In my years of coaching I’ve encountered many personalities, paradigms, and belief systems. I consider myself an open, honest person; one who works to comprehend and accept many view points. The only attitude that I despise is one that uses others’ success as their failure.
This selfish attitude looks at the accomplishment of others as a fault in themselves. ”That person got a raise before I did.” ”So and so ruined the curve on the physics test.” ”Mrs. Smith has a heavier deadlift than me and she started AFTER I did!?!” When looking at the accomplishment of others they see nothing more than their own failures. How could one be selfish enough to detract from someone’s success as a reason for pity?
An elite attitude is one who can feel good for someone else succeeding. I believe we must first be able to celebrate the success of others, only then can we honestly celebrate our own success. Elite is the person who sees someone successful and says “I can do that”.
The mom who wakes up before dawn bettering herself to be strong for her family is elite. The man who battles a lifetime of negativity to finally get himself healthy is elite. The 60 yr old who was “never an athlete” who develops a jump-rope skill and can jump on a 12 inch box is f-ing Elite.
They saw someone’s success and said, “Me, too”.
Elite is you.