The besT focUs on Winning 5
The Best don’t focus on the outcome at all. They focus on the process that gets
them there. Ironically to create success you must not focus on success but rather on
the process that produces it.
When you focus on winning, you automatically fear losing. You take yourself out of
the moment and your performance suffers. Just tune out all distractions and zoom-
focus on the fundamentals and let whatever happens, happen.
sUccess breeds sUccess 6
Actually, success breeds complacency. Coaches and business leaders often dread
success far more than they dread failure. Too often a team will have a successful
season or a player will have a great year and when they come back the following season
they think all they have to do is show up and they’ll enjoy the same results, forgetting it
was the hard work, focus and process that helped them create their success.
The moment you think you have arrived at the door of greatness is the moment it
gets slammed in your face. The solution is to stay humble and hungry.
If you want to be the best at what you do, never allow yourself to rest on your
laurels. I always have to come back to the first point I made—that being the best is
uncomfortable. If you want to be the best—to continue to be the best—forget past
glories. Focus on growing, improving and innovating today. It won’t be easy but it will
be worth it.
About the Author: About the Book:
Jon Gordon is a speaker, consultant, and author Training Camp: What the Best Do Better
of the international bestseller The Energy Bus: 10 Than Everyone Else (Wiley, 2009, ISBN:
Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work and Team with Positive 978-0-470-46208-9, $22.95) is
Energy and The No Complaining Rule: Positive available at bookstores nationwide,
Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work. Jon’s new major online booksellers, or directly
book, Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than from the publisher by calling 800-
Everyone Else, was released in May of 2009. 225-5945. In Canada, call 800-567-4797.
Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a
For more information, please visit
master’s in teaching from Emory University. When
www.jongordon.com
he’s not speaking to businesses or schools, you can
find him playing lacrosse or basketball with his wife
and two “high energy” children.
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