Finish Stronger Than When You Started

Finish Stronger Than When You Started. It is 55 minutes into a 90 minute Power Flow Yoga class and we are at the pinnacle of the class. Students are tired, muscles are aching, some are covered in sweat and they just want to stop and have a rest. Just when they think they have nothing left to give, I will say, “Finish stronger than when your started, use all your energy to finish strong”.

All of a sudden, I see the students dig deep, access more energy, and finish stronger than when they started.

I can’t describe the look of victory, achievement and how proud the students are for stepping up and finishing strong. They are victorious in overcoming their own perceived limitations. They raised the bar and cleared it.

In The Work Place…

During a coaching conversation with a client a number of years ago, he came to me with a challenge that his work contract was not going to be renewed. Naturally, he was not happy, frustrated, angry and still had 2 weeks to complete his contract.

He wanted to back off, slow down, mentally leave the job and just appear to look busy before the contract finished.

We had a conversation… “Finish stronger than when you started”.

For those last 2 weeks that’s exactly what happened. He started earlier and finished later. He was 100% present on the job, physically, mentally, emotionally and energetically…

His employer was impressed with his strong finish and the relationship finished on very good terms.

My client, despite not having a job, felt so proud of himself. He felt so valued and victorious of his strong finish and how he dug deep to use his available resources & energy to be the winner in this situation.

“Finish stronger than when you started”. “How we do anything is how we do everything”.

At School…

Sam is 18 years old and is one of the students I’m coaching at the moment, working with them on a mental and emotional ( EQ – Emotional Intelligence) level to show up strong to sit their finial IB exam.

On today’s coaching video call, Sam informs me that the IB exams this year have been cancelled due to the current health situation facing the world at the moment.

How do you feel about that Sam, I asked?

2 years of effort down the drain was the first response and now I’m still required to study and can’t see the purpose. I was angry at first and now disappointed.

We had a conversation… “Finish stronger than when you started”

We acknowledged all his concerns, feelings, emotions including how to finish the school year strong.

I felt and could see the energy appear back into his face and body. Sam has switched himself back on, has a purpose, a goal to finish stronger than when he started.

How Will You Finish Stronger Than When You Started?

What do we need to do to step up, dig deep, use all our resources we have built up in our lifetime to handle this and every situation in our life?

Remember, how we do anything is how we do everything…

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Finish stronger than when you started.