No, I’m not referring to the “F word” that you may have been thinking. I’m referring to FOCUS! You can smash your life goals when you apply F.O.C.U.S. strategies. F – Find Your Passion – It’s difficult to be truly successful if you hate what you do. Don’t get me wrong, you don’t need to love every minute of what you do. Muhammad Ali famously said, “I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” He loved the prospect of becoming a champion and did everything necessary to get there. O – Organize Your Squad – Look around you. If the people you surround yourself with are holding you back, you need to make changes. “Show me your friends & I’ll show you your future.” RWTW baby! C – Coachability – If you follow any of my messages, you know I consistently preach coachability. Humble yourself and learn from your leaders, and remember you must be 100% coachable, not 99%… 100% U – Unrelenting Work Ethic – You can have the biggest goals, the most talent, and a great opportunity, but without unrelenting work ethic, the rest doesn’t mean a thing. Be the hardest worker in the room! S – Study Success – Whatever field you’re in, whatever you’re trying to pursue, you’ve got to study what others have done to become successful in that arena. Usually, you’ll find that success has a pattern regardless of the specifics of someone’s field. One of the common factors in that pattern is that successful people study other successful people. Let’s get it. Use the F word to smash your goals… FOCUS!!!

I’ve always been a competitor. It’s in my blood, it fuels my GRIND, and it’s greatly responsible for the success that I’ve had in life. In today’s post, I want to tell you how to approach your life as a competitor, and I can tell you from experience, it’s guaranteed to help you achieve your goals. 1. Know Your Competition In any environment, work, school, sports, you first need to identify who the top performers are. Who is making the biggest plays? Who is experiencing the most success? That is your competition. 2. Keep Your Friends Close We all know the saying, “Keep your friends close & your enemies closer.” I’m gonna switch that up a bit. Identify your “enemies” and make them your closest friends. By “enemies” I mean your competition that you identified in step 1, and I don’t literally mean you should view them as enemies. We want a sense of healthy competition here. But once you’ve identified your competition, you need to learn from them. You become who you surround yourself with. RWTW! Roll With The Winners! 3. Outwork EVERYONE You’ve identified your competition. You’ve befriended them and started learning from them. Now you just need to outwork them! Your competition may be more talented than you. They may have more experience than you. Those are things you can’t control, but what you can control is your work ethic. Your competition is at the gym from 5am-6am every day? Be there at 4:30! Your competition puts in a 10 hour work day? Put in a 12 hour work day! With these three steps and a competitive mindset, I can nearly guarantee you you’ll achieve your goals. Once you’ve passed up your competition, it’s time to start over again. Rinse, Wash, Repeat. Set bigger goals, find your new competition, and follow these three steps all over again.