Your Setbacks Are Preparing You For Success, Not Delaying It

Unless you're living under a rock , you know that Rory took home the green jacket at Augusta yesterday and his story is just too good for me not to talk about it on the podcast , the Dodge the Norm podcast , that talks about perseverance and reaching your dreams and adversity . So of course , I had to talk about Rory today .

So the cool thing about what happened yesterday is that Rory won what is called a grand slam . A grand slam is when you win all four majors . Now , five people before that have done it and the crazy part about it is very young .

In his age , I think by the age of 25 , rory had won the other three and everybody was like , oh my gosh , he's going to be the fastest to do it . He's going to be so quick Like he's . It's just like going to be Masters , which , let's be honest , is probably the most prolific of all of the majors . It's the first major of the year .

It happens in April . It happens in the spring , the sun is beautiful down in Augusta , georgia , the flowers are out and it's just like a really special time in golf . And so for his last major to be the masters and for him to I hate to say it fail for 11 years Um , it's crazy that he has finally got it done .

Um , so let's just talk about like things like okay , we all carry dreams that sometimes just fall out of reach . I love that . That's the promotion , that's the race that you wanted to run , that's the personal project you've been putting on the back burner .

Um , and the longer that we chase those , the heavier they can become Like I'm never going to get there , or I'm never going to , uh , finish that project , or I'm never going to run that race . And so , thinking about the 11 years that it took Rory , I think about things in my life .

I think the first thing that I thought about was like real businessy , and I thought to myself gosh , you haven't sent that email to this brand , or you haven't followed up with this client , or you haven't pitched this . You know company , and Rory's been hitting about a million balls a year for the last 11 years while he tries to wrap up the masters .

So you know it's just . It's just a story of mental resilience , year after year coming up , falling short , devastating near misses .

He's got answers to questions from the media , from the fans , but he just kept picking himself up every single year and just knowing like , think about this , think about going to let's say you just go to work , and just knowing like , think about this , think about like going to let's say you just go to work , and every and this one specific weekend , you know

that every single media outlet and every single fan and every single person is going to be like is this going to be the year that you're , you know , going to win this deal ? Is this the year that you're going to do really well in that project ? And you got people like asking you and asking you and asking you all of these kinds of questions .

And I mean Rory doesn't just get that on master's weekend , he gets that literally every single week day . I feel like he probably gets the when are you going to get the green jacket ? When you get the green jacket ? So , speaking of green jacket , what is your green jacket ?

What's that gold that's been eluding you despite , I would say , putting out your best efforts ? Um , but what I wrote in my newsletter is what . What Rory's journey teaches us is that time doesn't diminish achievement . The victory is just as sweet and , as you saw , with the way that Rory's journey teaches us , is that time doesn't diminish achievement .

The victory is just as sweet and , as you saw , with the way that Rory responded , it's very sweet . He fell to his knees and cried it out after he put in the final putt . Consistency trumps intensity . It wasn't a dramatic overhaul that brought McElroy his victory . It was just showing up prepared year after year , and maintaining the belief through disappointment .

It was a very challenging day on the golf course today and he , you know , lost three strokes on one hole . He put it in the water at 13 . You know , he did not play a perfect round

. He missed a putt to win it and then had to not play a perfect round . He missed a putt to win it and then it would go to a playoff . And then the obstacle is the way . God , I love that Each previous disappointment in Augusta built the resilience needed for victory . Your setbacks aren't delaying your success , they're preparing you for it .

Your setbacks aren't delaying your success , they're preparing you for it . Every single failure . I actually just went to doing some research on this newsletter . I just typed in like Rory McIlroy quotes and he said on a podcast failure is an opportunity to learn . Love that there's , no , there's not wins and losses . I mean there are , I hate to say it .

There are , like in the wins and loss columns , like in the NBA and in college basketball and in sports and stuff like that . But you know there's wins and then there's learning opportunities . That has been challenging you Instead of focusing on the outcome , commit to the process for , let's say , the next seven days .

What is a daily action that you can move that gets you closer ? Can you stop thinking about that marathon that you have to train for the next 79 days and you just don't think you're going to get there ?

And let's just talk about what it's like to run three miles on Tuesday and to do your strength workout on Wednesday and to lift on Thursday , like let's stack some bricks . That's another thing . I think Chris Paul said it a couple of months ago on a podcast just stacking bricks just every day .

If you're consistent , what you want in life is going to manifest itself . And I , I mean I said man , I just said manifest and it came out of my mouth , I was like manifest is not the right word . But if you just stack bricks every single day , you will build the foundation that will get you to the point that you want to be at . So your dreams .

They deserve your persistence . So think about something this week . Think about something long-term , a long-term goal . That's been challenging you , and you know I'm a big person about writing things out .

I have a a bunch of posters here in my office that , like I think about this video that I have to edit that's going to take forever , and I just have a bunch of check boxes and that one check box equals an hour and if I have 10 hours to edit , it just got to check that box 10 times .

And so lay some bricks this week , stay persistent , have a fantastic week and , as always , just like Rory McIlroy , make sure you dodge the norm

. See you next time . Bye .