52 Weeks of Mental Mastery - Week 34: Process Over Outcome
Process Over Outcome ~ Trust the Work
đź’¬ Quote
“Championships are won long before the scoreboard shows it;
in habits, standards, and daily choices.”
🔍 Question
Where in your life are you committed…and where are you still halfway in?
đź“– Story
When the new coach (Curt Cignetti) arrived at Indiana Hoosiers football, the message wasn’t about championships.
It was about standards.
How they practiced. How they prepared. How they responded when things didn’t go their way.
Players committed to the process. They bought into the culture.
They trusted the work, long before results ever showed up.
That commitment is what made the championship possible.
🧠Science
When attention stays on controllables,
the brain moves out of threat mode and into execution mode.
This is why process over outcome works:
Anxiety decreases when the future isn’t the focus
Consistency improves when standards are clear
Confidence builds through repetition, not hope
đź‘Ł Step Forward
Today, shift your focus from “What do I want?”
to “How do I need to show up?”
Process over outcome means committing to how you work,
not waiting for results to validate you.
💥 Don’t chase outcomes. Trust the work.
