I’ve been a San Francisco 49ers fan for as long as I can remember. Bill Walsh was their coach when I became a fan and he led them to 3 Super Bowls. He understood what it took to become a CHAMPION!

As we approach the end of the school year and you have the summer to train, my question is what is the standard that you will hold yourself to on a day-to-day basis.

Whenever your season starts next school year…fall, winter, or spring…how you perform will be determined by the standards that you hold yourself to this summer! If you have CHAMPIONSHIP dreams, will you build CHAMPIONSHIP standards? Can you be disciplined enough to hold yourself to those standards when the season seems so far away?

"Champions behave like champions before they're champions.

They have a winning standard of performance before they are winners."

Bill Walsh, 3x Super Bowl winning coach for the San Francisco 49ers

JOURNAL ACTIVITY

Reflect on your behavior - think work ethic, self-discipline, competitive spirit, ability to prioritize, etc. - over the last 6 months. What patterns do you see in your own life?

Now project the current pattern of behavior that you see in yourself ahead 6 months, 12 months, 18 months. Where is your current behavior taking you? Closer to completing your goals or moving you further away from them?

What is one change that you need to make right now to raise the standard that you are holding yourself to?

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