Early Morning Reflections

This morning as I listened to my podcasts, I found myself pulled into a theme that keeps showing up in my life. One of the episodes talked about rewiring the mind and the neuroscience behind protecting mental energy. He shared that the brain only has so much capacity each day and multitasking drains it faster than anything. It robs the mind of clarity, steals focus, and hijacks our ability to perform at our highest level. When I heard that, it made me think of the second podcast which talked about the boredom of consistency.

The speaker referenced Kobe Bryant and his book The Mamba Mentality. He said the difference between greatness and mediocrity is simple. Greatness falls in love with the process. Mediocrity falls in love with the results. Kobe got up at four in the morning and took a thousand of the exact same shots. Shot after shot that looked exactly the same. Most people see that repetition as boring. Kobe saw it as the doorway to greatness.

The consistency that most people avoid because it feels dull and repetitive is the very place where the gap closes. Where growth happens. Where separation happens. Where transformation takes root. And that made me think of the last idea from the podcasts, the double negative concept called the not not. It means when the mind hears a negative, flip it into a positive. Instead of saying I cannot, turn it into I can. Instead of labeling something as boring, turn it into purposeful. That is how the brain rewires. That is how we become new versions of ourselves.

Rewiring the mind is not glamorous. It is not loud. It is often lonely. It happens early in the morning when the world is quiet. It happens in the gym when no one is watching. It happens in the pages of a book when your mind is working through the truth beneath the truth. It is a lonely road sometimes, but it is also the road of transformation. Consistency is often the road less traveled because it requires a kind of self love, a kind of discipline, a kind of focus that most people never give themselves permission to practice.

But greatness is not an accident. It is a practice. A constant becoming. A daily decision to become a better version of who you were yesterday and even who you were a moment ago. I hope I model that for Bella Love. I hope she sees me rise through trials and grow through pressure and turn every negative into a positive. I hope she sees that the lonely work matters. That the early mornings matter. That protecting her mind matters. And that becoming a champion is not a single moment. It is a way of living.

My job is to put myself in the best position to grow. To protect my mental energy. To stay committed to the process. To stay consistent in the small things. And to become someone new every day through practice. That is the champion mindset. That is the renewal of the mind. That is the work. And I am grateful I get to live it.