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Steven Harris
September 05, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
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Welcome to the Storybook
Each week, I share… ✍️
a definition 🤓
a quick story 📖
a mindset shift 🤯
an opportunity list 💡
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40-LOVE : noun
refers to a score in tennis when a player is one point away from winning one of the many games within a single match, and their opponent has zero points in that specific game
The U.S. Open is going on right now in New York.
It’s one of four tennis majors during the year.
The other three are…
French Open - played on a clay court
Wimbledon - played on a grass court
Australian Open - played on a hard court
The U.S. Open is also played on a hard court.
In 2010, my dad and I went to Wimbledon, which takes place in London, England.
We saw some of the greats play in Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, and Andy Murray.
Serves are flying in at 125 mph, incredible back hands barely in bounds, amazing lobs over the opponent’s head when they charge the net, and slick drop shots just above the net to secure a point.
The longest match in tennis history occurred that year between American, John Isner, and Nicholas Mahut from France.
It lasted a whopping 11 hours and 5 minutes.
Going back and forth, back and forth, until Isner took the match after a tie break score of 70-68 in the final and fifth set!
A tennis match is won by winning a certain amount of points.
There is no shot clock or time limit.
It goes on and on and on until someone comes out on top.
The scoring is odd by going from 0 to 15 to 30 to 40, then game.
LOVE = Zero points
DEUCE = Tied points
ADVANTAGE = Need one more point to win by two
Scoring goes like this…
You have to be the first to 4 points or if deuce, then win by 2.
That gets you a game.
First to 6 games wins… or if you’re tied at 5 games, the winner is first to 7 games.
If you’re tied at 6 games, then you have to be the first to 7 points or win by 2 to snag that 7th game.
And in Isner’s case, winning by 2 took a total of 138 total points played!
That gets you a set.
Then you have to win 3 out of 5 sets (men’s) or 2 out of 3 sets (women’s).
GAME. SET. MATCH.
You can’t win a match without a set and you can’t win a set without a game and you can’t win a game without a point.
Complicated?
Yes, at first, but once you figure out how this relates to winning at life, it’s not so complicated.
🤯 THE MINDSET SHIFT 🤯
Start small.
You can’t achieve it all at once.
It takes time, resilience, and skill.
Just like in tennis, you have to break it down and focus on the point in the moment.
You can’t win the match with one point, until you’ve won all the other sets, games, and points before it…
…and you won’t get very many points handed to you.
Winning a point requires many pivots, quick action, stability, and determination.
Building confidence as each one adds up and remaining patient when the ball doesn’t go your way.
Focus on the points, not the match.
ONE MORNING,
ONE TASK,
ONE INTERACTION…
…AT A TIME.
They’ll add up to win the day, the week, the month, and the year.
Achieve this multiple years in a row, and you’ll win the life of your dreams.
💡 AN OPPORTUNITY LIST 💡
a short list of ideas, learnings, recommendations, or happenings for the week
If I were to launch a collaborative 6-8 week virtual Mastermind Class working on Life Design and Starting/Growing your Business with clarity and alignment, would you or do you know someone who would be interested? |
Opportunity is Everywhere.
Cheers, Steven
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