Stop making decisions based on who you were. Instead, decide like your future self would. Going to bed five minutes earlier, eating better, training harder—frame these as actions your future self already takes, and watch small choices compound into real change.
Athletes, you gotta start making decisions for your future self instead of letting your past self make them. What I mean by that is I hear you guys say all the time, "I suck at going to bed on time. I suck at eating this. I suck at getting my training in." Cool, your past self might have sucked at it, and so if you continue to believe that narrative, then your current self is gonna suck at it. But if your future self is good at going to bed on time, then let that future self make your decision and say, "Hmm, my future self is really good at going to bed by 9:30." Therefore, I'm gonna go to bed 5 minutes earlier tonight so that I can become that future me who goes to bed on time and hits my goals. Let your future self make decisions, not your past self.
