Expectations

Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

A long time ago, I was taught something about expectations that I use before every event. Accept all outcomes. No matter who you are there is a possibility that you will in fact NQ in every single run. It will be painful, and hard to accept. But the educational purposes of any adventure do not depend on Qs. We leave here in just over three days, and three days seems incredibly close. I know my expectations, but I’m also accepting the possibility that I could be eliminated every single round. While I would never keep this thought in my head during the event, it is important to go into this new adventure understanding that things may not go my way. But life will go on; there will be other events and other expectations to fulfill.

For each competition there are expectations and once all is said and done, reality. While the worst possible outcome is one to be understood, it is not welcomed wholeheartedly as reality. Because reality can be our masterpiece…The future is crafted by the hours of hard work we put into the results we desire. Everything that is going to be is decided by our individual performance. What we can’t control is the performance of others. Expectations aren’t meant to be aimed at beating others though. It’s simply unrealistic to assume you will be the best of everyone else, and personally I find it unhealthy. It’s a goal in a negative light, and is the act of constantly setting yourself up for failure.  I cannot control if there is someone better at being the best than I am, but I can control if I am the best that I can be. It is the art of brining your performance to a new level every run, striving to be the best you can be. Expectations can become reality. But even still, expecting to be the best you can is only half the battle. Somewhere there is a balance between believing in yourself and  going out there kicking ass from the moment you step up to the first jump until you cross the finish line.