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Passion is all you need
Passion is all you need
Mike was a 20 years old swimmer. He used to go to swim and practice almost 2 hours every day. He wanted to go to the Olympics. A few years ago, he lost the first competition for the pass by ending in fourth place. At first, he was really upset and didn’t know if he would continue to compete for the Olympics. “You should consider quitting for spend more time in more important things”, her parents said he should quit because he spend a lot of time and money for training and for the competitions. After making his final decision by being persuaded by his family, he chose to quit. He went to swim for one last time. After swimming one kilometer he decided to go out, but there was something, he had a feeling that he should stay more time because that was what he loved. Ten minutes later his coach appeared. “Hey you future Phelps, what are you doing?”, “I decided to quit, swimming takes off a lot of my time and I don’t achieve anything”, “Are you sure you want to do this?, think about all your dreams and goals that are going to disappear in front of you, because what you don’t know is how close you are from them”. After talking with him he was finally convinced to continue training for the Olympics. He started to train for four hours almost every day, but he rest one day a week to spend time with his family and friends. In the next competition for a place in the Olympics, he won first place and the opportunity to go to the Olympics the next year. He started training more hours and started preparing mentally and physically for the great competition. He ended in fifth place, but this time he was not upset, he was happy and proud of what he achieved, because his dream was to go the Olympics and he really didn’t imagine that he could end in the first five places. He learned that inch by inch, success is still possible, and that passion is all you need to achieve your goals.
This story was written by: Nayeli Cisneros
