Reality Check: My Advice to Young Ambitious Athletes

This is my advice to the young teenage athlete who is overly ambitious, obsessed and willing to do whatever it takes to be great. Take a listen.   Time Stamps:   (1:21) Welcome back to the Sports Motivation Podcast! (2:00) Listen to the Leadership Series if you haven't (3:12) My history leading up to now (5:45) Today is for the young ambitious athlete (7:48) Reality: You are delusional to how all in you have to be (8:26) Reality: Pleasing your friends, family, and coaches (9:26) Reality: Habits of dependency (9:57) Reality: Need for validation (10:17) My advice to you (10:58) #1- Decide if your purpose is legit (14:36) #2- Learn to deal with pain well (16:55) #3- Decide what's most important to you (19:25) #4- Settle the conflict with your athletes (22:13) #5- Get your money right (24:36) #6- Build your infrastructure for the long-term (25:38) #7- Decide you will always refuse other's opinions on how good you're doing (29:33) My offer to the young ambitious athlete or parent or coach of one               (32:34) If this is for you, go to imnotyou.com/yaa   (33:46) Anyone 21 and up, go to imnotyou.com/ki