Trust your Easter weekend was great!
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Mine was. We had a momentous occasion on Easter Sunday…
My daughter, Sarah beat me in a game of kings.
In case you’ve never played, that’s a form of checkers where every piece starts out as a king and they are configured in opposite corners of the board.
You wouldn’t think it’s a big deal, other than in the approximately 50 games of checkers we’ve ever played, this was the first time she legitimately beat me.
And it was simply by staying in the game long enough to adapt.
When I tried to tell her is this: in checkers you get beat because you’re either too passive and your opponent takes advantage of it, or you’re too aggressive and your opponent uses that to his or her advantage.
That’s how she beat me. I got overconfident and started moving recklessly, not seeing the board one or two moves ahead.
She waited me out and then double and triple jumped me. She separated my pieces from each other, and that was all she wrote.
Victory.
Sarah took the whole thing in stride. Never smiled, never did anything except be her usual 18-year-old self.
But deep down I have to believe she felt like a milestone had passed. I sure did!
The message is exactly what you think it is…
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If you stick around long enough in an environment where people know more than you do, you’ll take on their attitudes and their skills.
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And of course if you get complacent and arrogant you will quickly find out that what you had has been taken away.
But right this minute I prefer to celebrate the “coming of age” of the mighty Sarah.
So,Grasshopper…
What have you been doing long enough without any progress to show for it, because you haven’t been willing to take the next step?
What will happen when you decide to elevate your game by playing with a sharper crowd?
Are you willing to let go of the tiny little bit of stability you have in order to move on to something bigger, brighter, better?
Your move.
Start small. Read how five young adults elevate their game and so something they didn’t think was possible…and the benefits they get from it. HOW TO JUGGLE is an amazing read.
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Or go a little bigger. HOW TO RECEIVE is a step-by-step system to clear away the obstacles to getting what you want…and replacing them with boldness, confidence and joy in the process. The book is great. So is the audio series. Having both is awesome!
Or throw down and make a commitment. WORK WITH ME…ONE ON ONE. Invest in some quality time and become the superstar you probably haven’t allowed
yourself to imagine…because you were afraid it couldn’t come true.
It can. It’s been waiting to come out all this time.
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YOUR TURN…
When have you elevated your game and done things you hadn’t seen for yourself?
Who was your mentor and role model?
Have you helped someone else step up their own game?
Comment below. Like, share and Tweet above. Someone is waiting for you to lift them up.
I have an accountability partner, we talk every 2 weeks and I believe that I’ve helped her step her game and in many ways she’s done the same for me.
That’s cool, Debra. I’m leery of accountability partners, as the commitment level is almost never the same. But when you hit the right one, it can be magic!