Today, Stage 7 of The Tour de France, Jasper Philipsen won the sprint finish. He’s now won each of the three sprint finishes in this years tour. Incredible feat. He also won the final stage of the 2022 TDF. Four in a row and his 5th Stage win in TDF overall.
His nickname prior to these wins?
Jasper the disaster.
He couldn’t win anything and wasn’t even the sprint leader on his own team. He had the skills. He just couldn’t get out of his own way. Got caught up in his own head. Mentally broke. Body willing; brain, not so much. Until trauma torched his team in the 2022 TDF. The leader of his team crashed out. Jasper got the battlefield promotion. Trauma time.
Jasper always had the legs and lungs. His self limiting beliefs limited his sorriness. His response in his moment of truth (MOT) was nothing short of shocking. Change the belief. Change the behavior.
Yesterday, during practice 76 with OSU WSOC, I reminded these young women their performance in their recent fitness test was more about their mindset and belief system than it was legs and lungs. They’ve always had the legs and lungs they’ve just been disasters (not really, but lets roll with it) when it comes to believing they can go deep into the pain cave and come out on the other side. They are beginning to believe.
Jasper the disaster to Jasper the master is in each of us. For those training to do something hard, don’t forget to train the most important piece to the performance puzzle. Train the brain. Believe. Simple, not easy. Master the mind. Get out of your head. Stop running away and run toward. Talent needs the freakin’ yo yo test. Talent needs to train the brain. Talent needs to believe before the behavior does. Talent needs trauma.
Slow down. Reflect. Write. Where are your self limiting beliefs? Why? What you gonna do about it?
Live hard. Love harder…
BUILT TO LEAD 