Mr. McCarver:
As a player and color commentator, Tim McCarver was a baseball legend. In the movie Moneyball his voice is used during a scene that talks about the career of the main character, Billy Beane:
“… he’s got to be successful to be confident.”
In order to be confident we have to succeed, and often times we have a better chance of succeeding if we’re confident.
Baseball has metrics that determine success. For example, wins & losses and batting & earned run average. But what about in life: What are the metrics we use to determine success?
The better question is what metrics do YOU use to determine success?
Some parts of life determine success by certain criteria, but not all of them. Some parts of life allow us to decide what success looks like.
One of those areas is how we take care of ourselves. The things that we do to take care can be accomplishments, and those accomplishments can be successes that build confidence.
Framing:
Baseball has a strategy knowing as framing. It’s when the catcher slightly moves their mitt to change the umpire’s perception and make a pitch look like a strike.
We can do something similar to shift our perception and build confidence.
Speaking of shifting, let’s shift from a from a baseball metaphor to one about football.
Framing a pitch is like moving the goal posts.
The metaphor “moving the goal posts” is a way of saying that we can change the rules to give ourselves an advantage. When it comes to taking care and building confidence we control the “goal posts”.
In some seasons of my life I’ve determined success by whether I accomplished my to-do list – things like making my bed and getting exercise.
When I executed, especially consistently, I built confidence.
When it comes to taking care of ourselves, we decide what an accomplishment is and whether we’ve been successful.
Go Get It:
Do you remember Hair Club For Men? It was a business that sold hair rejuvenation, and it produced one of the greatest taglines in marketing history.
“I’m not just the founder, I’m a client.”
I don’t think that taking care of ourselves can be a series of accomplishments that build confidence – I know that it can.
When it comes to taking care, the ultimate goal is to be well, and on your way to being well YOU decide what success looks like. That means it’s always within reach.
Small steps. Great distances.℠
You know… Let’s go!℠
