I'm kinda like Doc Rivers

Small Wins

I've been saying this a lot lately, as it pertains to many areas of my life. Small wins at work like meaningful praise from a client. Small wins at home like being able to finally get to the bottom of that mountain of laundry. Even small wins here, in this thing that I’m doing. Yeah I set myself back a couple of days with my Saturday Shenanigans, but, I was right back on track after that indiscretion. Normally I would say something along the lines of “well F that” and just scrap the whole thing after a night like Saturday. So, not doing that? Small win.

Speaking of laundry. I was dreading getting ready for work this morning. Not because it’s Monday, or because it was June Gloom outside, but because I washed/dried all my jeans all at once, which meant, they were going to be tight. Which meant, feeling slightly like a sausage squeezing into a casing.

Wow. I can’t believe I just made that comparison, that’s disgusting. I apologize to my sister for that.

So after fully preparing myself for the normal lunge and squat routine to make some room, imagine my delight when that wasn’t necessary.

Small win.

I’m really beginning to apply this philosophy across the board, and why not! It makes complete sense. Its inspiring. It keeps you in the game.

Let’s be shamelessly timely and ask ourselves to examine Doc Rivers’s philosophy with his team. He always talks about playing one game at a time, about not worrying over winning the Championship, but rather just succeeding every time you get out on the court. Even if you don’t win the game, you can learn from it.

Small wins.

I mean, that’s basic stuff here guys!

And its so important to recognize this because its so easy to lose sight of the philosophy behind that quote-from-that-song-that–was-cool-when-I-was-like-15: life’s a journey, not a destination. And if you watch Glee, than this is really timely for you.

If I think about the Championship, if I focus only on “what I want it to be” and not on “how I’m going to get it to what I want it to be”, I might not win a single game, and might not even make it to the Championship, let alone win it.

So, the moral of my story here today is this: every non-failure is a small win. Think about that, and apply it.


Get I get an “Amen”?