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Surprised by his answer, the interviewer asked Ronnie how that was possible, to
which Ronnie simply replied, “It never occurred to me. I had to follow my diet and
that’s it.”
Champions always have patience. No matter what you think, there is no such thing
as an overnight success. If anyone tells you differently, they are simply lying to you.
Every successful person in history has put in many years of work long before we
knew who they were. A great example I like to use to demonstrate this point is one
of my clients, IFBB Azaria Glaim. At the time she won the Overall Figure title at
Nationals, Azaria was only 20 years old. She had become the youngest woman in
Canadian history to ever turn IFBB Pro in Figure. Many thought she had become an
overnight success, but that only people closest to Azaria knew was that she had
been weight training for over 5 years before she thought of competing. That’s one-
quarter of her life dedicated to competing before anyone knew who she was.
Champions like Azaria are willing to invest their time and effort in the long term to
achieve their goals. They don’t just give up because something didn’t go their way.
Not every day is going to be perfect, but as long as you are giving your best then
every day is going to be a success!
 Conclusion
By adopting the champion’s mindset, you will no longer define your success by what
trophy you win. Instead, you will be able to see each loss as opportunity to learn,
and take it as one step closer to achieving your bigger goals; you will not waste
valuable energy wondering if you are doing enough because you will be too busy
doing what you MUST DO; and you will not focus on becoming an IFBB Pro in just
one season, but rather embrace your time in the amateur ranks so you can develop
into a great athlete. When the day comes and it is your name that emcee reads out
after “… and your Overall winner is …” you will do so as a CHAMPION!