Hello again! Today is the last post in the "Takeoff" series (for now), and we're going to be talking about the part of the takeoff where most of the real power is packed - implementation. Clear vision + detailed goals + hard work (implementation) = SUCCESS! So lets get right into this today! What do I mean by, "tool belt"? A quiz tool belt, to me, is a collection of the following things, that all work together to help you get to where you want to be...
The tool belt is often a key factor in how a quizzer performs - for example, a quizzer who has an established memorizing strategy (not only for how many verses to memorize per day, but when to memorize them, and in what way), will probably end up learning more and learning it better than someone who doesn't. So here are three things you can arm your tool belt with this year... 1. Keeping your vision statement and goals (checkpoints) in an easy-to-see place, and reviewing them daily/weekly I know, it sounds super cliché, but keeping your "eye on the prize" helps you to work towards what you want most, instead of what you may want in the moment. For instance, whenever I need to get some serious studying done (usually in preparation for a quiz event), one of the most effective ways to get results is by remembering why I am working - I may want to quiz out in a round at this tournament, or I may want to beat a certain person, or place high individually (you get the picture) - whatever it may be, it's why I'm now going to work my tail off to achieve it. Does that make sense? So throughout the entire season, after you've hung up your vision statement and/or checkpoints to get you there, take the time to really review them every once in a while, in order to keep your motivation levels high. 2. Focus on just one thing - don't become overwhelmed by the dream (no matter how big) Use the KISS principle: Keep It Stupid Simple. And the reason? It can be really easy, no matter what time of the year it is, to look at all of your high aspirations and think "I'm never going to get there from here. There's no way." However, keeping everything in quizzing (and in life) crazy simple, brings it into a proper perspective, and thereby helps us to get the best results from our time (and not waste any by stressing over it :P). Hear me when I say (type) this... Think of the best thing that you could possibly achieve in quizzing (first place, top team in the region, etc.), and then keep dreaming that! Nothing you want from quizzing, and nothing you want from this life is out of reach for you. You know why? Jesus! Philippians 4:13, a popular but powerful scripture, says that you can do all things through Him - ALL THINGS. I'm saying this to myself as much as (or even more than) I'm saying it to you. Recently, I've been focusing on seeking the Lord about my future (career stuff), and I've been talking to some of the spiritual leaders in my life about it too. And the small pieces that I'm seeing, of what I believe my life is going to be like, have the potential to overwhelm me - but in Jesus' name, they won't. But you know, this brings up a larger problem. Whenever we get intimidated by a dream or aspiration or whatever it may be, it opens the door wide open for a very common (but very damaging) lie of the devil to creep in and make a home in our hearts: "I'm not good enough." I wrote another post entirely about contradicting these lies (and who they come from) so I won't say much about it here. But for now, until you go read that (:P), remember that it's simply not true, and that you have the ability to refute it and reject it and throw it out of your mind and heart (with the help of our Father). 3. Take small and steady steps if you want to be effective Consistency is something that I think probably everyone has trouble with, but I think that the biggest way to help with it, is to remind yourself that you don't have to get everything done in one day - it's okay to take small steps. Every day, no matter how far you go, as long as you're moving forward, is a productive day in my mind. Setting awesomely high goals is important, and really healthy for that matter, but you don't have to achieve those goals within 24 hours. As long as you're taking a step in the right direction, no matter if it's the tiniest movement in history, you can be proud, because you're not one of the people who took steps backwards today. So there you go! Having a fully stocked (and functional) tool belt that you can use to help you along your quizzing journey is, again, often a key factor in the results that quizzers end up with - I would encourage you to keep building it this season, and to not neglect it ;).
I was hoping to have a full set of awesome printables ready for this finale today, and I do have some of them completed and ready to go (they are pretty much FIRE! :P) but some things came up this weekend and today and I wasn't able to get them perfect for you guys today :(. But just know, that we have some pretty awesome new stuff (I know, more new stuff, it's crazy right?!) coming out very soon, and it does have to do with printables to go along with the posts that I make for you guys. Anyways, I hope that you all have absolutely phenomenal weeks, and that your quizzing hits a success peak higher than ever before, this year! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory
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