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Venus Williams - I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest. · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Welcome to the Daily Quote, the podcast designed to kick start
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  your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Anna McGivern,
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  and let's jump into today's quote from Venus Williams, seven
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  time Grand Slam tennis champion and one of the greatest athletes
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  of all time. She once said, I don't focus on
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  what I'm up against, I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the
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  rest. Think about what Venus is saying
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  here. She's not pretending obstacles
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  don't exist. She's not naive about
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  competition, challenges or what stands in her way.
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  She just doesn't focus on them. Because here's the truth,
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  whatever you focus on expands. If you focus on the obstacles,
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  they grow. They become more intimidating.
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  They consume your mental energy. They convince you that you can't
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  win. But if you focus on your goals
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  instead, on what you're trying to achieve, where you're trying
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  to go, that's what expands. That's what gets your energy,
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  and that's what drives your decisions.
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  Venus has faced incredible obstacles.
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  Racism. Injuries, doubters, fierce
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  competition. She could spend all her mental
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  energy focused on what she's up against.
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  Instead, she focuses on winning, on excellence, on her goals.
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  And that focus is what separates champions from everyone else.
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  Most people obsess over their obstacles.
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  They study them. They talk about them.
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  They let them determine their strategy and their mindset.
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  Champions acknowledge obstacles exist, then immediately shift
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  their focus back to the goal. Where's the finish line?
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  That's the only question that matters.
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  So here's the question. What are you focusing on?
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  The obstacles or the goals? Because you can't effectively
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  focus on both. Whichever 1 gets your attention
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  is the one that'll grow. Choose wisely.
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  That's it for today. I'm Anna McGivern, signing off
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  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.