At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, I experienced a horrible sporting moment, which saw both myself and my doubles partner, suffer terribly as a result.
At the heart of this horrible sporting moment, where I had gone into the Olympic Games considerably under prepared and raced poorly in a pressurised environment, was low levels of personally responsibility.
One aspect of personal responsibility is the ownership of choice.
At the time, I made a whole range of choices which I knew deep down, were not the right ones. But I unfortunately, made them anyway.
Over time, these moments have become known to me as my magnum moments.
As it turns out, the Olympic Village was the first place I had ever experienced a Magnum Ice Cream … yum. You might be surprised to hear that inside the village, everything is free – you don’t have to pay for anything. The freezers that contained these magnificent ice creams, were positioned everywhere throughout the village. Unfortunately for me, the temptation to simply grab one from every key location, was just too much.
In hindsight, and even in the moment, it was particularly stupid behaviour, because deep down I knew it was wrong, but did it anyway. I adopted low levels of responsibility and suffered significant consequences.
I wonder where in your working day or even in your life, these magnum moments turn up for you?
More importantly, what is it costing you to maintain your magnum moments?
