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You Aren’t a Failure

You see it all the time, a baseball player is in a slump and no matter what he does he just can’t snap out of it, it seems like the world is against him because line drives are being hit directly at defenders and the next guy up is getting a bloop hit single.  Does this sound familiar to you when trying to get your life in order?  You are finally saving some money and your car breaks down.  You are being consistent with your workouts and you get the flu. Circumstances outside of your control are making you feel like a failure.  The baseball player on a slump also feels like a failure even though he is doing all the right things.  It’s human nature to want to hit a home run every time you come up to bat to break the slump.  Yet you continue to fail over and over again.  Batting coaches give batters the same advice that we can use in our own lives, “narrow it down to small victories”. 

Narrow It Down

Coaches will tell the batters to narrow it down to individual at-bats and even individual pitches.  Take a ball, take a good swing, and even if you don’t get a hit, narrowing it down to individual pitches can give you small victories that will lead to the right mindset and big victories in the future.  If you can’t get any wins then you can’t stop feeling like a failure.  You can implement this same strategy in your life, if you make small progress every day in all facets of life you can consistently be crushing your goals and breaking out of slumps.  Get up early, skip dessert after dinner, or take a 15-minute walk.  These are all small victories we can get in the bleakest of times. Next time you feel like a failure, try narrowing it down and taking pride in the small victories throughout the day. 

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