of success you can make it as difficult as an Olympic Athlete (lets face it they are super human!) or you can make it – ” I made time to smell the flowers today” or ” I made it to my son’s ball game” or “I finally finished that never-ending project”. Whatever it is – have your own celebration, have your own fireworks and have a fantastic week!
Amanda @ http://connecttosuccessacademy.com

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