Michael Phelps, 8 Time Olympic Gold Medal Winner

Michael Phelps is the most dominant figure in Olympic history. No need for me to take the time to write what others have already done. You would have to be from another planet if you haven’t heard about this guy.

Phelps’ motivation was in pursuing a perfect Olympic record. It must be underscored that Phelps became an Olympian at the age of 15 years old. Look around at your average 15 year old teenager; what are they after? What are they focused on? What is important to them?

The making of the Michael Phelps that we see today and are cheering for, didn’t just happen today. So many today would love to be where he is, but so many are not willing to pay the price he paid. Phelps paid the price when most of his peers were playing. Now he is able to play when most of those same peers are paying.

A recent artice said: “Phelps is one who needs goals, and though he stated repeatedly that only he and one other person truly knew what they were, he wrote them down, kept them in his head. If someone could win seven in a single Games, which Spitz did in 1972, Phelps figured he could surely win eight.”

Here is the clincher, he set goals for himself (vision) and then wrote them down, and kept them in his head. Sounds like something that I read from an author who wrote hundreds of years ago. Here is what he said: Habbakuk 2:2 “And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by.”

Anyone who wants to succeed in life must have goals (vision) for their lives, write it down, and keep it constantly in front of them no matter how things are going.

Phelps needed goals to reach gold and so do you. Set your goals while you have the opportunity.