"The process is really what you have to do day in and day out to be successful, we try to define the standard that we want everybody to sort of work toward, adhere to, and do it on a consistent basis...Being responsible for your own self-determination, having a positive attitude, having great work ethic, having discipline to be able to execute on a consistent basis, whatever it is you’re trying to do, those are the things that we try to focus on, and we don’t try to focus as much on the outcomes as we do on being all that you can be."

Nick Saban

You do not control outcomes. You do control Effort and Process. When you focus on Effort and Process you give yourself the greatest likelihood of having positive outcomes. 

Nick Saban, like all great coaches, focuses on Effort and Process with his players. He stresses to them to focus on this moment, this drill, this play. Their Effort in that moment is what they control. Following the Process is what they control. 

This is a time for all of us to focus on what we control. What we control is Effort, Process and Attitude. 

Worrying about an unknown and uncertain future does not serve you, but it will wear you down and wear you out. It will create fear. It will have a negative impact on your mental and physical wellbeing.

The anecdote to fear and worry is to focus on what you control and take action to advance your cause, your health, your knowledge, your wellbeing, your connections and your relationships. Action requires Effort. Productive action and Effort requires following a process. Consistency is more important that intensity. 

“Man has the capacity for pause between stimulus and response — he may choose among alternatives in responding. This is the taproot of individual freedom.”

Rollo May

Use that gap between stimulus and response to breathe, re-center yourself, and refocus on what you control. (This is probably a good time to turn off the news as well.) Then get back to work focusing on Effort and Process. The Effort and Process is part of the journey striving to improve your skills, knowledge, abilities, health, connections or relationships. This can be reading, spending time with your children, reaching out to a loved one, getting in some movement or exercise or refocusing on your work. 

If you are thinking to yourself that this advice is a little too simplistic remember Simple versus Easy. Simple is lack of complexity. Easy is a lack of effort. What I am advocating is Simple. It is not Easy. 

What’s Important Now? Focus on what you control. Effort. Process. Attitude. 

Take care.

Brian Willis

www.lifesmostpowerfulquestion.com

www.winningmindtraining.com

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