4.17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Dig Deep and Perform

“Many times, I had to dig deep and perform. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be the best.” - Hayley Wickenheiser

When was the last time you were forced to dig deep and out of your comfort zone? How did you respond? What did you learn about yourself? Were you able to do it, or did you back out, cut corners, or quit?

When you are forced to dig deep, that is when you find out who you truly are and what you are made of.

Hayley Wickenheiser is a four-time Olympic gold medalist for the Canadian women’s hockey team. She once said, “Many times, I had to dig deep and perform. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be the best.”

Digging deep and getting out of your comfort zone is hard and uncomfortable, but it is necessary if you want to be the best you can be. On your journey, you will face tough opponents and situations that will force you to dig deeper than what you might want. Some people embrace those moments, and others run from them.

What about you? When it gets really hard, how do you respond? Do you find the easy way out, or do you go the right way - the hard way?

Commit now to doing what it takes to become who you want to become, no matter how hard it might be. Decide now to do what you need to do, not what you want or feel like doing.

Decide now to dig deep and perform when the time comes.

Question of the Day: When it is time to dig deep, do you? Will you?