Why
Olympian Nastia Liukin Never Quits
“When I was a little girl, I learned that you can never quit
on a bad day.
“I remember coming home from training some days and telling
my mother that I wanted to quit.
“And because my parents never pushed me or made my do
gymnastics, she would say, ‘That’s fine, you can quit, but not today.’
“And she would make me go back to the gym the next day, and
the next day, and the next day, until I had one good day.
“And finally, after a good day – because moms always know
when we have a good day – she would say, ‘Okay, great, now you can quit. We’ll
enroll you back into public school and you can find another activity, you know,
that you’re passionate about.’
“And I would always say, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking
about. I never said I wanted to quit.’
“And this happened multiple times. And so basically, it
saved me multiple times. Because at the end of the day, the most important
thing is to find something that you love and you’re passionate about.
“And that, to me, was gymnastics for so many years.
“And so, what I realized from that simple message of never
quit on a bad day, was that regardless of what career path you decide to take, whatever
it is that your job is, we’re all going to have bad days.
“We’re going to have days where we wanna throw our hands up
in the air and say I quit, I don’t wanna do this any longer. It’s too hard, I’m
frustrated, I’m injured.
“And it’s okay to go in a different career path or on a
different avenue, but not after a bad day.
“And so, I feel like that’s kind of what has helped me now,
through business and through life in general, is that not every day is going to
be easy, or exciting, or you’re gonna feel fulfilled.
“But getting through those hard days, and going back to,
‘What is my goal?’
“For me, that was always the Olympics and winning a gold
medal. And so, on those bad days, I would visualize and look ahead.
“And now, being able to do the same thing in life, and also
in business, that’s what helps me to get through those bad days.”
To Your Online Success,
Steven Morton
Founder-Marketing Mastermind Tips
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