Find the Best - And Play Them

💪🏿 Find the best player in the gym and play them.

🏃 Find the fastest person at the workout and work  next to them.

🏀 Find the best shooter in the gym and shoot with them.

⚾️ Find the best hitter and pitch to them.

⚾️ Find the best pitcher, and hit off them.

⚽️ Find the best scorer and try to stop them.

🏀 Find the best goalkeeper and try to score on them.

🥅 Find the hardest worker and try to outwork them.

🎽 Find the person who can run the furthest, the longest and try to keep up!

When you play against people who are better than you, you get better.  They push you harder and they expose your weaknesses.  They force you to maximize your strengths and grow your weaknesses.  They teach you how to have a growth mindset and learn from your failures.  

We all win and lose in life - and sports can prepare you for that.  Your first loss shouldn't be as a college freshmen when you are away from your parents for the first time and the stakes are real.  Use sports as a tool for entertainment AND for personal growth.  When done right, you can have great experiences and memories, a lot of fun, build great relationships and become a better version of yourself with tools that you can forever call on for continuous growth.

There is no better way to grow than pushing yourself to the max, losing and learning from that so that you can come back stronger.  Don't run from the competition, run to the competition.  Don't run from the smoke, run to it.

And this works in sports, in the classroom and in life!  Find the best in your field, work next to them, learn from them, and become inspired by them.