707 How Champions Win

Published: Oct. 17, 2018, 1:07 a.m.

FIND THE WINNING BALANCE.\nYou hear so often that people get to the top of the mountain and realize that the summit isn\u2019t the answer.\nTo be a champion, you have to know that there is so much more to success than a final outcome.\nIf you focus on the goal without being connected to your joy and larger purpose, you will get burnt out.\nBut when you\u2019re coming from a place of passion, the results will fall into place.\nTo explore this topic further, I gathered parts of conversations with four world-class champions who\u2019ve visited The School of Greatness in the past: Julianne Hough, Ray Lewis, Shawn Johnson, and Novak Djokovic.\nJulianne Hough is a two-time winner of ABC\u2019s Dancing with Stars and now sits as a judge on the show. She\u2019s one an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography and has appeared in many movies and TV productions like Footloose (2011) and Grease Live on Fox.\nRay Lewis is a former NFL linebacker. He is a two-time Defensive Player of the Year, Super Bowl MVP and played his entire 17-year career with the Baltimore Ravens.\nShawn Johnson is a gymnast who won a gold medal in the 2008 Olympics for balance beam and a silver medal in floor exercise and all-around. She\u2019s also a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist.\nNovak Djokovic is a Serbian tennis player is currently ranked third in men\u2019s singles. He\u2019s won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and four Wimbledon titles among many more.\nThese athletes have achieved the immense success in their fields and have all realized that being the best is not enough of an end goal to give them purpose.\nSo learn how these champions get in the mindset to win on Episode 707.\nIn This Episode You Will Learn:\nWhy being content won\u2019t ruin your drive (10:30)\nWhat Ray Lewis learned from joining ESPN (13:40)\nWhy Ray Lewis thinks he was able to play football for so long (14:10)\nWhat people can do to win even if they get second (14:56)\nWhat helped Novac Djokovic get through a breakdown (21:04)