Being the Best

I had this thought in my head.  The thought of being the best.  I am not talking about the previous blog about being perfect or near-perfect human.  I am talking about being the best of what you do.  What you stand for.  What you like to do.  How would you compare yourself to yourself?  The competition is you versus you!  People want to break world records, local records, or even personal records.  Being the best is what most competitive person strive for.  One thing to think about once you are the best there is only one way to go next and that is to go down.  Instead of focusing of being the best, focus on being better.  Being better than a week before.  Being better than a day before.  Being better than the last time you did it.

I live every day better than the day before.  Better yourself before you get the best of yourself.  Look at the days ahead and ask yourself how can I be better.  If you happen to fall and worsen yourself, maybe you need to look deep down inside.  Failure is part of success.  When you are looking at the days ahead, you are planning on your success.  Planning on your willingness to be better.  The proverb, "He who fails to plan, plans to fail."  Whoever created must have failed miserably or not planned several times.  With that said, it all boils down to success.  The goal is to better yourself day by day.  Hour by hour.  Minute by minute.  The less time the harder but it surely is doable depending on the situation.

Failure makes us stronger ...but how?  Learn from our mistakes.  Learn to grow (mentally).  Come in with a focus state of mind and looking back what you did before.  How were you mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  Let's take a page from Bill Gates.  A drop out from college and a failed first business.  Now, everywhere you look it is his product.  Thomas Edison made 1,000 failed attempts in inventing a light bulb before finally resulting in a design that worked.  The most successful basketball player Michael Jordan was cut from his basketball high school team and the rest was history.  M.J. played 1,072 games and lost almost 300 games.  With over 24,500 shots he took, he missed 9,000 shots in his career.  You think Michael dwelt on those missed shots and every games lost.  He bettered himself.  You have to take account to every situation at hand especially if you are injured, sick, or other extraneous circumstances.  Beethoven, a great musician and composer, composed many musical pieces and symphonies while he was deaf.  In his young life, Abraham Lincoln, a once great leader of the U.S., entered the Black Hawk War of 1832 as a Captain and left the war as a Private.  Many successful people in history had their failures and bounce back from it.  Be better then the next day and the rest will take care of themselves.