Giving it your all is an amazing thing. However, it doesn’t always promise victory or success in the traditional sense of our assumption. Giving it your all, until the end will teach you more about yourself than achieving the success you think you want and will help to eliminate much of the regrets we all fear so much.
As a former athlete, I distinctly remember a time I gave my all on the football field. We game planned all week for a big game and I was a featured piece for our success. My job that week was not glamourous by any means. I had to sacrifice my body on most plays to make the tackle easier for my teammate behind me, but if I did my job correctly the other team had no way of moving the ball, scoring, or winning. Game day was finally here… and I had the most satisfying game of my life! Not the game with the most stats, but the most fulfilling game of my career. I sacrificed, I hit, I knocked down guys twice my size, I gained respect from the other team and my team, and we won the game. Afterwards, I literally could not walk of the field. In exhaustion, all I could do was sit on the grass and take in the moment. As I shuffled to the locker room and across campus; I realized I left everything I had on the field and up until that moment had never felt so proud of myself. I’d like to think I’d still feel that way if we had loss the game, but we’ll never know!
At that stage in my life, I was consumed with ME and had no concept of connecting with the people around me and the significance I could play in their lives, either positively or negatively. I only understood the impact of dominance; not the impact another person or experiences could profoundly have on someone’s life and future in an influential and positive way.
As I have EVOLVED, it has become clear that “giving it your all” is powerful and necessary to have the life of your dreams… but realistically, it’s impossible to go that pace everyday… in sports, there’s a time to practice and a practice pace, a game-day pace, and resting time. There is a time in your life to practice consistency and life-planning. There is a time for game-day and going full bore to achieve everything you have prepared for…. And there is a necessary time to rest and heal. Victory is not always in the outcome… victory will stem from respecting these three phases, being aware of what phase you are in and need, providing it to yourself, respecting what phase your significant other may be in, and of course… giving it your all! Regardless of the outcome, how have you “given it your all” as a professional, a mother or father, as a husband or wife, sibling, son or daughter etc.? What phase is your significant other in? Your kid’s? Share your thoughts with me at the You Evolving Now Convention on 11/15/16! Come meet me, the Convention team, and EVOLVE personally, relationally, financially, and your overall health! Enjoy great food, networking, experience a life change, and begin to live your best life in all aspects and roles you play! Get your tickets today at https://goo.gl/90m5M4
written by: Andre Young
