"Don't let the moment define you. You define the moment. Define it by knowing that your practice and preparation have prepared you well." -Training Camp, by Jon Gordan
When it comes time to put all your cards on the table, whether that be a job interview, a promotion meeting with your boss, an exhibition, performance, recital, a game, a competition or a race,you often start to worry about the result. What if I dont get the job, people dont look at my art, I miss the shot, or mess up a note. You start to worry about how this moment will define you, like it is the said all be all of everything you have done. That this is what everyone will see and define my success and worth based off this moment. But, you do not have to let the one moment of many define you. If you can go into anything in life with the confidence you have done all you can, and did all you can well, to prepare for that moment, then YOU can define how that moment turns out. Go into that interview knowing you have what it takes to get the job. Go into that race knowing you have done all of the right training and recovery. If what you are doing goes well, then great! If it does not, do not let that one moment of the hundreds of thousands of other moments you put in to your work define who you are as an artist, athlete, business person, whatever it may be. You should walk away knowing that you had done everything you could to prepare, and you should define yourself off of THOSE moments. Those are the moments in life where you have worked hard, sacrificed time and put your heart into your craft. You should define that moment as what it is, a moment, a snap-shot of all that you have done, and it is just another building block on the path to greatness. It should NOT define who you are as you are, you have the power to define it!
This is a photo from a "failed" race from the Indoor MAC championships last year. It was just a moment, and I did not let it define me, as by the time outdoor MAC championships came around, THIS was the next captured moment:
When it comes time to put all your cards on the table, whether that be a job interview, a promotion meeting with your boss, an exhibition, performance, recital, a game, a competition or a race,you often start to worry about the result. What if I dont get the job, people dont look at my art, I miss the shot, or mess up a note. You start to worry about how this moment will define you, like it is the said all be all of everything you have done. That this is what everyone will see and define my success and worth based off this moment. But, you do not have to let the one moment of many define you. If you can go into anything in life with the confidence you have done all you can, and did all you can well, to prepare for that moment, then YOU can define how that moment turns out. Go into that interview knowing you have what it takes to get the job. Go into that race knowing you have done all of the right training and recovery. If what you are doing goes well, then great! If it does not, do not let that one moment of the hundreds of thousands of other moments you put in to your work define who you are as an artist, athlete, business person, whatever it may be. You should walk away knowing that you had done everything you could to prepare, and you should define yourself off of THOSE moments. Those are the moments in life where you have worked hard, sacrificed time and put your heart into your craft. You should define that moment as what it is, a moment, a snap-shot of all that you have done, and it is just another building block on the path to greatness. It should NOT define who you are as you are, you have the power to define it!
You define the moment.
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