Venus Williams

You cannot be great without the preparation and you can't feel good about what you're doing unless you've done the work. So the greats are doing the work. They're putting in the work day in, day out. If you're in finance, you're up all night reading, whatever that is that it takes to do that, being on top of your industry, thinking, literally just thinking.

You cannot be great without the preparation and you can't feel good about what you're doing unless you've done the work. So the greats are doing the work. They're putting in the work day in, day out. If you're in finance, you're up all night reading, whatever that is that it takes to do that, being on top of your industry, thinking, literally just thinking.

sitting and thinking and meditating about what you like to accomplish. And it's the same in sport too. You sit and you meditate about what you'd like to accomplish. So being great is intentional. And then when you're in a bad place, also getting out of it is also intentional too. But it's just realizing where you are and applying what you need to succeed no matter where you are.

sitting and thinking and meditating about what you like to accomplish. And it's the same in sport too. You sit and you meditate about what you'd like to accomplish. So being great is intentional. And then when you're in a bad place, also getting out of it is also intentional too. But it's just realizing where you are and applying what you need to succeed no matter where you are.

And I think when you're in a bad place, you just have to realize that... A lot of it is also mental too. You can just, what I try to tell myself is that this moment I'm anticipating what might happen that could be bad, but anticipation is just that it's not even real. What if something great happened? What if something amazing could happen? What if I could make that happen?

And I think when you're in a bad place, you just have to realize that... A lot of it is also mental too. You can just, what I try to tell myself is that this moment I'm anticipating what might happen that could be bad, but anticipation is just that it's not even real. What if something great happened? What if something amazing could happen? What if I could make that happen?

And it's like changing your thought around things is so powerful and And it's not easy and you have to constantly work on it. But if you put in the work, your mind will change. It's like anything else. If you go to the gym and do those biceps for six weeks, you're going to see some improvement. So if you flex your mind in a different way instead of saying I can't. for six weeks.

And it's like changing your thought around things is so powerful and And it's not easy and you have to constantly work on it. But if you put in the work, your mind will change. It's like anything else. If you go to the gym and do those biceps for six weeks, you're going to see some improvement. So if you flex your mind in a different way instead of saying I can't. for six weeks.

If you say I can for six weeks, your mind goes on a completely different pathway and it's so powerful and so true and it's not easy and you have to continually do it. Once you do it just once, it doesn't just stick. You just have to keep training your mind and I think sometimes people forget that part, that training your mind is so important.

If you say I can for six weeks, your mind goes on a completely different pathway and it's so powerful and so true and it's not easy and you have to continually do it. Once you do it just once, it doesn't just stick. You just have to keep training your mind and I think sometimes people forget that part, that training your mind is so important.

If you want to be strong mentally, train to be strong mentally.

If you want to be strong mentally, train to be strong mentally.

Yeah, for sure. First is preparation, right? Doing the preparation. That's ground zero.

Yeah, for sure. First is preparation, right? Doing the preparation. That's ground zero.

Putting in the work. Whatever that may be, you have to put in the work. So if you don't do that, you're never going to be great. You're never going to be mentally strong. Whatever it is you'd like to achieve. Once you've put in the work... then you realize what you're good at, what you're not.

Putting in the work. Whatever that may be, you have to put in the work. So if you don't do that, you're never going to be great. You're never going to be mentally strong. Whatever it is you'd like to achieve. Once you've put in the work... then you realize what you're good at, what you're not.

I mean, me personally, I think there's probably a lot of people who are smarter, who are gonna get that 1600 on the SAT. I'm probably not gonna get the 1600. But my strength is that I'm extremely logical and I notice patterns. I'm very quick in those sorts of things. So then I have to set myself up in a way that plays in my strengths. Not everyone's going to have the same strength.

I mean, me personally, I think there's probably a lot of people who are smarter, who are gonna get that 1600 on the SAT. I'm probably not gonna get the 1600. But my strength is that I'm extremely logical and I notice patterns. I'm very quick in those sorts of things. So then I have to set myself up in a way that plays in my strengths. Not everyone's going to have the same strength.

Everyone's going to be good at everything. But once you've done your work and you see your strengths, then you've got to figure out a way to play to that. And then always, of course, work on your weaknesses over time. And those at some point can come up, too, until you're like this complete player, you know, ready player one. So it's just, yeah, it's like, let's play this game to win.

Everyone's going to be good at everything. But once you've done your work and you see your strengths, then you've got to figure out a way to play to that. And then always, of course, work on your weaknesses over time. And those at some point can come up, too, until you're like this complete player, you know, ready player one. So it's just, yeah, it's like, let's play this game to win.