You measure yourself every day. You take what you did yesterday and you judge yourself. You mark progress or regression. You decide if you are a champion yesterday - and you decide each morning if you will be a champion today.
But what does that mean? Did you win? Did you lose? Who defines a champion?
You Do. You develop your metrics - you develop the scale. You develop what you think is success.
Yesterday was the worst day ever. You were dumbest yesterday. You were fattest yesterday. You were slowest yesterday. You made mistakes yesterday. You weren't where you wanted to be yesterday. You didn't get what you wanted yesterday. You couldn't make it yesterday.
But that was yesterday. That was the past. You CAN'T CHANGE IT - YOU CAN'T ADJUST TO THE PAST!
But you can learn from it. You can take the lessons learned and build on those. Or you can tear out what you built because it did not work and do something better today.
Today is yours. You have identified what you want to do. Now you make a plan to dynamite the barriers in front of you to get where you want to go.
I was raised on World War 2 movies - there is a scene after the Allies have landed - in the movie "The Longest Day" General Cota and Colonel Thompson interact about where they are and what they will be doing: (at 2:33:14 for those with Netflix...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQHKKGPUD1I
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Colonel Thompson : What do you think?
General Cota: Think?
Colonel Thompson: We must have close to a thousand casualties up to now. Do you want me to have the ships start picking us up?
Cota: You think it's that bad?
Colonel Thompson: I don't see what else to do. We can't get up this hill. If we don't get off this beach, we won't have any division left.
Cota: What? These are our men, Tom. You think we brought them in so some die and ask the rest to turn tail? Hell, no. We're gonna get up that hill. Find me somebody to speak for the Rangers. Back down the beach on the right there's a gully. With a heavily defended roadblock and machine gun nests on both sides. If we can blow our way through...
Colonel Thompson: We've hit it three times. We didn't get close.
Cota: Three times isn't enough. We're gonna hit it again. Can you find me some engineers?
Colonel Thompson: They're all around you!
Cota: I mean engineers with equipment still working.
Colonel Thompson: Then I shouldn't radio the ships?
Cota: No, damn it! We need bangalore torpedoes, bazookas, mortars, wire cutters...and every man that can stand. Pass the word, will you?
Colonel Thompson: Okay, Norm.
Cota: Now listen to me, all of you. You guys got to snap out of it. We're getting off of here, and we're going inland.
Soldier: What about weapons, General? My men lost everything. They gotta have something to fight with.
Cota: Strip the dead and the wounded. Pick up anything that'll shoot. I don't have to tell you the score,
you all know it. Only two kinds of people are gonna stay on this beach:
Those that are already dead and those that will die. Get off your butts! You guys are the fighting 29th!
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Do you see what I mean? Do you see what you have to do? Have you tried three times and it failed all three times? Did you slap the title "LOSER" on your head and staple it there because - damn it was hard and I failed and now I am an eternal loser....
You pick up whatever you need that will do the job. You add skills, education, endurance, ability, and you drive through until you get what you need done. Sometimes it is "wet work," meaning that it is up close and personal - knives and close contact to get the work done.
Here is the simple equation. You woke up this morning. You have landed on your proverbial beach head - ready to do battle. If you stay on the beach - you will make no progress - likely you will "die" there. Like Cota says above - two types of people stay on the beach - those that are dead - and those that will die. Your goal is to move inland.
Inland. Not safe. Not easy. Barriers everywhere. Saboteurs, snipers, land mines, traps, walls, spikes, flames, and sometimes it will test your very mettle of your spirit to get through. What are you prepared to do? Stay on the beach? Die there. Or.
Move inland. Move it. Do something. Make a move. Action. Brain to feet to hands to heart - get your move on and don't look back. Backwards is scarier. Backwards is where the past gets buried and you move forward.
Don't stay on the beach. Straight up the gap and make those barriers in your way suffer as you make your way to your goal. Champions are not made on the beach. No medal is awarded for landing.
