02/18/2022
Usain Bolt is the fastest man who ever lived. He holds the world records in both the 100m and 200m sprints, and he is also a part of the fastest 4x100 team ever.
It takes vision, purpose, and grit to spend 4 years training for a 9-second race, especially in a world where patience is lacking and when people who don't see results after a month or two give up and quit.
Without vision, the people will perish. 4 years is a long time to train for such a short race. Your vision is what keeps you inspired and motivated to keep training when you don't want to or don't feel like it.
Purpose is why we do what we do. Usain Bolt's purpose was to become the fastest man in the world. Knowing what he wanted to do and why he wanted to do it helped keep him focused through the 4-year journey and grind. Having a meaningful purpose can help you stay focused on the things that matter most to you, it helps prioritize your life, and it helps you walk away from things that don't serve your purpose.
Grit is having the passion and perseverance to do hard things. Training for an Olympic race is a hard, grueling process. It requires a lot of grit to stay on track and to keep pushing yourself, especially when you don't feel like working out.
One more thing that is required to become great is PATIENCE. PATIENCE is just not the ability to wait or to endure something, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting and enduring.
One of the things that separate good athletes from great athletes is their ability to be PATIENT as they continue to work hard for their goals. Bolt had to be PATIENT between his Olympic races but didn't stop working hard.
Read my week 7 devotional on patience here: https://acoachsdiary.blogspot.com/2022/02/week-6-every-success-story-has-some.html?m=1
