#elevatemygame

#thingyoushouldknowaboutme #ElevateMyGame (at Halyards)

That would explain a lot... #justtryingtobegreat #ElevateMyGame #whyalwaysme

Week 7, Day 6: That's not the face I had with my slow run this morning. That's the face I had when I was standing outside talking to @terri519 about how u was a little slow but I still finished the 4.5mi in this heat. A sloppily dressed dude at least my age over heard me say "...too slow..." while I happened to be looking at my splits on my phone. He says with GREAT excitement, "Oh, are you playing Pokémon?!" Terri laughed and I just looked at him like he was crazy. Yeah...I was chasing Pokémon at like 9am on Saturday in this heat. SMH. Tough couple weeks but trying to slide back in the groove as the second half of my summer projects kicks into high gear. Off pace for my 10K race in August, but I'll make it happen. I still ain't quit...I just hit pause. Time to hit play and quit playing...lol. #ElevateMyGame #quitquitting #idontplaypokemon (at Clinton Hill Neighborhood)

You know what puts a smile on this guy's face...knowing that people feel like they can relax because they know that I'm handling it - whatever it is. The stress and anxiety of the past few weeks has been a pain. I often wish for less stressful times of days past...but realized that this is what makes me who I am. It's what makes me good at what I do. It's all because I care to do an excellent job at whatever it is I set out to do. Small task or big project - same approach. You are what you repeatedly do...so why not be great? #ElevateMyGame #callmeallstate #youreingoodhands (at Clinton Hill Neighborhood)

Week 5, Day 6: While the past two weeks have been really tough in terms of trying to stay on my 10K training plan (and meal prep) & execute at work, I really had to keep my spirits up and understand that it's not quitting if you did everything you could to do everything with excellence and perfection but can't get it all done. That's why this one hit home...I had to adjust, not beat myself up, and get after it again the next day with the same gusto and drive...knowing full well that it could be just as bad as the last. The hardest thing I've had to do as a part of this truly life changing process I'm going through is not beat myself up when things go wrong. It has always led to quitting because I'm a perfectionist in many ways and if it's not going to be perfect, it's often not worth doing. I don't think I will get the results I expect to get and it discourages me from doing it all. In my darkest moments, I remember something a brother told me and I never forgot...or truly applied until now: "So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - It's when things seem the worst that you must not quit." I don't quit...I read, adjust, adapt, and get right back after it. #ElevateMyGame #quitquitting #perfection #success #determination

Week 3, Day 6: Took it to the house of pain for a quick workout. It's been a roller-coaster of a week. After my CEO aka Professor X sent the superheroes to assist me, it turned the tide. I can find myself sometimes being stubborn on my mission to prove myself on the daily but sometimes you have to accept the help and realize that it IS apart of the mission. No man is a island and all that. I was able to finish my meal prep this week...late as hell...lol...but I got lunch for the weekend! LOL. Everything that was just looking horrible turned around. It meant the world to me to see that the interns I worked with this week caught what I was trying to teach them - not through words, but actions and leadership. Never let an opportunity pass you by to share your experience with those behind you. Don't let them go through what you went through. Make the better than you. If they aren't, you failed them and they will undoubtedly fail you. This is the only way I feel like I'm doing my part to make the world a better place. #ElevateMyGame #mentorship #leadership #excellence #perfection (at Planet Fitness - Brooklyn (Fulton St), NY)

Week 3, Day 3: It has been a horrendous week. I'm not exaggerating. It is the biggest week of work thus far for me - it will undoubtedly define me at my current company. I was supposed to start my meal prep. I was supposed to start my offical sub-60min 10K training (past two weeks were warmups). But I fell flat on all of them. My work week has been horrendous - everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. I cooked only the veggies...and not even all of them. SMH. I haven't worked out at all this week. Needless to say, I just didn't handle all of this well...and it all started with last Sunday. I couldn't get off on the right foot this week and work didn't help. Today my CEO came to save the day. For real, he is like Superman with Ethernet cables. Lol. He not only addressed all of the work issues - he took me out for a drink to talk. Yeah - just to talk about what I would do differently with our summer projects and what my path with the company is. This was epic. It was huge. The beer helped loosen my lips and speak my mind - with respect, of course. It is just what I needed to get back on task. This quote says what he said to me in not so many words. Quitting is when you stop trying and I haven't. I looked failure in the face humbly and did not accept it as the end of the story. I will succeed. There is no other way the story ends. #ElevateMyGame #focus #committed #onamission

Week 2, Day 5: Yesterday, I worked from 7:30am to halftime of the Lebron show. I didn't achieve what I wanted in a reasonable time, so I had to make more time for it. Today, I worked at a client site then went to my office at 6pm to make progress on another project. I don't say all this to brag...I say it because this isn't easy. It is taking a toll...but the impressions I'm making will last. The respect I'm earning will last. It's not without its happy moments - like when I realized all the interns were coming to me for advice and questions or when I went to a client site I haven't been to in a month (used to go once or twice a week before the summer hit and I got assigned to projects) and they greeted me with hugs and smiles. That makes it all worth it. It didn't come easy. It still doesn't come easy. But it's going to last. I just have to keep going. I just have to keep digging deep - I still have things to prove. #ElevateMyGame #quitquitting #dobettereveryday