I am a 27 year London born Pop Singer who produced a number one hit in 2007 before signing a multi-million dollar record deal. I am a 6 foot All- American quarterback who led my college team to its first Rose Bowl in 67 years before being the second overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft. I was the young actor who stole the heof audiences in Forrest Gump before nearly winning an Academy Award 5 years later. Yet, none of these achievements are even a drop in the bucket of my potential. That's what EVERYONE TOLD ME. Because no one thought that singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse would overdose on drugs; that quarterback Ryan Leaf would get caught embezzling money from a high school football team; of that Haley Joel Osment would go from “seeing dead people”
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People get so consumed with all the “what if’s” that they slowly let it break & rot them.So “what if” I asked you your worst fears? Chances are someone will say snakes, heights, crowded spaces or Atychiphobia – The fear of failure. In the words of Jon Acuff, author and speaker, “Fear never bothers you if you are average but the second you dare to be more than ordinary, fear awakens. When people dare to be above average they open a world of failure and adventure. In the case of Ryan Leaf being above average was simple with a record of 59 touchdowns in only three seasons -- that's more touchdowns than my school's entire football team has gotten in the past two years. However this quarterback lacked confidence in his abilities and the fear of others being more advanced than him ultimately lead to his downfall. A great mentor of mine once said “What if someone told you that you would fail because you've set your goals too high.” I thought for a long time before I realized I have too much motivation for failure to be an option. Which is why researchers at Passing the Baton conducted trials and found that those that didn't live up to their potential did not exhibit qualities of constant motivation that others in their field
People get so consumed with all the “what if’s” that they slowly let it break & rot them.So “what if” I asked you your worst fears? Chances are someone will say snakes, heights, crowded spaces or Atychiphobia – The fear of failure. In the words of Jon Acuff, author and speaker, “Fear never bothers you if you are average but the second you dare to be more than ordinary, fear awakens. When people dare to be above average they open a world of failure and adventure. In the case of Ryan Leaf being above average was simple with a record of 59 touchdowns in only three seasons -- that's more touchdowns than my school's entire football team has gotten in the past two years. However this quarterback lacked confidence in his abilities and the fear of others being more advanced than him ultimately lead to his downfall. A great mentor of mine once said “What if someone told you that you would fail because you've set your goals too high.” I thought for a long time before I realized I have too much motivation for failure to be an option. Which is why researchers at Passing the Baton conducted trials and found that those that didn't live up to their potential did not exhibit qualities of constant motivation that others in their field