Can You Use Lebron’s Secret Weapon In Your Life?

Hey, this is John. And something that just came up in the last couple days, I think is worth talking about, and it happens to be around the NBA basketball game, the Finals, Game seven, between the Golden State warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now, you may or may not be a basketball fan, but chances are you probably heard, you know, the excitement that went on, especially in Cleveland, who hasn't won an NBA championship ever, nor has the town of Cleveland won any type of sporting championship. Now, the Golden State warriors won the NBA championship last year, and they were the favorites to win. And here we have this one guy, LeBron James, who came to Cleveland after leaving Cleveland and having people so pissed off at him. Well, he came back a couple of years ago after being a champion with the Miami Heat, and he brought that championship mindset and attitude with him to compete in the NBA. And what do you know, after a couple of years of building the team and last year losing to the Golden State warriors, the other day or night, they won the championship. It was the game that was watched the most out of any basketball finals ever. Cleveland was down three games to one, and no team in the history of NBA Finals have ever come back from a 31 deficit to win the championship. And even during this Finals, what happened was, you know, in game one and two, Golden State played well. Then in game three and four, the Cleveland team played well. And they went back and forth, blowing each other out by 20, 30 points almost every game. And in the Finals, the game changed hands, you know, 21, 22, 23 times back and forth on the lead. And it wasn't until the last minute that was going to decide who was going to win the NBA Championship. Now, what I want to share with you is nothing to do with basketball, but it has everything to do with mindset and what I believe, what I've seen over and over and over again in sports, whether it's golf or basketball or tennis or in business, it's the individual or the team that is able to maintain their focus and their attention on the win, on their performance. And that also means learning how to manage their emotions. The emotions of frustration, the emotions of fear, the emotions of being ashamed or embarrassed or dejected. They have to be able to set that aside and keep their focus on the goal, on the target, on the prize. And the reason I want to share this with you is because many people lose sight of their goal. But there's one other thing that I think made the win by Cleveland even more profound and prevalent, and that is this. When LeBron James went back To Cleveland, he said, I'm going to help this city and our team win a championship. He took on that responsibility. And if you watched his after game discussion or interview, he said that in the first couple of games he was just off. His strategies were off, his focus was off, his blueprint for succeeding was off. And he watched the videos of his game of him performing and his team performing and the other team performing as well, over and over and over again until it clicked for him what he wasn't doing at the highest level of his abilities. And he tweaked it. He took responsibility for what he did well, but also for what he didn't do well. And that was around his mindset, his emotions and his skill set and performing at the highest level. So he adjusted, he adapted, he tweaked. And what happened? They blew out Golden State warriors in a couple of the games and then went back and forth. And then the night that it mattered the most, the seventh game, one minute left for the entire championship, he rallied to a great game, but because he maintained his focus, because he recalibrate, he brought his whole team up with them. And as Golden State, you know, lost a little bit of their composure, he and his team gained their composure because they focused on what they wanted to achieve. They made a promise to the town, they made a promise to the city, they made a promise to the state. They had a big reason why they had to achieve. They had many years of never being champions and they wanted that championship. So where's the lesson here for you and for me? Number one, is get clear on your goal. Develop your big reason why you must achieve it. And get your mindset, your attitude, your vision, your perceptions, your beliefs aligned. Make sure that you take time to, to really get into that emotion of winning. And recognize when you're afraid. Recognize when you have failed or when something you've tried has failed. And adjust and adapt. And in doing that, you become the champion that's able to achieve all of your goals and dreams. When you master your mindset, you master your entire outcome in life. So here's to you mastering your mindset. It's mindset that separates the rest from the best.