best plus one
[Applause]
hey everyone my name is mesen and i
am a swimmer after pizza swimming is my
favorite thing
and because i’m passionate about
swimming i’m pretty good at it you need
to be passionate about what you’re doing
if you want to succeed
trust me i tried a lot of things that i
didn’t like and they didn’t go so well
that’s going to be my excuse
if anyone here ever reached their limits
before can i see a show of hands
please raise your hand if you have ever
reached your limits before
shockingly that wasn’t your limit
because limits isn’t even the correct
term
it’s called heights and there’s a very
very big difference between limits and
heights
limit is your peak you can never go
better than your limit but heights you
can reach new heights
and you can go higher that’s the
difference between limits and heights
and did anyone ever hear the term
comfort zone before
you probably heard of it but if you
didn’t you can thank me later
the comfort zone is where you feel most
comfortable at hence the name
it’s where everyone you know and
everything you love is that nothing
really new happens in the comfort zone
and get reaching new heights is totally
out of your comfort zone
but if you want a little bit of a
challenge you can go higher to the
learning zone it’s where you slowly get
introduced to new things and new people
it’s kind of like reaching your heights
but not really passing it
but if you want a real challenge you can
go to the danger zone
but successful people like to call it
the magic zone it’s because you find out
things you never knew you could do
you know people you never knew you could
know and that’s the magic of the magic
zone
that’s why i love it and
some people might say well why don’t you
stay in your comfort zone it’s clearly
the best one you don’t get to be tired
you don’t do anything
well might i remind you that if you stay
in your comfort zone you’re going to
stay stationary
you might be the best but if you stay
stationary someone might become better
than you
you’re going to become second and then
third and then fourth
it’s going to go downhill if you don’t
do anything about it well goodbye career
everything is over and because i’m a
swimmer
and because swimming is a very
fast-paced sport i barely get any breaks
and when i do get breaks
my coach is the one who tells me well
you need to do your best i’m giving you
breaks you need to do your best
and there are two ways to attack that
situation one i could say
well then i’ve been swimming for an hour
i can’t swim anymore i’m super tired
or you could say well if i break my
record now i’m going to be legendary
imagine what i could do if i wasn’t
tired at all i can get a gold medal
it’s very psychological if you have the
first mindset your
br your brain is going to send fake
signals to your body
it shouldn’t really tire itself because
you’re not even going to do anything
it should just stay relaxed but if you
have the second mindset
your body your mind is going to tell
your body that it can do more than it
can actually do that it can reach new
heights
it can be better it’s going to make you
stronger and faster and just like my dad
used to tell me
either you never ever reach your best
there’s always your best plus one and i
remember that while swimming
your best plus one your best plus one
your best plus one makes me faster it
makes me stronger
and that is the formula to success thank
you
you