You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Jim Rohn
REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): Who do you hang out with the most?
Seriously, take a moment and think about the five people you spend the most time with?
Next, think about each person and identify if they are winning or not?
By winning, I mean what are their routines?
How do they tackle each day?
What language do they use (Not English or French, but how they talk about pressure)?
How do they make decisions?
Lastly, do they believe anything is possible...even if they can not see all the steps?
There are a few more questions you could ask, but these are some general questions which you can use to identify the state of your environment.
As you might have guessed, I want to talk to you about the power of environment today.
To do this I want to share a story about hockey.
You are probably thinking, how can hockey explain how environments can shape us?
Sit back, as I am about to tell you.
Today Canada is considered one of the top nations to produce elite hockey players on the planet.
Makes sense as the whole country experiences chilling winters.
Also, they have produced hall of game players like...Wayne Gretsky, Mark Messier, and Sidney Crosby to name a few.
But how is it that Canada produces so many elite hockey players year after year?
Well, if we take a closer look it depends on birthdays.
More specifically if a player is born in the first quarter of the year - January to March versus the last quarter - September to December.
Really?
It is not just being born in those months, but the birthday triggers a chain of events which leads 40% of those players to become elite players in the NHL.
Why is this?
Well, a study showed that when a player was born in the first quarter of the year, they have a 9-8 month advantage over their peers.
This leads to a life long advantage.
First, they are bigger and taller.
Second, they are selected to more elite teams.
Third, they get better coaching.
Fourth, they get more ice time playing against better competition.
They are pushed harder and faster and given the support to progress faster in all aspects of the game.
Thus, being in this elevated environment from a young age allows them to accelerate the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and mindsets versus their other peers.
Thus, the environment plays a crucial role in the entire development of a young hockey player.
Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but 40% of players born in the beginning months of the year have a better shot (no pun intended) of becoming an elite player in the NHL.
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Now going back to your life and the five people you hang out with most...
Do they provide an environment for you to accelerate your growth or do they stunt it?
Going to tell you right now this could be a major reason you are STUCK at your current level of play.
Think about it.
If your goal is to lose weight and get in the best shape of your life, but have a choice to hang out with one, five friends who love to eat, versus, five other people who have their fitness on point, which group (environment) will help you accelerate in achieving and maintaining your goal?
The answer is pretty clear.
Environment. Environment. Environment.
Mega!
Going to tell you it is one of the easiest things you can vet and change in order help you get unstuck and start making progress towards achieving your goals.
Now, there is so much more to environment than just the people you hang around and I could rap about that in a whole other post, but will leave you with this to process.
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