By Kris Germain
The goal board is populated with significant moments you’d like to experience. The process towards a single glorious moment of accomplishment is comprised of a sea of other moments that are all important, each one building on the other, mapping out your unique experience.
Your process towards your goal is as personal as your fingerprint. It is it’s own original work of art. But there is a special moment, a crucial moment, that you don’t want to overlook. It should be recognized and savored, and it should be remembered for future goals:
I’m going to call it “The Great Awakening”. It’s the moment that you KNOW you’re going to accomplish your goal. It’s real, and it can’t be faked. It’s not positive thinking or an “I can do anything I put my mind to” mantra. The moment literally changes your belief, and even if the eventual goal still has work to do, the energy and drive to the goal changes.
I’ve worked with hundreds of people looking for their first pull-up or muscle-up. In the beginning it’s fair to say that I believe in your pull-up more than you do. It feels too far away for you. It feels impossible. But I keep calling you to the bar and I keep encouraging you. With consistency, you feel a little stronger. Some days it feels good, other days it still feels like garbage.
Then one day something different happens. The rep feels different for a brief moment. Today when the brain fired the command, the message jumped from synapse to synapse throughout the body and it traveled farther than ever. It organized the orchestra of muscles to hit a new and singular note—and you felt yourself move with a new energy. Something was clearly different and you know at that moment you are going to get your pull-up. It’s just a matter of time.
This is the moment that I’m waiting for, and everyday I’m coaching you towards this moment. I know it’s there, but you don’t yet (if only you could see all that I’ve seen).
So I tell you to trust your coach.
I tell you to keep following me.
It’s coming. And when it does come, you have to do three things:
Recognize it.
Mark this moment because seeing is believing. If you feel it and then you see the results you’ll be on the lookout for it in the future.
Enjoy it.
It’s not wise to count your chickens before they hatch, but it’s also a mistake to refuse to be encouraged until your goal is manifest. Enjoying points along the way will develop appreciation for the process of things. If you enjoy process, you will tap into the deep secret of all goals—all learning!
Don’t forget it.
That same moment is hidden in the junk drawer of a hundred other goals, under hundreds of other failed attempts. You know what to look for now, so remember that moment exists and keep trying.
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