Why You Over Them?

If everyone in a given room posses the same trait, that trait can be crossed out as a differentiator. It no longer matters. It sets no one apart. 

Every single person in your field wants the same thing you do. Every MLB player wants to get to the World Series. Every lifter wants to win the competition. Everyone applying for a job obviously wants that job. So when the day comes that you get the slightest chance to get something you want, and someone asks you “Why should we pick you over anyone else,” you’d better not say, “Because I want it.”

Because everyone wants it.

But this isn't even about when they ask you -- this is about when YOU ask you. 

Don’t let yourself think that you “wanting” something is going to be enough to get you there. The real question is “How bad do you want it,” and that question can only be answered with your actions.

Why you over them?

What makes you better?

How have you set yourself apart from the rest?

What have you done to deserve that position, that role, that opportunity?

What do you do, day-in and day-out, that pushes you ahead of the rest?

Because guess what:

Every single person you’re competing against wants it.

Every single person has the same required qualifications.

Every single person is “passionate” about it.

Every single person has “wanted this since I was a kid.”

Earn it. Because at the end of the day, we don’t get the things we want – we get the things we deserve. That means if you haven’t put in the work, you’re going to get beat and there’s no way around that. And that loss will be yours to bear.  

So why you?