This morning I saw an interview with Scott Hamilton talking about the women’s figure skating event last night. He mentioned the phrase,
“Be Olympic.” And then I quickly sipped my coffee and rushed out the door.
As I proceeded to be in the hum-drum of my drive, I thought, what does it mean to Be Olympic?
These 3 things will allow us to show up in a way where we can Be Olympic in the competition of our daily lives:
- Find your courage - Look to the home town gal, Joannie Rochette, who’s mother past just two days before her time on the ice. She didn’t just “show up” she is sitting in 3rd place after the short program. How do you find your courage? If you were to be able to stand in your Courage what results might you ahceive?
- Prepare for your moment – If you were like Aussie skater, Cheltzie Lee, you might not even have thought the 2010 Olympics would be your moment. She got the call two weeks ago informing her she could compete after the skater from Israel was not going to be at the games. Cheltzie skated the best short program of her life in the brightest spot light for her world. What daily habits do you have that are preparing you for your moment? What do you still need to be doing so that when the spot light hits, it’s shining on you?
- Get out of your own way – The Korean women in first place, Yu-Na Kim, took a nasty spill in practice the day of the short program. A fall on her left side, from which I understand is not common and can be quite jarring – to the body and the ego. Going into her jump during the competition she let it happen – and landed it perfectly. Where do you find yourself getting in your own way? What landings might you stick if you could simply move yourself out of the way?
Everyday we make choices about how we show up – some conscious and some completely on autopilot and so far from our own awareness to detect that it was even a choice. How might you Be Olympic today?
Better yet, what might you get as a result?








