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Aiming #1141 · From Chad

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  Small targets are big. There's a story behind that.
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  This is your daily message from Chad #1141 to upgrade your
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  mental game today by telling yourself a better story.
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  Because the most important story you hear is the story you tell
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  yourself. This message is dedicated to Bob
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  Rotella. You can get a free copy of my
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  book, The Most Powerful Story in the World by going to from
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  chad.gumroad.com. The transcript of this message
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  and hundreds of others are always available at
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  www.fromchad.com. Here's the upgrade.
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  You think aiming big gives you a bigger chance, but upgraded
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  thinking knows the smaller the target, the sharper the mind.
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  Here's the story. Bob Rotel was working with a pro
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  golfer who is struggling. So Rotella, author of How
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  Champions Think Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect and Make Your
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  Next Shot Your Best Shot, asked him a simple question.
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  Where are you aiming at out there?
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  The golfer said something vague, like I'm trying to hit it good,
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  I'm aiming at the fairway. Rotella stopped him right there.
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  That's your problem. The fairway is too big.
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  You need a target so small that when you look at it, your focus
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  sharpens and your mind locks in. So in the next shot, Rotella
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  didn't let him aim at the fairway, not even a section of
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  it. He had him pick a single blade
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  of grass 30 yards out. One blade.
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  Eyes locked, mine locked. And suddenly the shot quality
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  transformed. The smaller the target, the
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  sharper the focus. Basketball players don't aim at
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  the rim, they lock onto the little loop of net behind it.
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  Quarterbacks don't aim at the jersey, they aim at the
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  receiver's hands. Golfers, pick one blade of
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  grass. Most of us walk around aiming at
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  fairways. I want to get in shape.
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  I want to be a better dad. I want to grow the business.
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  Those are targets. They're too big to focus on.
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  But I'm doing 10 push ups before I get in the shower.
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  That's a blade of grass. I'm putting my phone in the
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  drawer at dinner. That's a blade of grass.
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  The better story to tell yourself is shrink the target.
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  Zig Ziglar used to say that most people walk around as wandering
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  generalities instead of a meaningful specific.
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  A lack of focus allows for too much wandering.
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  The blade of grass locks you in. So here's the question to ask
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  yourself today. Where are you aiming at the
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  fairway? Where have you left the target
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  so big that your mind has nothing to grab on to shrink it.
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  Find the blade of grass, then lock in.
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  Tell me a story of shrinking your target to from
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  chadsmith@gmail.com. Send someone a text and ask them
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  what's the one blade of grass you can aim at today.