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21 Ways to Win On and Off the Fieldby Deion Sanders |
“I love this Bible verse: Ecclesiastes 9:10— Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might ... And here’s how I translate that: Put your best effort into EVERYTHING you do.”DEION SANDERS |
BIG IDEA
Even If You’re Broken, Keep Moving!
FROM THE BOOK“Sometimes life is NOT easy.
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Believe me, I am FAMILIAR with that concept. Life will get you down, kick you while you’re already down, and make you feel like you’re never going to make it. But here’s the thing: You CAN’T stay down. You can’t. And you won’t. You get back up, dust yourself off, and keep going. Period.
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Look, I know it gets hard. Maybe you just got fired from your job. Maybe you lost someone you loved. Maybe you’re battling an illness that nobody knows about. Maybe your dreams have been shattered into a million pieces.
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Whatever it may be, know that you’re not alone. I’ve been there. I’ve had my share of struggles and setbacks, but I can tell you that quitting is NEVER an option. Keep pushing, keep grinding, and keep chasing your dreams. It WON’T be easy, but it WILL be worth it.
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Some people say the strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire. That means that when you’re going through a tough time, that’s when you’re being tempered and strengthened. That pain won’t last forever. It’s there to make you GROW. To make you jump higher, run faster, be better.
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Now, don’t get it twisted. On the days when you feel like throwing in the towel, when you feel like giving up, that’s when you must dig DEEP. Sometimes you have to FAKE IT till you MAKE IT. Sometimes you have to put on your brave face, even if you feel like crying inside.
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Just know that it’s OK to feel broken and discouraged. It’s OK to feel like you can’t do it. It’s OK to feel weak. But never forget that you are STRONG, you are CAPABLE, and you are WORTHY. The key is to keep moving. Keep putting one foot in front of the other, even if it’s baby steps.
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Celebrate every little victory, every little step forward. Because that’s what success is made of. It’s not about the end result. It’s about the journey. It’s about the stories you’ll tell your grandchildren one day.
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So when life knocks you down, GET BACK UP! When you feel like you can’t go on, take a deep breath and keep moving. When you feel like you’re broken and discouraged, remember that you’re not alone and YOU CAN DO THIS!
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You got this. You’re a CHAMPION. AND CHAMPIONS NEVER GIVE UP.”
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Brian's Notes
That’s from the very first chapter: “Even If You’re Broken, Keep Moving!”
One of the best aspects of this book is how REAL Deion is. His authentic, ICONOCLASTIC (we both love the use of all caps ;)) style bursts through each page.
He’s also VERY transparent about his own personal struggles. In the first chapter, he tells us about the health crisis (blood clots in his leg) that almost killed him and led to the amputation of two of his toes—slightly inconvenient for a guy who prides himself on being the living embodiment of speed and power.
Later in the book, Deion tells us about a time in 1997 when he was at the absolute peak of his success but didn’t have the wisdom and faith with which he aspires to live his life now.
You know what he did? He tried to kill himself. He literally drove himself off the side of a road, plummeting a few dozen feet off a cliff. Somehow, he came out of that unscathed. He took that as a VERY STRONG sign that it was time to pull his life together, found a deeper sense of purpose through his Christian faith and transformed his life.
Rule #1 of a good, noble, Heroic life is that it’s SUPPOSED to be challenging. Rule #1 of the science of self-compassion is that YOU’RE NOT ALONE! We’re ALL SUFFERING in one way or another at one point in time or another. We must, as Deion encourages us to remember, have compassion for OURSELVES and for everyone else in our lives.
Then… We need to STEP UP and do what needs to get done to CONQUER those challenges—using them as fuel to forge our next level of antifragile confidence. TODAY.
Big Ideas
01: BROKEN?
02: SUCCESS IS ABOUT...
03: VISION
04: DREAM BIG!
05: CONSISTENCY
“God chose me for this. God is good. God is using me for the good. God always gives the largest struggles to his strongest soldiers.”DEION SANDERS |
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