FMR
But what does that mean? Did you win? Did you lose? Who defines a champion?
You Do. You develop your metrics - you develop the scale. You develop what you think is success.
Yesterday was the worst day ever. You were dumbest yesterday. You were fattest yesterday. You were slowest yesterday. You made mistakes yesterday. You weren't where you wanted to be yesterday. You didn't get what you wanted yesterday. You couldn't make it yesterday.
But that was yesterday. That was the past. You CAN'T CHANGE IT - YOU CAN'T ADJUST TO THE PAST!
But you can learn from it. You can take the lessons learned and build on those. Or you can tear out what you built because it did not work and do something better today.
Today is yours. You have identified what you want to do. Now you make a plan to dynamite the barriers in front of you to get where you want to go.
I was raised on World War 2 movies - there is a scene after the Allies have landed - in the movie "The Longest Day" General Cota and Colonel Thompson interact about where they are and what they will be doing: (at 2:33:14 for those with Netflix...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQHKKGPUD1I
_______
Colonel Thompson : What do you think?
General Cota: Think?
Colonel Thompson: We must have close to a thousand casualties up to now. Do you want me to have the ships start picking us up?
Cota: You think it's that bad?
Colonel Thompson: I don't see what else to do. We can't get up this hill. If we don't get off this beach, we won't have any division left.
Cota: What? These are our men, Tom. You think we brought them in so some die and ask the rest to turn tail? Hell, no. We're gonna get up that hill. Find me somebody to speak for the Rangers. Back down the beach on the right there's a gully. With a heavily defended roadblock and machine gun nests on both sides. If we can blow our way through...
Colonel Thompson: We've hit it three times. We didn't get close.
Cota: Three times isn't enough. We're gonna hit it again. Can you find me some engineers?
Colonel Thompson: They're all around you!
Cota: I mean engineers with equipment still working.
Colonel Thompson: Then I shouldn't radio the ships?
Cota: No, damn it! We need bangalore torpedoes, bazookas, mortars, wire cutters...and every man that can stand. Pass the word, will you?
Colonel Thompson: Okay, Norm.
Cota: Now listen to me, all of you. You guys got to snap out of it. We're getting off of here, and we're going inland.
Soldier: What about weapons, General? My men lost everything. They gotta have something to fight with.
Cota: Strip the dead and the wounded. Pick up anything that'll shoot. I don't have to tell you the score,
you all know it. Only two kinds of people are gonna stay on this beach:
Those that are already dead and those that will die. Get off your butts! You guys are the fighting 29th!
________
Do you see what I mean? Do you see what you have to do? Have you tried three times and it failed all three times? Did you slap the title "LOSER" on your head and staple it there because - damn it was hard and I failed and now I am an eternal loser....
You pick up whatever you need that will do the job. You add skills, education, endurance, ability, and you drive through until you get what you need done. Sometimes it is "wet work," meaning that it is up close and personal - knives and close contact to get the work done.
Here is the simple equation. You woke up this morning. You have landed on your proverbial beach head - ready to do battle. If you stay on the beach - you will make no progress - likely you will "die" there. Like Cota says above - two types of people stay on the beach - those that are dead - and those that will die. Your goal is to move inland.
Inland. Not safe. Not easy. Barriers everywhere. Saboteurs, snipers, land mines, traps, walls, spikes, flames, and sometimes it will test your very mettle of your spirit to get through. What are you prepared to do? Stay on the beach? Die there. Or.
Move inland. Move it. Do something. Make a move. Action. Brain to feet to hands to heart - get your move on and don't look back. Backwards is scarier. Backwards is where the past gets buried and you move forward.
Don't stay on the beach. Straight up the gap and make those barriers in your way suffer as you make your way to your goal. Champions are not made on the beach. No medal is awarded for landing.
