A Slump is Coming
Tue, August 23, 2011 | Post a Comment | 
Most first time Winners are so naïve.
They are so happy! They think their lives have changed forever. They think now that they have broken through, winning is going to become a way of life. Unfortunately they are headed into some troubled waters and most don’t see it coming.
As a result, they don’t know how to steer around them.
Here’s what they don’t see coming…
What goes up will come down—UNLESS you keep it from happening. Think Superbowl champs, World Series Winners, Oscar winners.
How many of them repeat?
That’s one thing that makes Lance Armstrong winning the Tour de France 7 times so astounding! It's the thing that made Michael Jordan’s 6 Championships with the Chicago Bulls so amazing. And it’s also why Tiger Woods domination of professional golf captured the imagination of people who weren’t even golf fans.
It seems as if there is a huge gravitational pull that life puts on Champions pulling them back to the mediocre masses. Those that stay on top are the ones who go beyond talent and are driven enough to continue to pay the price required to Win.
Their drive elevates them. That kind of passion is very rare.
So if once is not enough for you and you want to keep on doing Great things, just be aware…
If you get a promotion
If you set a record
If you win a contest
If you have a great month
What probably is heading your way is a great big, unexpected SLUMP.
So act accordingly. If you don’t want that to happen, do EVERYTHING in your power to keep it from happening, otherwise it will surely come. It may happen anyway in spite of your best efforts but if it does you will be able to turn things around a whole lot quicker.
Also your extra efforts will serve to tremendously limit how deep it the fall-off would have otherwise been.
The slump happens for a lot of reasons.
You assume you have things working and they will keep working just as well or even better. You forget the intensity that you put into your efforts to win the first time. You imagine and expect that all you have to do is keep on doing the same things and you will continue to grow even higher. You don’t plan for the unforeseen and inevitable new obstacles that always come up.