🏆 Do your Athletes Pass the Mirror Test?

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Do your Athletes pass the Mirror Test?

Happy New Year! 🎉

One of my favorite messages to share with our team is the MIRROR TEST.

You are only competing against one other person in this world and that is yourself. The sooner you realize this, the happier and more successful you will be.

Earlier this week,  I wrote a short post on "Phrases that All Athletes Should Hear." One of the phrases I put in this thread was "Pass the Mirror Test." Here is a link to this post:

So, what is the Mirror Test?  Check it out below...

MIRROR TEST - Author Unknown

Tape this on your bathroom mirror, bedroom, and locker. Look at it every day before and after every practice and every game, and remember its importance. Ultimately, you are accountable for the choices you make.

If you can look at yourself and say:

I have given all I had to give and did the absolute best that I could do today... you are a SUCCESS.

I made my team better today, by building their confidence and helping them... you are a SUCCESS.

I met my challenges with confidence and self-esteem and did not doubt my abilities today... you are a SUCCESS.

I worked harder today than I have ever worked... you are a SUCCESS.

I was not concerned with personal glory, but impassioned with making our team as good as it could be... you are a SUCCESS.

The choices I made today were in the best interest of the team... you are a SUCCESS.

I pushed myself beyond my limits and failed today so I could be better tomorrow... you are a SUCCESS.

I forgave myself, my teammates, and my coaches for mistakes we might have made today. I did not judge them. I just forgave them... you are a SUCCESS.

When you come to practice and look in the mirror and see a tired, burned out, physically and mentally exhausted self; when you want to go home and crawl into bed, remind yourself: the sacrifice of going to practice and working harder than you have ever worked when it is not easy, is what makes great players great.

Meet the challenge, and push yourself beyond your expectations. Become great. Great sacrifices always come back to you tenfold.

When you look in the mirror, remember you are looking at someone who your coaches care about. Someone who your coaches trust and believe in. Treat the man in the mirror nicely. He is the best there is. Do not abuse the person looking back at you. You deserve your love too.

When all is said and done, tomorrow is another day. You will always have this standard to measure your success.

Use it until the day you die. Only then is it out of your hands.

Remember the young man in the mirror.

It is always your choice to be a winner every day.

Never judge yourself by the score of a game.

You are successful and a winner by the choices you make day in and day out.

What kind of person will you choose to be today?

Share this with your team and others.

Encourage and challenge your players to live their life being great teammates; a teammate that uses the Mirror Test.

My favorite line in this poem is the following:

So much of life is about winning the mental battle with yourself. It is about learning to accept who you are. It is about learning the "Secret" and learning to talk to yourself instead of listening to the natural self-doubt that creeps in.  Remember, just because you have a negative thought does mean you have to believe it. 

Encourage your team to pass the Mirror Test every day!

Hold yourself accountable to the "person in the mirror" in 2023. 

Ask yourself...

What kind of person will I choose to be today? 

TWO QUOTES

"Danger is real, but fear isn't. Fears are just the way you perceive a situation. Fears tell you lies. Don't let fear hold you back from rewriting your story." - Damon West

"As a leader, you will be called upon to go first. That requires courage. But in stepping out you give courage to those watching." -  Andy Stanley

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