FMR
-What do you think? -Think? We must have close to a thousand casualties up to now. Do you want me to have the ships start picking us up? -You think it's that bad? -I don't see what else to do. We can't get up this hill. If we don't get off this beach, we won't have any division left. What? These are our men, Tom. You think we brought them in so some die and ask the rest to turn tail? Hell, no. We're gonna get up that hill. Find me somebody to speak for the Rangers. Back down the beach on the right there's a gully. With a heavily defended roadblock and machine gun nests on both sides. -If we can blow our way through... -We've hit it three times. -We didn't get close. -Three times isn't enough. We're gonna hit it again. Can you find me some engineers? They're all around you! I mean engineers with equipment still working. Then I shouldn't radio the ships? No, damn it! We need bangalore torpedoes, bazookas, mortars, wire cutters... ...and every man that can stand. Pass the word, will you? Okay, Norm. Now listen to me, all of you. You guys got to snap out of it. We're getting off of here, and we're going inland. What about weapons, General? My men lost everything. They gotta have something to fight with. Strip the dead and the wounded. Pick up anything that'll shoot. I don't have to tell you the score, you all know it. Only two kinds of people are gonna stay on this beach: Those that are already dead and those that will die. Get off your butts! You guys are the fighting 29th! Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=longest-day-the
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-They're hung up, sir. Like we are. Move out. -What do you think? -Think? We must have close to a thousand casualties up to now. Do you want me to have the ships start picking us up? -You think it's that bad? -I don't see what else to do. We can't get up this hill. If we don't get off this beach, we won't have any division left. What? These are our men, Tom. You think we brought them in so some die and ask the rest to turn tail? Hell, no. We're gonna get up that hill. Find me somebody to speak for the Rangers. Back down the beach on the right there's a gully. With a heavily defended roadblock and machine gun nests on both sides. -If we can blow our way through... -We've hit it three times. -We didn't get close. -Three times isn't enough. We're gonna hit it again. Can you find me some engineers? They're all around you! I mean engineers with equipment still working. Then I shouldn't radio the ships? No, damn it! We need bangalore torpedoes, bazookas, mortars, wire cutters... ...and every man that can stand. Pass the word, will you? Okay, Norm. Now listen to me, all of you. You guys got to snap out of it. We're getting off of here, and we're going inland. What about weapons, General? My men lost everything. They gotta have something to fight with. Strip the dead and the wounded. Pick up anything that'll shoot. I don't have to tell you the score, you all know it. Only two kinds of people are gonna stay on this beach: Those that are already dead and those that will die. Get off your butts! You guys are the fighting 29th! Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=longest-day-the
-What about the 1 st Division? -They're hung up, sir. Like we are. Move out. -What do you think? -Think? We must have close to a thousand casualties up to now. Do you want me to have the ships start picking us up? -You think it's that bad? -I don't see what else to do. We can't get up this hill. If we don't get off this beach, we won't have any division left. What? These are our men, Tom. You think we brought them in so some die and ask the rest to turn tail? Hell, no. We're gonna get up that hill. Find me somebody to speak for the Rangers. Back down the beach on the right there's a gully. With a heavily defended roadblock and machine gun nests on both sides. -If we can blow our way through... -We've hit it three times. -We didn't get close. -Three times isn't enough. We're gonna hit it again. Can you find me some engineers? They're all around you! I mean engineers with equipment still working. Then I shouldn't radio the ships? No, damn it! We need bangalore torpedoes, bazookas, mortars, wire cutters... ...and every man that can stand. Pass the word, will you? Okay, Norm. Now listen to me, all of you. You guys got to snap out of it. We're getting off of here, and we're going inland. What about weapons, General? My men lost everything. They gotta have something to fight with. Strip the dead and the wounded. Pick up anything that'll shoot. I don't have to tell you the score, you all know it. Only two kinds of people are gonna stay on this beach: Those that are already dead and those that will die. Get off your butts! You guys are the fighting 29th! Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=longest-day-the
Love this!
ReplyDeleteSo true.
Small steps in the right direction steer the ship to its port.