Champions Always Focus On Giving More Than Getting

 I have observed closely elite athletes and how they approach becoming elite.  My clients currently are race car champions like Kasey Kahne his Kasey Kahne Racing Team.  We aren’t all in the business of racing a car going 200 mph against other equally skilled drivers.  But the idea of seeing up close and modeling the approach of the best is always a great idea if we too want to be elite or just better in our own arenas.

It might surprise you to know that I think that one mindset difference between the most successful and fulfilled and those struggling, is simply whether they are coming at life from a giving or taking place.  The best among us are givers.  They concentrate on giving value to those around them. They know that the more they give, the more they get back. Focus on making everyone’s dreams come true and yours seem to automatically happen without effort. 

Ray Kroc, whom I wrote about in a previous article, was the founder of the McDonald’s chain of restaurants.  His focus was never on “selling” anyone on everything. Kroc became a billionaire and built a worldwide empire because he took the approach of a giver. He looked at all the ways he could give people what they desired.  

It might seem like a stretch to consider an elite athlete to be a giver first. Their goals are generally individual. They develop their own personal skills, fitness, and level of fame.  Yet they actually do nothing of value absent their fans. If the fans don’t support you, you aren’t valuable because in a vacuum, sports are just people playing games.  Kasey Kahne is constantly looking at what he can be doing to grow his popularity of the fans and this usually means being better today then he was yesterday. Being great means not shirking his duties to do the work.  He gives back in my fitness training program for motorcycle and race car drivers because he wants the champion’s edge. When he gives value he gets back that input and then some.

Russ Bohaty, The Racers Trainer, is the Personal Fitness Trainer for NASCAR’s Kasey Kahne and The Kasey Kahne Racing Team. His Free 6-Week Mental Fitness program geared to reach your peak performance is available at www.racerstrainer.com.