There is a high school rugby coach by the name of Larry Gelwix who lives in California. In 35 years his team won 418 times and only lost 10 times. He also added 20 national rugby championships in that time span.
He was well known for his focus on WIN (Lou Holtz and Pat Riley were known to have used it too). It's something he would drill into his players and it is something we can all benefit from. WIN stands for:
What's
Important
Now
This was his way of keeping his players focused and to be successful in sports, as well as their personal life. I think it is something you can use to stay focused on your goals.
When you are trying to lose weight, the fact that you splurged at a buffet yesterday is not important today. What's important now is the next meal you eat.
When you are training for a race, wasting time and energy worrying about not being able to finish is not helping. What's important now is your next training session.
Worrying about how your friends look or what they do is not energy well spent. Staying focused on what works for you is what's important now.
Being present and actively focused on your present life (not on what happened in the past or what anyone else is doing) will make a huge impact on your success. We are all very busy nowadays. This simple, but effective principle can help keep you laser focused on your goals rather than getting caught up in all the little things that are holding you back.
When you feel yourself getting lost and confused, ask yourself "What's important now?"
