Hey there, Rockstar!

This time of year tends to be one of transition as some seasons are coming to a close and practices are beginning for another. It’s easy to breeze right through; just hang it up and right on to the next. But, doing so creates a chance to miss out on all the lessons you just gave your all to over the last few months.

Season over season, challenge after challenge, great athletes take the time to process their wins and losses and carry that knowledge with them as they move forward. That’s #winning!

Here are 4 key questions to get you started. As you think about the season you’re ending ask yourself:

1. What was the best part about it?

2. What is something you wish you could do over?

3. What did you learn from those experiences in 1 & 2?

4. How can you take that into the next season?

And what’s more, it doesn’t matter what sport you learned it in! You may have just ended baseball or softball and are heading into soccer, football, or volleyball. It may be a different sport or different challenge (school, work, an artistic endeavor, etc), but the lessons remain.

The physical may be different but the mental and emotional?

Very much the same.

A couple examples:

• You lost a swimming race. What did you learn there that could apply to the starting line on the track? (could be explosive starts, following all the way through … this goes to show the lessons don’t have to be taken in back - back seasons)

• You had a stellar pass that put your team in a perfect position to win (cultivating connection with teammates, strategic positioning, relentlessly looking for opportunity)

So take the time to process and carry those gems you’ve gained this season with you. They’re part of your success formula!

Here’s To The Journey,

Lauren

BTW: This can work the other way around as well - what are you learning outside of sport that you could apply to your success formula?