Lewis HowesYour Personal 24/7 Greatness Coach

How to win ANY race! 🥇

8 Sept 2023 · 0 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker shares a personal insight that thinking about winning actually prevents success. He observes that whenever he fixates on the desire to win, he consistently loses. To break this pattern, he advises shifting attention from the outcome to the intensity of the activity itself—specifically, concentrating on the immediate actions and sensations of skiing, such as the next turn and the ongoing race dynamics. By focusing on the process between the start and finish line rather than the post‑finish result, the speaker argues that athletes can unlock the conditions that naturally lead to victory.

And when I think I want to win, I never win. Really? Never, ever. If I'm thinking about winning, I will not win the race. Come on. It's happened. It's almost like 100% of the time. So what do you need to think about? I have to think about like the intensity of my skiing or like I have to think about racing the course versus winning. It always has to be like what's happening between the start and the finish line, not what's going to happen after the finish. You got to focus on the next turn. Yeah, the next turn. Like the process of getting to the finish is what allows you to win the race.