Today I watched a Hot Ones interview of Luka Dončić.
If you don’t know, he’s an incredible NBA basketball player.
In addition to that, he’s building an incredible foundation, The Luca Dončić Foundation—which focuses on creating a more positive and joyful environment for youth sports, particularly basketball, by addressing issues like excessive pressure and providing better support systems for young athletes.
And just tonight, as I was leading my martial arts demo team through our choreographed performance (that we have to show in two weeks), I felt myself walking this line between excessive pressure and maintaining a positive and joyful environment.
Because while, yes, being competitive and adding pressure to training pushes us to realize our full potential…
…That holds true only if we don’t quit because we aren’t having fun anymore.
Don’t miss the forest for the trees… don’t let the trophies supersede original joy and just plain having fun.