ARE YOU PERFORMING AT YOUR BEST?

March 24th, 2021

HOOYAH Motivated Cadets of Greenway NJROTC!

REAL winners understand one thing very well...

They are not good enough to win if they are not performing at their absolute best...

AT ALL TIMES.

If you think otherwise...

You're either naïve, arrogant, or stupid.

Here's the truth:

Just doing what's "necessary" in order to win...

Is not actually winning...

It's setting yourself up to lose.

There will always be someone hungrier...

There will always be someone putting in more work...

There will always be someone developing their skillset.

These people want to take food off of your plate...

And eventually replace you.

Understand that every time you compromise on the things you say you're going to do...

That's exactly what's happening.

Keep that in mind the next time you want to cut a corner...

Kick up your feet...

Or take your foot off the gas.

Want to compete at the highest level of success?

Choose to operate at your absolute best ... 100% of the time.

Oct. 22nd, 2020

Motivated Cadets,

Now is the time to to bring to mind your rituals—the little things you do every single day. Because these little things define you. I came across this quote that said, “People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their future.”

But isn’t it interesting how day by day it seems like nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different? Think about it...Crazy huh!?

Well, believe it or not that is the power of little daily routines...little daily habits...little daily patterns...little daily rituals. Simply stated, all the results in your life come from these little things.

Regardless of your unique life circumstances, or how you personally define success (My favorite definition of success is, “The progressive realization towards a worthy goal.”), you don’t suddenly become successful. You become successful over time based on your rituals.

Failure occurs in the same way. All your little daily failures (especially the failures that you don’t learn and grow from) come together and cause you to fail…allow me to give you a basic business example...pretend you own a business...

You keep failing to check the financial books; You keep failing to make the calls; You keep failing to listen to your customers; You keep failing to do the little things that need to be done…Then one day you wake up and your business has failed. It was all the little things you did or didn’t do on a daily basis—your rituals—not just one inexplicable, catastrophic event.

OK, now think about how this relates to your life right now as a student, as a Cadet of the Mighty Desert Demon Company...because your life is your business. You are the boss and the employee.

Cadets believe me when I tell you that your rituals make or break you. So, how have you been managing your rituals, and thus how have you been managing your life? Is it time to re-examine those rituals? Do your rituals bring out the best in you? Are the little things you’re doing every day working for you or against you? Answer that question then adjust accordingly. Take care and stay safe.