Elite Minds: Creating the Competitive Advantage
When your ego is tied to a certain outcome, everything feels like a zero-sum game. Their win is my loss, I thought. As I pushed increasingly hard to validate my self-worth through work, I became constrained creatively and some of my best ideas laid dormant and went ignored.
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Other athletes train without a full understanding of the purpose of their program, which leads to confusion and a sub-standard effort compared to what is possible when an athlete and coach are fully aligned and working in harmony.
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However, once one is released from the schema of competition, the need to triumph over someone disappears. One is also released from the fear that says, Maybe I will lose. And one becomes able to celebrate other people’s happiness with all one’s heart. One may become able to contribute actively to other people’s happiness. The person who always has
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Connect to your why.
We are much more willing to tolerate discomfort when we know that doing so is tied to a meaningful purpose or long-term goal. As you warm up, bring to mind the big goal you are currently working on (maybe that sub-4 marathon) and why that goal is meaningful to you. Be specific. Doing this as you ease into the run will set the st