Singular outcomes are for losers

Jake Belford
1 min readAug 19, 2020

Nick Saban knows winning.

But, like many coaches in the upper echelon of their field, he’s become disconnected from the result.

Every summer as camp begins, he repeats this to his players:

*“Don’t think about winning the SEC Championship. Don’t think about the national championship. Think about what you needed to do in this drill, on this play, in this moment. That’s the process: Let’s think about what we can do today, the task at hand.”*

If you’re like me, you’re on a mission to find work that brings you joy.

This is difficult when you focus on the end result or even a singular outcome.

Singular outcomes are measured by $[X] of income, [X] number of clients, this [X] dream project, etc . . .

If I were to focus on outcomes like those, I’d drive myself mad — and I have before!

I’m all in on the process. Join me.

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Jake Belford

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