Breaking Through Fear

Monday Motivation

"The greatest ideas, tools, and inspirations are the ones that spark something 
that was previously unconscious in you; 
they give you awareness"

Monaye Merritt

A team is everything in life. Your support, your strength, your motivation. I am honored to be following a team that continues to inspire and motivate young ladies... Hoop through life!  We met Alexis Murphy the founder of Hoop Through Life a month ago. Today we meet one of her team members... Monaye, Merritt.  She was going to be a Friday Flyer, until I read her quote. Of course she would be a Monday Motivation.

 Monaye Merritt

Alexis Murphy
Hoop Through Life, LLC
Founder/CEO
hoopthroughlife.com - See more at: http://karlenepetitt.blogspot.com/2016/02/alexis-murphy.html#sthash.xZRksfnJ.dpuf

Alexis Murphy
Hoop Through Life, LLC
Founder/CEO
hoopthroughlife.com - See more at: http://karlenepetitt.blogspot.com/2016/02/alexis-murphy.html#sthash.xZRksfnJ.dpuf

"I come from Philly, born and raised. I started playing sports from a very young age, as far back as I can remember. I gained confidence through sports, because I knew I could do whatever the boys did; And sometimes do it better! Just saying, I was never picked last. I never felt a discrepancy between me and the guys. This part of my confidence came from the results, but I also gained confidence from the work I put in. I could have been playing Allen Iverson, I still believed I was working harder than him. 

As I got older I lost that confidence. 

I began to let the doubt of someone working harder than me creep into my mind. Once I got on the floor and actually played with them I would see that there was no need to be worried. 

The amount of time I put in was real, valid, and most of all deserves respect from myself. My basketball career has been through troughs and triumphs, but 

the one thing I have learned is 

that you have to do away with fear. 

Acknowledge it and go through the same way you would any other opponent. And this isn't just a basketball thing, it is a life thing. I wish, so much earlier, that I had gotten back to the fearless me! No one wants to be in the way, they realize you are going to do whatever it takes. This applies outside of basketball, it applies to life itself. The other key thing that piggy backs on top of fearlessness is focus, 

"Fear is one of the few things 

that can stop us dead in our tracks 

or make us move faster 

than we ever imagined". 

What makes us move through fear 

is our focus. 

I like to imagined these two factors to be effecting each other people may not. The best quote I read about focus was:

"All great achievements are the result 

of sustained focus over time"

Not much could ring truer to my ears, 

so let's break the fear and focus."

Amazing that Monaye talks about breaking free of the fear, as that subject is the first chapter in Flight To Success be the Captain of your Life!  And a ton of focus woven through the pages, too.

Once you break through your fear, 

what are you going to do with your life? 

Monaye and Alexis are making a difference with theirs. 

Check out 

Hoop Through Life
hoopthroughlife.com

Young ladies making a difference in the world...

Awesome! 

Enjoy the Journey!
XO Karlene