Expectations

We cannot allow our expectations, or standards to drop. As a coach, I must have high expectations for my athletes to meet, or be in the process of attaining. If I allow my expectations for them to drop, even slightly, than the most I can reasonably expect from them is that lower bar. Most will only achieve to the heights that I have set for them. True, a few will have a very high bar for themselves, therefore achieving greater than my expectations.

Lowering the bar for my athletes, dropping my standards of excellence will make the athletes comfortable, make things easy. And the athletes will reach them with regularity. And I understand that may give them confidence, but it won’t show them that there is a next level that could have been reached. They will be less prepared for future challenges.

The best coaches, of which I am not, and the best players, of which I was not, set extremely high standards for their athletes and themselves. They are never satisfied with their place in life. They recognize how hard they have to work to get to that bar, but as soon as they get closer, either they, or they their coach, pushes that bar even higher. Knowing that they haven’t reached their potential just yet.

We all need to do the same in our lives. myself included. We need to raise our expectations for our job performance, family life, spiritual life, and as physical beings. Why do we settle for “good enough” expectations? We need to coach ourselves to achieve more.

Where is you bar set? How high can you raise it?

On to the next one.