CARROTS ARE THE SECRET TO ENSURING YOUR ATHLETIC SUCCESS IS FULFILLING
As an athlete, so much time and energy is spent striving for success. But you also need to ensure you reflect on what it will mean to you and how you will respond when the mission is accomplished. It is crucial to be intentional, to work through and clarify the exact emotions and behaviors you want to have as you experience success. In other words, you need to commit to how you will reward yourself and celebrate your achievements long before success occurs. By doing so, you will ensure all the effort put forth is truly fulfilling.
When you achieve your top 3 season results, you need to spend the time to enjoy and relish your achievements in a healthy and productive manner. To do so, you need to dissect a carrot specific psycle (situation, thought, feeling, action, gratitude, and result) that should occur once you achieve each of your top 3 season results. These are your carrots – rewards offered as a lure or incentive. Creating carrots through this process will generate an astounding amount of positivity and joy, strengthen your mindset, and properly prepare your alter ego for success.
In order to create your carrots, you will need to answer the chapter questions from the perspective that you just achieved each of your top 3 season results. By doing so, they become past events and your current situations which allows you to work through their corresponding carrot psycles. You will also want to determine when each carrot takes place. A carrot can occur during training, lead-up, warm-up, competition, post competition, or any combination thereof.
When you earn carrots…savor every bite!
When hard work yields season results you need to enjoy the moment. Once you answer the chapter questions and create your carrots, you will know exactly how you are going to respond to your inevitable success. You will have also laid the foundation to celebrate your accomplishments in a manner that will bring true joy and fulfillment to you and include those that have helped you along the way. Now brace yourself as you continue to craft your alter ego and prepare your mindset to catapult you there.