It's All BS! - Jason Richardson

Challenge your perception, change your results. Moments are what we aim for-being crowned champion, accepting the diploma, watching your child take his or her first steps. Indelible time stamps in our minds, and fleeting just the same. The moment there's a slight shift in perspective or a nudge in a particular direction is all it takes to experience exponential gains down the road. Being a winner in life extends beyond the scoreboard, the track, and the field. Gem-encrusted championship rings are sold on eBay by ring holders who found themselves either broke, in legal trouble, or just plain desperate. If only they applied the same mindset to their off-the-field life as they did to their game. If only they embraced the same belief system (hereafter referred to as 'B.S.') they held when they were on the field of play. If only they recognized the game was not confined to the minutes on the shot clock or the seconds between the start and finish line. It's time we expand our understanding of winning the game from four quarters or two halves to a period that spans a lifetime. Make no mistake, we're all playing the long game whether we like it or not, whether we know it or not, whether we want to or not. In the game of life, anybody can win, but not everyone is a winner or believes they are!