Motivational Story - U.S. Navy Seals


Greetings! I recently found one of my most cherished keepsakes - a Civilian Medallion (pictured above) - that was given to me many years ago from the United States Navy Seals after working on a special project with them through my sports team. 

Once during my sports management career, I brought in some retired Navy Seal members to work with my (16-20-year-old) hockey players for a day. It was a fascinating experience. I want to share with you what they preached to my players:

1. THE ONLY EASY DAY WAS YESTERDAY.

2. GET COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE.  

(JIM: Yes, the more you embrace these words, the wider your comfort zone will become. It can boost your confidence and provide you the tools to face head on those tough “Big Game Moments!” I remember one of the Navy Seals told me that those who succeed to the fullest are the ones that "embrace the parts that suck!")

I once shared the story with players that the swimming coach for Olympic Champion Michael Phelps, used to mess up his travel schedules on purpose or poke pin holes in his swim goggles just to teach him to fight through stress and stay on his game! 

3. ALL IN ALL THE TIME!

(JIM: Again, some of the words the Navy Seals shared with our players  --  "To be a SEAL, just being a good performer won't cut it. You have to give everything you have just to make it to the next day. As a SEAL, your goal when you went to sleep at night, was to make it to breakfast the next day. Period. Then your next goal was to make it to lunch." They were trying to teach our players to stay focused on the immediacy and not get ahead of yourself.) 

What I learned from the many stories from the Navy Seals was that no matter what livelihood you choose to embark on,  you have to give everything you do to everything you've got in order to achieve success!

Jim Loria

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